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| Photographs of Activities, The Science of Life, Session II |
| Our Daily Schedule (all times are approximate): 8:30 Arrival and freeplay/classroom choices 9:05 All Group Meeting 9:20 Science Activity Block 1 (½ w/Randy & ½ w/Lab Leader**) 10:10 Snack (all together) 10:30 Science Activity Block 2 (Groups switch) 11:20 Get organized/change for Swim & Lunch 12:00 Swim Lessons or Lunch 12:30 Lunch/Swim Switch* 1:00 All Group Game 1:30 Change from Swimming 2:00 Choice Time (playground, games, etc) 2:45 Daily Wrap Up Meeting, and Story 3:20 Head to Buses, Carpool, and Extended Day *Lunch, Swim, & Science Activity Blocks are split group activities that campers rotate through during the day. |
| Monday, August 2nd: Today we learned a bit about a prehistoric creature called a Triops, they are also called tadpole shrimp. We observed some that come from Europe and started an experiment with some dried eggs from the American species that were collected in Arizona. We will be learning a lot about these creatures over the next two weeks and will be bringing one home to study further as our take home experiment this session. |
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| Tuesday, August 3rd: Today we walked to Lars Anderson to return the Japanese Mystery Snails that were collected during the first session of Science of Life. We also collected a lot of small floating water plants (mostly duckweed) to add to our Triops habitats. Unfortunately we also discovered a subterranean wasp nest and picked up a few stings. We learned that wasps can sting more than once, unlike bees which sting once and die. We also learned that when a bee or wasp stings you it marks you with pheromones so you have to move far away so their sisters don't sting you too! |
| Wednesday, August 4th: Today we explored the Franklin Park Zoo to see what kinds of animals they took care of. On Friday and Tuesday we will go back to watch a few selected species more carefully so we can learn more about how zoologists study animals in the wild and in zoos. Zoo Pics |
| Thursday, August 5th: Today we assembled our Triops habitats with spring water and sand. We also added some larger pebbles and stones for enrichment items like we noticed at the zoo. Afterward we added a few floating water plants that will help keep the water clean as well as providing food for our Triops. Later, when it stopped raining, we went to the compost pile and collected compost worms. We also found several other compost creatures but we only kept a few worms to observe their "earth moving" capabilities. |
| Friday, August 6th: Today we went back to the Franklin Park Zoo to complete three activities: 1. we each had to do a five minute behavior study of a flamingo, 2. half of our group had to attempt to attract budgies for us to count (both the total and the maximum number at one time)--the other half gets to do this on Tuesday, and 3. our groups had to figure out how to tell different zebras a part so we can try to re-identify them on Tuesday. We also had a little time to see some things we missed on Wednesday. We also added a few more pictures to the zoo pics page! |
