Despite the COVID-19 shut down and social distancing guidelines, summer youth camps will go on at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum. Managing editor Tami Roleff explains how the camps will be conducted…
The Hi-Desert Nature Museum will hold summer youth camps—digitally. Kids in kindergarten through twelfth grade are welcome to participate for free. Museum Supervisor Stefanie Ritter will lead the camps as participants learn about the food chain as they track the meals of desert critters from food sources in their back yards to the final outcome (scat). The digital camps will kick off June 29 with a new topic each week and a daily activity. Kids can choose one week or try them all.
The theme for the week of June 29 is “Your Backyard Food Chain”;
July 6 is “Tracking the Neighborhood”;
July 13 is “Bite and Chew”; and
July 20 is “The Final Outcome (Scat).”
Lessons include reading, drawing and other creative activities for children of all ages, so team up with a friend or family member and go for it. Kids who are in eighth grade or higher are challenged to dig deep into each topic.
The museum staff wants to hear from you: ask questions, make suggestions and show them your accomplishments.
Students need a computer, a printer, access to open space (a backyard is fine), and some common school supplies. The Museum Junior Biologist Award will be presented to those who complete all four weeks of camp lessons.
