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It's Camp! Week 9 Ep. 3
Episode 42 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
It's Camp! is a 30-minute program produced from Valley Youth House's Camp Fowler.
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I'm Lori.
>> I'm Dan.
>> And we are coming to you from Orefield, Pennsylvania.
>> We have a lot of great activity scheduled for you this week, campers.
We're going to be getting up and moving around and doing some kickboxing.
Then we're going to visit our friends at ArtsQuest to do some crafts.
>> Plus we'll be visited by some local teachers.
Let's go join our friends, and learn about committing to goals.
Hi, welcome back to Camp Fowler.
I'm Jenn.
>> I'm Dan.
>> I'm Isaac.
>> And we have some friends here with us to help play our game.
We have Kyle and Connor and Jess and Caleb and Liz.
So many people to help us work on committing to goals like we've been talking about all week.
So are we all ready to play a game?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> So this morning I've been holding this down.
I filled this stick-up with helium, so it's gonna float away on its own.
All right.
I'm going to hold on to here for us.
Our job is going to be to put it on the ground.
I do need help.
I do need help.
So here's the thing.
We can only hold this stick with our pointer fingers pointing out with the stick resting on top.
So we're gonna see what happens because it's got some helium so kind of floating.
Do you think we can find a way to get in a line that we could hold the stick on either side?
>> Yes.
>> All right.
So let's try this out.
>> All right.
So if you can't get your fingers out, I'll pull it down.
Yeah, up there.
OK.
>> OK.
>> Flip mine over.
OK.
So our goal, we have to keep our fingers touching it.
So if at any point someone loses contact, it will float away and we'll lose it.
We have to figure out a way to put this down.
>> All right.
Well, how about us three over here?
We're going to keep track on this level.
We'll try to talk down to you, Isaac.
All right?
OK.
Nice and easy.
About our side, our side should go down a little bit faster.
OK.
Not too bad.
Yeah, that middle looks like it's kind of arching.
Oh, almost flew away on us!
All right.
Try again, Isaac, count again.
>> Three, two, one.
>> OK.
OK, go down a little faster, Conner.
Looking good.
All right, you can go a little faster too.
All right.
We can go a little faster.
Us three.
Keep going, keep lowering a little more.
Keep going, keep going, keep going.
When pause right now.
If you need to put your knee down, go ahead.
If not, you just kind of hang in there.
All right.
Count again, Isaac.
>> Three, two, one.
>> OK.
OK.
I like what Kyle's doing, I'll do what he's doing.
Keep kind of closer together.
I feel like I have more control.
OK.
Count again, Isaac.
>> Three, two, one.
>> Almost there, folks.
We're almost there, a few more inches.
Keep going, little more.
You can go all there to the bottom, right.
Think we got it.
>> Good job.
>> What does that have to do with committing to goals?
>> I definitely think you have to work together the whole time, even though we were all individually moving up and down.
I had to look at Jess and you.
And then constantly.
>> And I learned, you know, looking at my side here with Connor and Kyle that, you know, there could be non-verbal communication, too.
Kyle kind of glanced at me and kind of showed what he was doing and I really liked it.
So I kind of chimed in.
So there's different ways of communicating and it's good because a lot of it higher percentage is nonverbal.
So that's good, too.
>> Yeah, that's really cool.
And you're paying attention, which helps everyone be on the same page for what we're trying to do by paying attention to the other person's doing.
All of those verbal and not.
Really like you pointed that out.
That's really cool.
Great job, everybody.
Journal prompt for you at home is writ or draw about a time where you needed other people's help to meet your goal.
Thanks for being here.
We'll see you tomorrow.
>> Bye.
>> Bye.
That was so cool.
Thanks.
Some of our local teachers are joining us this week.
Let's go learn something new.
Hi, everyone, my name's Heather Smeraldo I teach at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School.
And today, I'm going to show you how to simulate an oil spill, but then also how to clean up an oil spill.
So what is an oil spill?
When you think about it it's really just crude oil that spills into the ocean, spills onto land.
Whatever it does, it ends up in the water, which is really, really, really harmful to our marine environment.
So first we have to show what does it look like?
You need your water, which I have a nice big cup of that.
And then you have the oil.
You don't necessarily need cocoa powder, but that can help you make it look like actual oil in there.
So the one thing you want to remember is you want one to four ratio.
So one part oil, four parts water.
So it's one cup oil.
Four cups water.
Or if you want to make it even larger than that, then you double it.
So I have two cups of water and you want to have a wider container because it's easier to see what it actually looks like.
And a very clear container.
