This activity encourages participants to explore the world of bugs in their area. Using bug boxes and magnifying glasses, as well as some reference books on hand, participants are told that they are going to be entomologists together and build a bug wall of information to share all they have found.
Your child may think they’re just having a great time paddling a kayak or riding a horse, but they’re actually connecting with the natural world and learning how to become leaders who protect it.
Utilizing the FUN Approach, our passionate leaders work to connect FUN Campers with their local environment, expertly pairing traditional camp activities such as hiking, swimming and interactive games with environmental education and exciting adventure activities including whale watching and zip-lining.
Your child may think they’re just having a great time paddling a kayak or riding a horse, but they’re actually connecting with the natural world and learning how to become leaders who protect it.
Utilizing the FUN Approach, our passionate leaders work to connect FUN Campers with their local environment, expertly pairing traditional camp activities such as hiking, swimming and interactive games with environmental education and exciting adventure activities including whale watching and zip-lining.
This tag-based running game demonstrates the concept of bio magnification using POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) in marine ecosystems as an example.
Students will go on a two meter hike using a magnifying lens to investigate obstacles in their path and create an adventure story set in their miniature landscape.
This lesson will involve taking students on a trip to a pond to use microscopes to explore the pond environment and gain an appreciation for the diversity that can be found in freshwater ecosystems.
This activity will introduce the use of digital microscopes and teach the students to use them effectively. Will encourage students to see small details in their surroundings. One of my favorite things to do as a child was to wander the back yard with a magnifying lens, finding cool things to look at; especially insects. Speaking to others, I realized this is a common experience among many people, and possibly an important experience for sparking a life-long interest in nature.
This lesson gives students a hands-on introduction to intertidal ecology. Following an introductory classroom lesson, students go to the beach at low tide to explore the intertidal zone.