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| A map of animals around the world |
It was a wonderful last week of Camp
Explorations at the Museum of Natural History!
We focused on all different kinds of animals, habitats, and their
interactions. On Monday we learned about
biodiversity. We made a map of where
different animals live, especially those that are specific to one continent or
region. We also looked at the Michigan
Wildlife on the third floor of the museum and noted the diversity among the
species. Finally, we played the
adaptation game, and had to imagine what kinds of adaptations animals would
need to live in different environments.
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| Drawing animal adaptations |
Tuesday was all about oceans and the
creatures that live under the surface of the water. We played the ocean habitat game where we had
to race to the bottom of the ocean by finding the animals that live in
each zone. We also made pet jellyfish to take home with us!
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| Playing Ocean Habitats |
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| We love our pet jellyfish! |
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| Learning about amazing underwater creatures |
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| In the planetarium for "From Stars to Starfish"! |
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On Wednesday we learned about the
differences between insects and arachnids.
We got to act out how termites use pheromones to communicate in their
colonies, and also got to move like different insects in a six-legged relay
race! We also got to create our own
insect or arachnid!
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| Creating our own insects and arachnids |
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| Six-Legged Relay Race: jumping like a flea... |
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| ...flying like a honey bee... |
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| ...and striding like a water strider! |
Thursday was field trip day! We walked to the Arb and got to explore one
of Ann Arbor’s favorite nature parks. We
worked on forest animal scavenger hunts, and many of us saw all sorts of
different species, even a deer!
On Friday we learned about all different
kinds of animals. We made life boxes,
which have all four things needed for something to live. We played animal charades and got to act out
some of our favorite animals. Finally,
we competed in the Animal Olympics, where we got to move and compare ourselves to
many native Michigan animals!
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| Acting like a cheetah for animal charades |
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| Showing off our life boxes |
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| More animal charades! |
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| Balancing like the Great Blue Heron for Animal Olympics! |
We are sad that the summer has come to an end
so quickly, but happy we got to make so many new friends! We hope to see old and new faces
next year for Camp Explorations, and we hope everyone enjoys the last few weeks
of summer!
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