So I have my four cups of water.
If you wanted to be really cool, you can get blue food coloring and then it could really look like an ocean and then you're going to put one cup of oil.
In the second part to that, oil would be the cocoa powder.
So this is going to make it look like really dark gross oil, which is fun.
I feel like experiments have to be messy, so prepare to get messy.
And then I'm going to pour this on top of the water.
But I want to pour slowly because what do you notice is happening as I pour it?
As I see the very top layer of the water and the oil, I can see that it actually it's separating.
So the very top layer of the water sits the oil, and that's because water is more dense than oil.
So the oil is going to rise.
So now I have my oil spill.
Oh, my gosh.
What am I going to do?
Well, we know that there are marine life and ducks and all different things in the ocean.
So I'm going to put feathers in my ocean and I want to get it really messy.
Really covered in oil, because that's really, truly what happens from covering it all into the oil.
So then the next part, you can do it a couple different ways.
You can have a competition with someone at home.
You can do it on your own.
You can try to see how much oil can you take out or how many feathers can you clean, however you want to do, it is entirely up to you.
So what I'm going to do first is I'm going to try to clean off the feathers because I care a lot about the animals and the marine life.
So I want to make sure they're taken care of.
So you can use cotton balls.
You can use a sponge.
You can use dish soap in a cup, a spoon.
However, you want to try to get the feathers out and clean them is entirely up to you.
So I'm going to take my spoon and just take the feathers out and lay them on a paper towel.
On a tray.
Because this is where it gets really messy.
And otherwise your parents would be very mad because their tables would be very dirty.
So I'm going to take my sponge first.
I'm just going to wipe them off the feathers as best as I can.
Now, if this were a competition, I would want to make sure I'm doing this super fast.
So another way you can clean your feathers is if you use the dish soap.
So I'm going to take one of my feathers and I'm going to mix it around in the soap.
And again, I have the sponge.
So I'm going to try to wipe some of it off.
But I also have some extra water.
I'm going to pour some water in here.
Because when you take a bath, obviously you need to rinse off your soap.
So you want to rinse the soap off of the feather and get it as clean as you can get.
And look at that.
That water is getting pretty gross now.
So you can tell there was something on that feather.
And then if I put it next to a feather that's not cleaned off.
You can see the difference.
How much cleaner this one is compared to the one that had oil on it.
The next part I could do is, well, I want to get the oil out of the water wheel.
How can I do that?
I have a spoon, but I feel like that's gonna be kind of difficult.
I could put some of that into our cup, but that's going to take me a while.
What if I put cotton balls into the ocean?
Well, I know that these are going to soak it up.
As best as I can swirl it around in there and I'm noticing that the water is getting just a little bit clearer.
Which means it's probably taking out that gross oil that's stuck in there.
Keep cleaning it out as best as I can.
And then when you get to the end, again, if you're having a competition with someone, the way you can tell how much oil you took out is once this settles in the cup, you can measure with a ruler or your finger, whatever it is you want, how much oil compared to the water?
Because remember that oil is going to rise.
So I hope you guys had fun today and you learn something new and we'll see you soon.
Bye.
>> Thanks.
Now let's get our heart rate up and do some kickboxing with Priscilla.
Hi, I'm back.
It's Priscilla from Camp Fowler.
Giving you some kickboxing exercise to keep you moving.
Today's exercise is a little more involved than the last two, but you can do it.
We're going to start like we always do with our bob and weave.
Warming up the body.
Remember to listen to your body if anything hurts don't do it.
Just keep moving.
Remember the jab?
Slight bending the elbow.
The upper cuts go on for your opponent's chin.
The hooks side of the head and the body shot a little bit lower.
So today, back to your bob and weave.
Today, we're going to move a little bit.
We're going to move a little side to side.
Lateral movement is so good for your body.
So start two steps over, two steps back.
See, I have a little jab there.
I'm doing a little side jab, two steps over, two steps back.
Now you want to make it a little bit harder.
Watch my feet.
I'm going to shuffle and bring it back.
Shuffle.
And bring it back.
Just a little shuffle.
Get your heart rate up.
Right.
Cardio health.
Shuffle back for three more, two more.
Last one.
We're going to march in place here for four.
Now we're going the other way, two steps back.
So level one, you're doing two steps.
Level two, you're going to shuffle and bring it back.
Shuffle and bring it back.
That just makes it a little harder.
Gets your heart rate up a little bit more.
Let's do four more like this.
Three, two.
Last one.
March in place.
So the add on instead of the marching is going to be a frontline front kick new move.
