First part of the afternoon at the zoo was time to search and get ideas for lessons, crafts, and games for our camps. It was fun to start brainstorming a little and get an idea of how the typical camp day runs. Next, Daniela took us out and showed us to the different classrooms we will be working in. The camp I am with (5-6 yr old) will have home base in what is known as the Dove Room in the Discovery Center.
Then, she took us to the Service Building, where all the education animals live. Since the zoo does so many outreach presentations, the animals all have at least one day off a week, where they are not used for presentations. One animal we saw that is sticking out in my mind right now is the porcupine named Daphne. I've never seen a porcupine up close before, and we actually were able to pet her. The quils felt different than I imagined, and her fur underneath is yellow. It was cool to get to see a bunch of the animals that our camp kids will get to learn about this summer. We also worked together on a camp t-shirt inventory, today.
Finally, our other boss, Kira, came and spoke to us a bit about lesson planning and basic objectives of the camp. The key components for a day at camp include intro/recap, lesson, snack, craft, game, animal presentation, memory book, and review.
All of the interns are really great. We've all been getting along really well these first couple of days. They're all real easy to talk to, and it's going to be fun getting to collaborate ideas and work with them this summer.
After work, I went on a little walk around the neighborhood I'm currently living in, and then took a few photos of the girls playing outside and some of the fauna behind the house. I'm posting a few of the shots below:
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