Buds & Blossoms Summer Camp 2010

Next, we all went outside to play a few games that forced us to use our senses...just like animals do. The first game was a hearing game. One person sat in the middle of a circle with a branch and their eyes closed, while one camper had to take the stick without the person in the middle knowing where they came from. It was lots of fun and we learned about an animal tracking technique.

Next we tested sight by plaing camoflauge, as well as another hearing game! Learning is fun at camp!

Animal Trackers: Day 2

As soon as the campers came in this morning, we got right down to business ... animal tracking that is!
We headed right down to the beach, nets were handed out and there mission was to catch creatures such as crabs jellyfish & shrimp!

All of the creatures went into a bucket filled with water so we could study our findings! Of course after observing, we released our friends back to the sea.

Future Marine Biologist?

Animal Trackers!

Animal Trackers: Day 1

Today was the first day with our new group of Animal Trackers! Our first project was to draw a picture of your favorite animal, then share it with the group! One of the main objectives of this week is to learn about all animals, especially those that are endangered. WE had a discussion about different species and how they became endangered.

After sculpting a 3D image of the animal they drew this morning, they headed down to the Rock and Water Gardens to collect frogs and tadpoles, dragonfly larva. Once we caught the animals, we observed them and then put them back in the pond.