The
Young Naturalists have been studying the concept of form and function and how
it relates to animal adaptations. Yesterday they watched a puppet show put on
by the counselors about a monarch butterfly who learns what adaptations are.
She meets a woolly bear caterpillar, a walking stick, a grasshopper and other
insects that do special things to survive. She discovers that she has lots of
adaptations too!
Campers did an activity in partners in which one person was
blindfolded, and the other led them to different stations outside with
different natural objects. The blindfolded person had to feel the objects and
describe their characteristics, such as soft, light, round, hard, etc. It was
challenging, but an important step in understanding nature’s survival features.
In the afternoon campers had a visit from Speedy, our resident box turtle. We got to watch him walk around (and he really is "speedy"!), touch his shell and guess how old he is. Speedy is always a huge favorite!
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