Category: 2017

Happy Monday, camp families!! Welcome to Paleontology Rocks camp! This week, we will be learning all about prehistoric animals and dinosaurs. Here’s a summary of what we’ll be learning about this week, and what you can ask you campers about each day! On Monday, we will learn about Geologic Time, looking into which animals lived…

Day 1 This week was all about the best of the best! Campers began their day learning about watersheds and why they’re important. Then they got to make their own! They also learned about pollution and what happens to their watershed when it occurs. There was also an animal olympics. Campers did relays against each…

Monday: For the first day of Ice Age camp, Little Explorers learned about the different mammals from the Ice Age. First we learned about what a mammal was since there were so many megafauna or large animals during the Ice Age and lots of them were mammals. We got to be Ice Age detectives and figure…

This week, our campers are Emerging Engineers who have been solving challenges and learning what it really means to be an engineer! Day 1 On Monday, we learned all about what engineers do, and why they are so important to our world! We tried a sampler of engineering activities. First, we built roller coasters out…

This week we’re bringing back favorite activities from Camp Explorations! Here are some questions to ask your camper at the end of each day. On Monday, we’re learning about the environment and ecology. Ask me… What is a watershed? What kind of habitat does my animal live in? Who won the animal olympics? On Tuesday,…

Happy Monday, camp families! Welcome to a week full of discoveries and fun! Below is a summary of what your campers will be doing each day, as well as questions to ask them at the end of the day. On Monday, campers will learn about the Ice Age and animals that lived during it. Ask…

Welcome to our Emerging Engineers this week! We are learning all about what it means to be an engineer, what they do, and how they work! We will be challenging our spatial learning skills with engineering games, puzzles, and activities. On Monday, we will learn who engineers are, and what they do.  Ask me…  What…

Day 1 Campers started the week off with a short intro to chemistry. Once they understood what an atom was, they got to make their own! They then made some thermoplastic polymer. This is a plastic that changes its properties when heated and cooled. Plus, they can be heated over and over again and will…

Monday: For the very first day of Bug Explorers, Little Explorers learned about what is an insect and what is not an insect. An insect has three body parts and six legs. Other things that look like insects but don’t have these qualities are just bugs. Together we read two different books titled I Love Bugs. We…

Day 1 On Monday, campers started off their week by learning about animals with hair and fur. They first went on a mammal scavenger hunt throughout the museum, searching for the answers to questions like, what are the only two mammals that lay eggs? We also made furry paintings of our favorite animals out of…