Fun at the Museum of Science – Download the Sunshine Recipe Book!

Our scientists had a fantastic time exploring all the exhibits and displays at the Museum of Science yesterday. They learned about the science of the playground, dinosaurs, fossils, animals, motion, water, and so much more. We even had a special opportunity to explore the Butterfly Garden where some children were even lucky enough to have butterflies land right on them!

Today, we headed off to the pool for a nice refreshing dip in the water! The children had a blast getting cooled off in the water! We have some amazing swimmers at camp this year. They are sad to get out when it is time to get ready to return to camp.

Also today, everyone went home with a special gift. We made a special Sunshine Group Recipe book that includes the ingredients and directions for oobleck, play-doh, and ice cream. You can download and print this book at the link below.

Next week’s theme is Let’s Make Noise! Our field trip is going to be to the Bellingham Movie Theater where we will be seeing Brave. We have our own special showing at the theater. It will be brighter and the sound will not be nearly as loud as it usually is at the movies. The concession stand will not be open while we are there. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible.

Downloads:
Permission Slip – Bellingham Movie “Brave”
Sunshine Group Recipes

Another Day of Exciting Science and Experiments!

Our scientists were hard at work today! We learned about creating a vacuum to get an egg inside a bottle, making elephant toothpaste, creating an eruption with diet coke and mentos, and we even made our own ice cream and play-doh! We learned all about rocks from our resident geologist, Joe! Some of our scientists even made their own telescopes to help them see the stars in the night sky.

Tomorrow will be so much fun as we learn even more about science as we travel through the museum. Please remember camp tshirts, sneakers, snack, and lunch.

Remember: tomorrow is an extended day and we will return to camp at 2pm.

Everyone is Turning into a Scientist This Week!

There are lots of experiments and activities going on at camp this week in a variety of scientific areas.  Kids were making tornados in a bottle and listening to a great presentation about volcanoes (thanks Joe!).

They were also testing gravity and buoyancy making penny boats.  Someone was even able to make a boat that held over 100 pennies while staying afloat! We also got a little messy after listening to Dr. Seuss’ Bartholomew and the Oobleck by making our own gooey oobleck!

We also learned how to sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in TWO languages…English and Sign Language!  More scientific discoveries to come!

Please remember to send in the permission slip for Thursday’s field trip to the Museum of Science.