Third Day of C.A.R.E. Jr. Summer Camp

Reflections on Day Three

In my opinion before you can help the environment in huge quantity you need people to know that you don’t need to spend all there "green" to go green. Saving energy means lower electricity bills . That also means better insolation or less time in front of the tv. A lot of shoppers like a store that’s gone green and things like wind turbines solar panels and geo thermal heating can give a nice hefty pay off. That’s the kind of stuff we need.
A fuzzy peanut, age 12
P.S. Its my birthday !!!!!!!!!!

I was impressed with the video 10% because I learned how much people are throwing away. It is so bad for the environment. I hope people start reducing, reusing, and recycling because I want the environment to be healthy when I grow up.—Sparky

Today I (Cheese Ball) went to fly my kite but it went to high and crashed and broke again and again. But remember if you want to help the environment you must recycle. By: Me :) :] :} :()

When you cut down a tree, you do more than just cut down a tree. In fact... Most of the woodland animals depend on trees to survive. Without trees, birds will have no where to make nests and are forced to nest in waterspouts. Woodpeckers would have no insects to eat. There will be too much carbon dioxide, and squirrels would have no shelter in rain. Manny other animals must search for another tree, when hardly any are left. They search long distances for one. Hardly any of the animals would get shade and it would be hot because of the carbon dioxide. Wolfs would have no camouflage for hunting, and squirrels would have no food.. You are also taking away an animals opportunity of getting away from huntsmen. Not only does it affect animals, but humans too.

Today we built buildings made to hold heat. I tested mine 3 times, and twice the tempature went up to32 degrees Celsius. I flew my kite again, and it still doesn’t fly very well. Tomorrow we will be making solar burners.
Tiria

Today we made little houses with card board to see how munch heat it could hold. Me and tika and camper made one called reeces puff and we won with 35 .
Peanut age 10

Hi im Mr. Innocent pedestrian More yes I said more random words. Church acer fish kites outside ate. Woooow again hurt ankle computer. Duck pond random words me you cat. Fire alarm weird word awkward words. People another dog orange banana. Hot dogs are wieners haha.HA

Today was the third day of camp. Because of the weather, we stayed inside mostly. We made insulated ‘houses.’ We made them out of real house insulation, plastic, duct tape, and cardboard. Then we put a blow dryer a few inches away from an entrance, and heated the house for 1 minute. We then stuck a thermometer in for 1 minute, and the highest temperature won. Our temperature won with 35 degrees Celsius. When we stuck the blow dryer in all the way for 1 minute, the temperature was 45 degrees Celsius.

Today I liked flying the kite. It worked really well .I can’t wait until tomorrow when we make the solar cookers. I hope we cook hot dogs.–Joe

My favourite part of the day was all the games we played in the gym my favourite game was octopus
By popo

We watched a video about recycling and reducing. 8,000,000 trees are cut down and used to make mail order catalogues used in the US every year.
Thrill

C.A.R.E. Jr. Summer Camp - Day Two

Reflections on Day Two

We made kites. They are some awesome. Even though mine did not fly, I know why. I need to put plastic instead of fabric. I am very interested in building an eco-structure because I think I already know a lot about it as I did one similar to it. On our walk today, I took great pictures of the solar panels. I noticed there was one small panel which was used for heating the water. Tonight I am working on my eco-structure. - Thrill

Wind, a powerful and often destructive force. It causes joy and terror. And in modern days it makes electricity. I’ve got a new idea for this, though it has more to do with solar and 350. I won't explain it all but here it is. What if someone found a way to evolve or mutate a plant so that it could give off energy, I know it seems ridiculous but think about it, we already burn ethanol and oil ( both originally plants ) so isn’t it possible to get it without burning? That whout sure help with 350.That’s all from a fuzzy penut.

