It was another spectacular week at the Museum
of Natural History’s Science Extravaganza Camp!! Each day had a different theme
and we learned new and exciting things about all kinds of science! Monday was
paleontology and we all earned our junior paleontologist badges by completing
our paleontology workbooks and doing a scavenger hunt on the second floor of the
museum! We also made plaster casts of
trilobites to take home with us!
Patient campers waiting for their casts to dry.
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| Counselors helped us fill our plaster molds. |
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| Working to become junior paleontologists! |
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| So excited to have earned our badges! |
On Tuesday, we learned all about
insects. We got to act out how different
kinds of insects move in an outdoor six-legged relay race! Some of us made butterfly mobiles, while
others of us counted and observed the insects living in the museum’s own
backyard. We also got to see the world
through the eyes of an insect, and look at different butterfly wings!
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| Moving like insects for our relay race! |
Wednesday was Zoology day! We learned all about herpetology, the study
of reptiles and amphibians. After
looking at various herpetology specimens, like turtle shells and frog skeletons, we got to go
through hands on stations to learn more about the differences between reptiles
and amphibians and feel representations of their different kinds of eggs and
scales versus slime. We also got to
paint our own wooden snakes to take home!
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| Herp Specimens |
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| Campers with the awesome insect they found outside during pickup! |
On Thursday we learned about astronomy. We learned about many of the different constellations and learned how to point them out in the night sky. The highlight of the day was making our own space helmets that helped us read special messages!
Friday we learned about Earth Science and got
to start our very own rock collection!
We also learned about how we use rocks and minerals in our everyday
lives. Finally, we made our own
volcanoes and set them off in a big eruption!
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| Building our volcanoes |
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| Looking at rock specimens |
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| Learning how minerals are used in everyday objects |
It was a fantastic week at camp and we are
excited to see old and new faces at Paleontology Camp next week!!
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