We haven't done it yet, but you can do it.
You're going to step forward, kick, step forward, kick, step forward, kick.
You have to push off that front foot and get it up.
Three, two, last one.
March in place.
Let's try the other foot.
Same thing.
Other foot.
Here we go.
Front lunge.
Front kick.
Front lunge, front kick and march in place.
Now we're going to put it together.
Over to the side and back two front lunge, front kick in for three, two, one.
Here we go.
Over and back.
One more time.
Front lunge, front kick front lunge.
Front kick, front lunge.
A couple more.
One more.
Let's go to the other side.
Over and back.
Over and back again.
Other leg front lunge, front kick for four.
You got it.
Three, two and one.
Jumping jacks here.
Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two.
Shuffle.
See that combination?
It's fun.
It's easy.
You can do it right.
Front Lunge, front kick.
Two more.
Last one.
Other side.
If you get tired.
March in place.
Remember to grab some water.
Lots of water after you exercise.
Real important.
Last one.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
One more time over here we go.
One more time.
Finish strong.
Don't give up now.
Front lunge.
Front kick.
Four, three, two.
To the other side.
That's it.
One more time.
Front lunge, front kick.
Three more.
You got it.
Two, last one.
Finish jumping jacks.
Seven, six, five, four, three, two and one.
Great job.
Give yourselves a hand.
See you next time.
>> Let's go learn something new.
>> Hello.
Welcome to day three.
I'm Kevin with Funny Farm Apiaries.
>> And I'm Wendy from Funny Farm Apiaries.
And today, we're going to talk about the jobs of the honeybee.
So there's all sorts of bees and they have all different jobs that they must do to make the hive thrive and survive when the honey bee is first born it's considered a nurse bee.
The very first thing it must do is it must clean out so that it's ready and available to start for the queen to lay in that cell again.
So it goes and it cleans that cell out.
It's ready.
Then the queen can lay in it.
And then the next thing it does is it also starts feeding all the eggs and the larva that have been laid before it emerged.
The next thing that they move on to is they are called undertakers.
The hive is very clean.
They like to keep everything tidy.
So when a bee dies or if there's dirt in the hive, their job is to clean that stuff up and take any dead bees out and fly them off somewhere.
As they develop and go through life, they progressed into different stages and different jobs.
Another thing that they are able to do is they're called architects and they build all this wax foundation for not only eggs to be laid, but also for honey to be stored.
So they will build the comb and they must get to a certain point in their age where their body actually develops that ability to be able to do that.
And then there's also what they call cleaners and organizers.
They're tasked with cleaning that hive and making sure those cells are constantly cleaned.
And also any dirt that's brought in from bees that forage, they also clean that out.
The next stage that they can acquire is and there's only a select few that are given this prestigious job is they're called Queen's attendants.
They attend to the queen for her every need.
She doesn't have time to feed herself.
So they feed her.
They bring nectar to her, pollen for protein.
And they make sure that they fulfill everything that she's asking them to do.
They also communicate things to other parts of or other bees in the hive on what needs to be done.
The next role that they graduate to is a forager.
They are providing all the food for the hive and also food for us.
So they're going out and they're collecting that nectar which they turn into honey.
So they will fly several miles in a day and have several flight miles where they're going out and foraging roughly about a three mile radius of area that they collect pollen and nectar and they bring it back to the hives.
They pass that stuff off to one of their sisters, who then goes and packs it in to a cell in the hive and stores it away for future, for their eating and also for our eating.
The other role in the hive is a guard bee.
And what they do, if you look at this hive here in the front, there's a small opening, which is the entrance to the hive.
And they will guard that entrance.
So there will be several bees there to guard that entrance.
And they keep out unwanted guests such as bumblebees, wasps, hornets and bees from other hives.
So that concludes our talk today.
We talked about the different stages of the honey bee and their jobs within the hive.
Please join us tomorrow where we'll talk about how wax is made and how honey is made.
>> Thanks.
That was great.
Let's check in with our friends from the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.
>> Hi, I'm Lynn with the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.
This week we've been talking about the natural forces that shape our world.
The last couple of days was talking about the ring of fire and earthquakes, volcanoes.
Today we're going to be talking about water.
Water is an extremely powerful force.
If you've ever seen pictures of the Grand Canyon, can you imagine?
Do you see that stream at the bottom?
That used to be at the top.
Over millions of years, that water wore away.
The rock carved it down and made the Grand Canyon.
Of course, if you've ever been knocked over by a wave at the ocean, you know it's really powerful.
Imagine a tsunami then, right?
