Join head counselor Zach to make a walking water rainbow, sing about ROYGBIV, learn why the sky’s blue, sketch clouds, meet elephants & river otters. Content partners include Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Children’s Museum of the Arts, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Guggenheim Museum, New Victory Theater, Playworks, Roger Williams Park Zoo, San Diego Zoo, They Might Be Giants.
Explore the trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and learn why their leaves change color in the Fall in this video from Camp TV.
Make a nature journal and record observations about your environment in this Camp TV video from the Seneca Park Zoo. The video also shows how to make a bird feeder and record the bird visits in your nature journal.
Tune into nature using your five senses in this Seneca Park Zoo video from Camp TV.
Learn a new song with Bongi and Tshidi at Carnegia Hall in this video from Camp TV. “Inqola” uses call and response to express the relationship between nature and humans. There’s also a chance to try out new sounds we sometimes make for letters when singing in a different language.
Learn about prehensile-tailed porcupines at the Memphis Zoo in this video from Camp TV. Animal interpretor Chelsea Rim shares various ways these special animals have adapted over time, and ways we can ensure they are around for a long time to come by reducing the amount of trash we produce.
Let’s take a field trip and explore icebergs and glaciers.
Tom from the Baltimore Woods Nature Center demonstrates how to find bugs at night.
Jeannine from Save the Bay talks about food chains and food webs .
Learn how to make your own mud painting with this video from Chicago Parks District.