When We Do Something, We Do it Right!

 It is time to get back to it and I can't think of a better 4-H Summer Fun Camp to cut our teeth on than Animal Science Day Camp.  This is our first face to face opportunity with youth and we are taking all precautions to ensure they can be together, have fun, and accidentally learn along the way.  Those precautions include, everyone wearing masks indoors (and in some cases outside), having fewer people per van, sanitizing surfaces, asking health questions each day to ensure each person's safety, and much more.  Our youth are being fairly understanding about the new policies and are doing their best to make sure everything is followed so we can do this again in the future.

Our first day of our first face to face camp found us in Durham and the Museum of Life and Sciences.  Based on the museums policies this day we wore our masks outside and inside the facility.  Outside we saw all types of animals from farm animals to insects, butterflies to bears, and the lemurs were particularly popular among our campers.  There were even some dianosaurs that we learned a few animal lessons from.

Inside the animal tour didn't stop.  Our campers saw wildlife native to North Carolina.  Animals such as owls, snakes, turtles, muskrats, birds and fish.  It was quite an eclectic collection of animals that inhabit our state.

Campers also got a chance to explore the exhibits and learn about weather, space, engineering principles, and much more.  Each of them had a favorite thing from the day and no two were the same.  For us that is a win, becuase if each of them found something fun and amazing it is all worth while.

Tomorrow we will head to surf city to learn about creatures from under the sea....I wonder what that might be?

To see our day in photos please click this link.