Category: 2016

Welcome to Animal Explorers, the first Little Explorers session! On Monday, the campers will learn about things with wings.  Ask me about… My Bird Wings I made. The Birds I saw on the third floor. On Tuesday, the campers will learn about creepy crawlers.  Ask me about… The Spider Hat I made. The Insects I…

Welcome to Wild Adaptations at the Museum for morning session this week. On Monday, the campers will learn all about adaptations animals have.  Ask me about… My Cootie Catcher I made. The bingo game that I played. The slime that I played with! On Tuesday, its all about deep sea animals.  Ask me about… The…

This week, for Emerging Engineers, campers challenged their engineering skills with many activities! Take a look at what they accomplished this week: Harry! On Monday, the campers started off by learning about the different kinds of engineers, and what those different engineers do.  Then they took their own quiz to find out which kind of…

This week at camp was all about investigating mysteries from the past: Dinosaur Mysteries! On Monday, we learned all about dinosaur size. In one activity, we taped some footprints of a dinosaur called Coelophysis to the floor, spacing them apart so the stride length was 67 inches, and the kids tested their strides to see…

Week 5 at Camp Explorations has begun.  Welcome to the morning session, Emerging Engineers!  This week the campers will challenge their spacial thinking skills by engaging in fun engineering challenges, games, and crafting activities. On Monday, we will learn who engineers are, and what they do.  Ask me about… What kind of engineer I should…

Neuroscience camp has been a week full of learning, experimenting, and having fun! Monday we started with a good foundation of learning about the brain.  We learned about what a neuron is and the parts of the brain.  We looked at slides of mammal neuron cells and then made models of our own neurons.  We…

We have had so much fun with physics this week! From exploring sound waves, to looking inside of a cow eye, to making various kinds of circuits, we saw just how vast the topic of physics really is! Here is a brief summary of all the fun that was had this week at Camp Explorations:…

Campers had a blast this week in the morning for Space Explorers! On Monday, the campers got to play the Museum’s very own board game, where they traveled through the solar system.  Our solar system has 8 planets (sorry Pluto!) and the campers created their own mnemonic devices to remember their order.  Later, the campers…

Week 5 has started off great! We are looking forward to a week of looking into the past. Unlike other paleontology and prehistory camp themes, this Dinosaur Mysteries session will focus on using our problem-solving skills to make hypotheses and conclusions about dinosaurs and prehistoric life. On Monday, we are learning about dinosaur size. Ask…

We are so excited for our special Neuroscience Camp that we offering this year.  In this camp, campers will learn about the brain, neurons, memory and motor functions and even get to develop their own experiments. On Monday, we will learn about the brain. Ask me about… The model neuron I made. The electrical activity…