Junior Naturalist Summer Camp with Thanksgiving Point Institute
This was our first year for our new Junior Naturalist Camp!
This camp was done jointly with Thanksgiving Point, so a big shout out to our
friends at Thanksgiving Point! We couldn’t have done it without you.
This week was jam-packed with fun activities helping kids
learn how to be a naturalist. They learned important biological principles all
the while having a lot of fun! The camp was at the Bean Museum on Monday and
Wednesday, and Thanksgiving point hosted on Tuesday and Thursday. We’re going
to share a few things that happened here at the Bean Museum.
On Monday we learned about the role of observation in
science. The kids learned about how to observe things and then we went out to
go observe plants and animals outdoors. We used these super awesome beautiful
notebooks to record our observations. They’re on sale at the Museum store if
anyone wants one for themselves!
Later that day we learned about collecting plants and
insects, and went out to go find some cool things in the great outdoors.
On Wednesday we had a great time exploring the research
collections here at the Bean Museum, and learning about all the cool research
that goes on there.
Later that day we learned how to display and mount the
insects that were caught on Monday and to mount the plants that were collected.
We had some very proud owners of new insect collections, complete with labels!
On Friday the kids were able to display and explain about
all they learned this week at both Thanksgiving Point and the Bean Museum. They
showed off their awesome insect collections, as well as their mounted plant
specimens!
It was a great week! Thanks to everybody who participated in
the awesome Junior Naturalist Camp! Even lunch breaks were fun! Hope to see lots
of people there next year.
Jessica, museum educator
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