Rose also noted that the crafting ties into STEM with the students learning how to plan, develop designs and engineer projects.Īmelia said the boats were fun to do. intern Brielle Rose indicated that projects like the paddle boats don’t always work the first time, so students learn to experiment and adjust the project to get it to work. The students then tested to see if their boats worked in a pool of water. On “Pirate Day,” the students designed and constructed paddle boats using black food storage containers, foam pieces and rubber bands. The sticks were used to create the sound of a storm. “We had this big stick and we put sticks inside the little holes, and we put little balls in it and tipped them up and down,” Amelia said. The rain sticks were one of fifth-grader Amelia Travalinga’s, 11, favorite activities. “Agriculture Day” was spent learning about soil, eggs, chickens and planting.įor second grader Maggie Muldoon, 7, learning about the Earth was her favorite part of camp.ĭuring “Around the World Day,” students learned about different cultures and locations around the world by crafting the Leaning Tower of Pisa out of spaghetti and marshmallows painting maps using shave cream and food coloring crafting Chinese dragon puppets and, using South American rain sticks to create a storm while doing a rain dance.
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