A huge wave or flooding.
So people do design to withstand those kinds of forces.
In Japan, they're building tsunami walls.
And people who have houses along coastlines, they often raise their houses up on stilts so the house isn't destroyed if there is a flood.
But we also can use the energy in water to help ourselves.
We can make electricity with it.
But before I show you how we use water to make electricity, I want to just show you how we generate electricity.
I have a little hand crank generator here and in here there is a little motor.
A motor is a coil of wire around a magnet.
I'm gonna crank this handle here and it's going to spin the wire around the magnet.
When that does that, the magnetic force is going to push electrons along the wire.
And that is electricity.
So keep your eye on the light down there.
We'll see if it lights up.
It does.
Right.
I turn the coil and made electricity.
All right.
So now that you understand how we generate electricity, let's talk about how we use water to do that.
Really anything that will turn a wire around a magnet can do that job.
So I am going to use this water.
To pour on this water wheel and I need you to watch the meter here.
If the needle moves, it means we made electricity.
So let's give it a try.
Did the meter move?
Awesome.
So we made electricity just by pouring water on a water wheel.
So that's another way that we can make it.
And using the force of water.
All right.
So you may not have a motor at home, but you could still make a waterwheel, any kind of a building toy that you have, I used some Legos to make this one, but even Popsicle sticks or paper.
You could use any of those things.
So let's see how that works.
I'm going to pour some water.
There it works.
And once you get it the way you like it, see if you can make it move faster.
The faster it goes, the more power it would be generating.
If it was connected to a motor.
OK.
One more thing.
There is sometimes a problem when you're generating water because we make a dam and that can stop fish from moving upstream.
But I did bring a solution an engineered solution around this.
It's a fish ladder.
So the fish, they jump up the steps and get over the dam that way.
So you can think about that, too, as an engineering challenge.
All right.
That's it for today.
Thanks a lot.
>> That was awesome.
Let's jump over to the banana factory and do some crafting with ArtsQuest.
>> Hi, my name's Elena.
I work for the Banana Factory, which is part of ArtsQuest.
Today, I'm going to show you guys how to make a mono print using leaves or other things you might find in nature.
You'll also want some paint paper, some sort of paint brush or roller or sponge, whatever you've got available to you.
There's a few ways you can do it.
You can almost use a leaf, just like a stamp.
But I'm going to show you one way that I really like to do this.
So I'm going to use just a little bit of masking tape to kind of block out my print and I'm going to have a darker side and a lighter side.
And I'll show you what that means in a couple minutes.
So, all right.
I've got my kind of middle line and I think since this is a leaf, I'll try to make it green.
Mix up a good amount of green paint.
And what I'll do for this project, I'm going to start by painting the leaf, because leaf is one of our most important parts.
But I'm also going to paint around the leaf.
I'm going to make sure to get all of those ridges in there.
And so I'm going to have two prints in one with this project because I have my leaf shadow on this page and I'm actually going to use my painted leaf that I'm working on now to make a print on the opposite side.
So you can go all the way to the edges with this.
And I'm just going to try to keep my leaf tacked down in place while also filling in the rest of that space underneath my hand.
I'm going to really add a lot of extra pain onto this leaf.
I don't want it to wind up absorbing it all.
It does have kind of a weird texture to it.
So I would recommend adding a lot of extra paint.
If you're using something thick.
If using a really thin leaf or flower, it might not be as problematic.
I think that looks good.
So I'm going to pick up my leaf and you can see the shape I have remaining here is pretty leaf like.
And now I'm going to kind of carefully try to center my leaf on the blank side of my page and I'm going to try to use my fingers to really smooth it out because it has a lot of paint on there, but it's not exactly a flat leaf.
So I'm going to try to hold it in place and use my fingers to smooth it out.
OK, so now I can reveal my leaf and we can see it looks pretty similar.
The shape is weird, but you can see a little bit of like the vein details where I couldn't press it all the way down.
But now what I'm going to do, I'm going to actually remove the masking tape I put down very carefully because this paper might rip a little bit.
And that masking tape allowed me to get a little bit messier without worrying about going over into the other half of my paper.
My artwork is pretty much all done.
I've got my empty space where the leaf was and I have the print.
That's just the leaf.
So it's kind of a dual sided print, I guess, is the word I'm looking for here.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
This was how to make a nature mono print.
And if you tune back in tomorrow, I'll be here making another project.
Thank you.
>> What a great day at camp.
We hope you had fun with us today.
>> Join us again tomorrow for more activities, learning and fun.
>> Bye.

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