big kids
BY DR SAJNI TOLARAM, Bermuda College
BUEI:
A Habitat for Learning
BUEI welcomes children and families to its facilities for a range of activities including birthday
parties, camps, tours, school field trips, story-time, and a range of educational programs. BUEI
is sensory rich for active minds and growing bodies. It is also an attractive venue for its eye-
catching exhibits. And, it is centrally located with good parking facilities.
BUEI hosts birthday parties for children up to age 7.
There is a choice of theme: a pirate party or a luau which
includes a decorated room, plates and napkins, free admis-
sion to the exhibits, unlimited carousel rides, games and
activities, and party food: pizza or finger sandwiches, juice
boxes and bottled water. Set-up and clean-up are included
in the party package!
We host the most memorable
Birthday Parties!
THEMED PIRATE AND LUAU PACKAGES
include
Themed Birthday Party Room, Plates and Napkins
Free Admission into Exhibits All Day
Unlimited Carousel Rides
Variety of Games and Activities
Pizza or Finger Sandwiches
Juice Boxes and Bottled Water
SET UP and CLEAN UP!
BUEI
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CONTACT: Wendy Wilson, Sales Coordinator
Phone: 294-0209 | [email protected] | www.buei.org
The education-
al camps at BUEI
are sensational,
while the website,
www.buei.org, lists
the full offering
for 2014, consider
some of the follow-
ing information as a
gauge. The activities
are hands-on; there
are experiments
and specimens, in-
teractive computer
learning, scavenger
hunts, arts and crafts, play-acting, and competitions.
Camp participants engage in various learning skills
that involve literacy and numeracy, knowledge building,
and motivational dynamics. While the camps are largely
scientific, participants learn about Bermuda’s role in the
respective topics. The camps are conducted in BUEI’s labs,
lobbies, and classrooms while incorporating the exhibits.
For example, “Dabble in Seashells” camp features the
world of mollusks using the Jack Lightbourn Shell Room.
Participants learn how to classify them while engaging with
identifying specimens and conservation. “Dabble in the
Deep” includes Bermuda’s bioluminescence, fluorescence,
and creatures of the deep sea.
There are camps for children to engage in the world of
sharks and whales that consider such aspects as their char-
acteristics, behavior, and reproduction—while also looking
at their relationship to mankind. Of further note, some of
the camps focus on dissection and marine-related disasters.
All camps are inter-active. While they are educational, they
are also inspirational.
The Education Programs are central to BUEI’s pur-
pose. For example, as of April 1st, 2014, the Lionfish and