Forest Home is a naturalist paradise, offering four unique ecosystems within the camp's 500 acres.
Located in the San Bernadino Mountains, students will learn what it means to be a real "field biologist". They will encounter indigenous plants and animal life found in this distinctive environment.
Students will also go through survival skill courses, teaching them how to build a fire, build shelters, and read
a map and compass.
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Labs at MSA Forest Home Adventure Science Camp
Coniferous Forest Lab - Students will learn about the indigonous plant species in a botany walk through.
Animal Camouflage - Watch the kids faces light up when they get to observe and handle our walking sticks, leaf-tailed geckos, snakes, tarantulas, and lizards.
Nocturnal Animal Lab - Students will conduct owl pellet dissection and live scorpion for behavior observation and viewing.
Pond Analysis Lab - Students will locate, identify, and sketch live pond organisms.
Survival Skills Lab - Building shelters and orienteering are only two of the amazing skills that your students will learn to survive in the wild.
Chaparral Lab - Botany walk through and observation of ecosystem that is only found in Southern California.
Bird Lab - Students will learn how to recognize different species of birds within the Forest Home ecosystem.
Trout Pond - Students will experience "Hook and Look" Fishing.
One of MSA's greatest goals for the youth of today is Character Building and the Breaking of Fears. Watch your kids boost their confidence and learn perseverance as they tackle our climbing wall and cruise through the air on our zip line.
