We have had a great second day of Water Camp!
We took care of all of the farm animals. Ask your camper which chores they did today!
An Orange Pepper learns how to milk Isabella!
Orange Peppers showing Isabella some love while she gets milked.
Campers used an empty milk jug to create their own watering cans. We poked holes in the lids of the jugs for easy watering. Campers will be bringing them home today!
Red Peppers help Green Peppers make their watering cans.
Red Peppers poking holes in the lids of their milk jugs.
Our Garden Kitchen Coordinator, Ms. Pam, was not feeling well today, so we had a destination snack of Cheerios this morning.
Green Peppers play “Water, Water, Ice” after their snack.
We went fishing in the farm’s pond and caught a wide variety of fish. We have bluegill, sunfish, bass, perch, and many other fish breeds. One camper accidentally snagged a snapping turtle, too!
Each camper received a T-shirt as part of their camp registration, and we tie-dyed those shirts this afternoon. The shirts will be washed and returned to the campers on Thursday so that they can wear them on the last day of camp.
Green Peppers tie-dying their T-shirts.
Orange Peppers strategize their tie-dye designs.
We sampled some water from the pond and studied the insects and other critters that we found in our samples. We used a stereoscope to magnify some water critters, too. Ask your camper what they found during their pond study!
Red Peppers search for aquatic creatures in the pond.
Orange Peppers identify the insects they found.
Red Peppers spoon through their water sample.
Red Peppers balance on rocks to get the best water samples.
We had another destination snack of popsicles this afternoon. We hope Ms. Pam feels better tomorrow so we can get back in the kitchen and cook up some more yummy recipes!
Green Peppers love popsicles!
We continued to work on our STEM project this afternoon. We began testing our boats and talked about which design elements worked well and which ones didn’t. In general, the boats that had wider bottoms and not much extra weight fared better in the testing pool. Ask your camper about their design and whether it sank or floated when we put it to the test!
Yellow Peppers test their boats on the water.
Testing the buoyancy by adding weights.
Yellow Peppers talks about which design elements worked and which didn’t work.
Water Camp is of to a great start, and we’re looking forward to sharing the rest of the week with your camper!