Motivation Education

Last Day of Camp

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:43:55 +0000

my favorite part of camp was making bridges. I liked it because we used plastic pipe and popcicle sticks. I also liked playing bakugan with my friends.

fun(ny) stuff

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:03:35 +0000

On Wednesday we watched the YTA’s do a play. The play was very funny. At one point the two brothers were in a pot and then one of our actors said “no! I want to make dragon babies.” ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? On Thursday the theme was pirates and you could get attacked by pirates while trying to do your activity. In art we started to finish our stamps, my stamp is an eel. It was a great camp!

The Oregon Trail–Virtually!

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:02:26 +0000

On the first day, we played a game called the Oregon Trail for technology period. You had 4 other people in the wagon and could play as a banker, carpenter, or farmer. I chose the banker because he started out with the most money. First, you bought all supplies you needed including oxen, food, clothing, ammo (for hunting), and spare parts for your wagon. After that you set off on the trail. You could adjust pace, food rations, rest, trade, and hunt for food. The game had landmarks like rivers, canyons, and cities. When crossing rivers, you could walk across, take a ferry, or caulk the wagon across. Theives, diseases. and fires plagued the journey. It is the most popular game in the camp.

My Adventures at Exploring Extremes

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:58:37 +0000

I have been to this camp in the past and it has improved every year! This year we did new things such as rocket making, educational computer games, and bridge building. When we made the rockets, we had straws, clay, and index cards. We hit one of the instructors a couple of times it was fun. The campers got to play educational games on a program that used old games from the 80’s on the MAC II including: Oregon Trail, Odell Lake and Miners Cave. the last thing we did was bridge building where we made bridges out of tooth picks and we broke them the next day. Overall I like exploring extremes.

My favorite thing

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:57:40 +0000

My favorite thing to do at camp was on a Thursday,we had cannon wars.We pulled two tables together and tried to knock over wooden ships on the other side of the room on two other tables. We also shot rockets and most of them hit Mr. Joey! On the computers we played the Oregon trails and other games.

three favorite activities at Exploring Extremes Camp

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:57:21 +0000

My favorite three activities in exploring extremes camp this week were: When we studied Mt. Everest I lovedwhen we had to walk the line with binocerlires backwards and with a leaf blower. On Mt. Everest when the climbers get to a certin part of Mt. everest they have to check to see if your brain is not freezing so the leaf blower is sopposed to be the wind

and the binoculers Are supposed to be your gogles getting blurey with that you have to walk acrros the line perfectly or ele you have to go back down the mountain. The next best activity was in art we made sea creature stamps. Then we got to use them and stamp cards. The last one was Oregon Trail, on the computers were you had to get to Oregon in a wagon with all your supplies.

rockets

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:54:23 +0000

My favorite thing at camp was hitting Joey with rockets. I also liked it when a rocket went and hit the YTAs when they were relaxing. One rocket went and hit the other side of the room.

Exploring Extremes

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:28:49 +0000

I really liked when we made a mountain in art. My group and I made MT. Kilimanjaro. After we finished our mountain it was awesome. We just stacked up things and then we were done. The next day we used plaster it was so fun , but very messy. The day after that we painted. As you can see I had a fun time at EXPLORING EXTREMES!

Exploring Extremes

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:24:00 +0000

I really liked the Exploring Extremes program at the Smithsonian. One of my favorite things about this program was when we did the deep sea dive. We had to make the fish that would be hidden around the room. To make the finding of the fish harder we had to wear masks that were very hard to see through. Than they turned off the lights and it was almost impossible to see anything. I also made a lot of new friends.

My Week At Camp.

camp2 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:23:56 +0000

This week at camp, we did a lot of fun stuff. We Learned a lot, And had fun doing it. My favorite thing we learned about was exploring deep ocean waters and extrem-ophiles. I was already very interested in both topics. The activities we did that day were also fun because they involved science, which is my favorite subject.

The other days were fun too. It was a real coincidence that we were doing stuff about mountains the day that the eleven hikers died while climbing K2. The day we did sailing was really fun. We had naval battles (knocking over model ships with plastic balls), And we were attacked by pirates. The other things that we did included Building bridges, doing art projects, and more.

During lunch we played games like capture the flag. On Thursday, we did color wars, which is an event that takes place during lunch. Each different class dresses up in a different color and competes in a series of games. It was really fun, and the same can be said about the entire week at camp!