Today we made kites. I made one out of two dowels, some string and a garbage bag. It flew pretty well. I liked doing the 350 postcard because I got to draw whatever I wanted.–Joe

Today at camp we made kites. We took them outside to test-fly them, and they fly fairly well. Later on we went to the gentle rain and looked at the solar panels. I learned that it only takes 14 solar panels to power a house, although the gentle rain has 60. I think it is a good way of making electricity without harming the environment and more people should do it. Tiria

kites are awesome becauseThey fly!!! Cici

Today me and my friend Popo made kites and surprisingly they flew. It broke 5 times. We also saw a house with a lot of solar panels. THEY WERE COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

WOW. It’s only been 2 days and today was even better. We went down to the gentle rain and we learned all about solar panels and that 1 solar heater is a lot of money .It’s 4000$ and for 60 solar panels is 80000$.PEANUT AGE 10

My favourite part of today the kites because when we were done we got to fly them. me and cheese balls kite actually flew. By POPO

Today the best thing that we did was go to Gentle Rains and made kites me and peanut made a kite saying 350 and at the end it had a smiley face. I just loved looking at the solar panels and finding out things about the solar panels. I can’t wait to come back tomorrow we get to make house’s that keep in the heat.Tika age 9

Hi I’m Mr. Innocent pedestrian,The Random Words yet again. Fish butterfly flower dog. Happy man old man cool guy wimpy guy. God gimme a minute. Ow I cut myself again not !!!! hahaha o sorry why brilliant. Stratford Mitchell Bahamas your face my face another fish blue fish awkward fish.

We made kites. Mine flew good. Kites are awesome! I learned that there are all different kinds of kites. Kites use the power of the wind. We made 350 postcards to send into a global competition. I went to see something that had MILLIONS of solar panels! And tomorrow we will be starting a competition about making houses that will trap the most heat! I had an awesome day! Signed Sparky

First Day of C.A.R.E. Jr. Summer Camp

Reflections on Day One

thoughts from Lily:

When you cut down a tree, you do more than just cut down a tree. In fact... Most of the woodland animals depend on trees to survive. Without trees, birds will have no where to make nests and are forced to nest in waterspouts. Woodpeckers would have no insects to eat. There will be too much carbon dioxide.

thought from Tiria:

Today was my first day of camp. We went down to the old grove, and I learned how to identify a wild carrot. It looks exactly like Queen Anne's Lace, but it has one purple flower in the centre. We also saw a lot of plastic and garbage in the river. We learned that plastic takes a long time to break down, and if it is polluting, it will go on polluting, and will probably end up killing the fish. Today we saw many dead carp which probably died of pollution.

thoughts from Mark:

GARBAGE FREE!!! In different amounts of plastic can be a very a big problem.Try to reduce the amount of plastic you buy.Try to encourage people to help clean up the river. For example, pick out garbage from the river and try to not let people put garbage in the river. Be careful to not let any of your plastic blow away.

thoughts from Joe:

At camp today I liked the walk to the wall game. I was not surprised when I saw all the dead carp today because I saw them when I went canoeing last week. .I think they may have died because people have polluted the water. I loved walking through the forest because I love trees. I noticed it would be a good place to play army with my friends.

thoughts from a camper:

C.A.R.E Stratford is a good organization. The members take their ideas and use them to make Stratford a better and healthier place to live. Not onlythat, but they teach the other residents of their town their ideas through posters, camps, meetings, events and change.

I went to their camp today. We went for a walk at T.J Dolan with a naturalist, who taught us things about flowers, bird calls, and insects. We were able to take tape recorders to record sounds, and some of us had cameras, to take pictures of interesting things such as litter, (emptycigarette boxes, shopping carts) water animals (turtles) and other wildlife.The walk taught some of us a lot, and others learned more about what theyalready knew. It was a very interesting day.

thoughts from a fuzzy peanut, age 12:

One fish, Two fishDead fish, Flu fish. You might wonder why on earth I put the title that I did. Well I'll tell you why, water pollutants (otherwise known as stray plastics ) are reaching ridiculous levels 1 to10 with plankton. I fell like this needs help. I hope that I can do something to aid with this. In my next blog I will include 350 and my idea for a new enviro-friendly power source.

thoughts from Tika, age 9:

The best thing that I have done today was go to T.J. Dolan l just loved observing the animals and seeing all of the animals habitats. You never really relise that when you hear someone talking about how the animals habitats are getting polluted you never really relise that it actually is happening. But when all of us went to T.J Dolan we all relised that it actually is happening. For instance we saw a tire behind a beaver dam. That's the best thing about C.A.R.E.

thoughts from Peanut, age 10:

The care camp is a great camp I've only been here one day and we have already gone a walk to the old grove and we took lots of pictures on the way . We took pictures of things like fish turtles. And we took pictures of dead fish because care camp is about being enviroment . At the start of the day we filled bags with corn for the swans.

thoughts from Thrill:

I didn't know that there were chemicals that could eat plastic. Sparky and some other people found this weird thing in their microscope. It was almost like bark. It looked so cool. We played this one game and we had to closeour eyes and touch the wall. After lunch we were getting water out of theground into a cup. It was cool. We learned about bacteria. It was so cool.Some other people had a rainbow in their water.

thoughts from Mr Boat, age 12:

My favourite part of today was going to T.J. Dolan and taking pictures and sound recordings. I was disgusted by amount of dead fish and how nobody bothers to clean them up. It seems like hardly anybody cares. I know it's not a human but I realize that it is still a life and it should be treated equally. Their homes are being destroyed by our carelessness and we don't care.

thoughts from Cheese Ball:

Today in Care Camp we talked about how to save the environment from plastic. Me and my pal Popo thought of the chopper thingy which will cut plastic into little pieces which the bactiria will eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

thoughts from Mr. Innocent Pedestrian:

devil worm 350 today nothing I am smart. It’s a poetic experience potential of that look at that. Computer animals turtles ducks dead fish tarp garbage and such. New guy old guy tough guy weak guy hat guy. Blue fish fire alarm class windows vista. Fuzzy ball hard ball weird ball cool ball fat ball.

thought from Popo:

My favourite part of camp today was plastic pollution conversation and how we could prevent it me and cheese ball got an idea of a chopper thingy which would cut up the plastic into tini pieces!

C.A.R.E. JR Hosts First Summer Camp Program This August!

C.A.R.E. Stratford Jr. Announces First Summer Camp Program

Calling all campers! C.A.R.E. Stratford is excited to announce a new summer camp program running this August 11th to 15th.

C.A.R.E. Stratford Jr. is hosting "Unplugged!", the summer day camp for eco-adventurers. Sign up now for a week filled with environmental activities integrating art, sports, music, drama games, and exploration. The camp will foster active participation and a joy of environmental learning while providing opportunities to interact with peers with similar interests and abilities. Games, problem solving, and teamwork will help campers better understand themselves and the environment around them; learn to capitalize on their strengths and recognize their potential for excellence.

"Every individual has a role in addressing the environmental issues we face. Education is key as is empowerment. I am thrilled to be a part of C.A.R.E. Jr's first summer camp program as I know that by bringing together students with energy and ideas, new environmental initiatives in our region will emerge," said Kerry McManus, C.A.R.E. Stratford chair.

Camp facilitators have a broad range of expertise in teaching, environmental education, and the arts. Performer Eileen Smith employs a cross-curricular approach to learning by educating through arts integration and exploration. Educators Barb Smithers, Kerry McManus, and Fergus Cook hope to inspire and empower the youth to reach their community.

"I'm excited to be working with such a dynamic and diverse group of educators. This is a summer camp not to be missed," said Barb Smithers, camp facilitator.

The camp is being supported by the Community Conservation Initiative Program of the Ministry of Energy. Unplugged will run daily from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and will be held at Stratford Central Secondary School. Registration forms are now available at P'Lovers and are due by Friday, July 11th. Campers, grades 3 to 8, are encouraged to sign up now as space is limited. The cost is $175 per camper for the week and includes all materials and activities. For more information, email carestratford@cyg.net or phone Barb Smithers at (519) 271-1125, Elizabeth Walkom at (519) 273-3090 or Eileen Smith at (519) 273-4954.