Good morning and welcome to camp.

I'm Lori.

>> I'm Dan.

>> And we're coming to you from Camp Fowler, located in Orefield, Pennsylvania.

>> We have a lot of awesome activities scheduled for this week.

We'll be learning a lot of cool things from the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

And then we're gonna check in the garden back from ArtsQuest.

Let's start the day with our friends Jenn and Isaac.

>> Hi, campers, welcome back.

I'm Jenn.

>> I'm Isaac.

>> And we have our friends Lori and Caleb, Liz and Dan here with us to keep working on care of self and others.

So this is the commitment bridge.

I love this element because it takes two people and you decide as a team how far you're gonna get.

So do we have two volunteers to do this element?

All right.

Lori and Dan are going to do this.

We'll have one on each of the foot cables.

The rest of us will be working together to spot you.

You'll face each other and talk with each other to see how far you can move apart.

Remaining in contact with each other.

And again, you'll have us spotting you to keep you safe.

Got it?

OK, so let's get us set up as spotters around them at first.

All right.

So, Liz, you don't need to be in the middle just yet.

Yeah.

If the two of you want to spot Dan and we'll spot Lori as they get up on the foot cable.

So use your calls, please.

>> Ready to climb.

>> Ready to spot.

>> Ready to climb.

>> Spotting.

>> Climbing.

>> OK, so you go up first.

Ready?

One, two, three.

All right.

How about you start with your right foot?

I'm going to put my right foot down.

All right.

Yeah, go ahead.

Move slowly.

>> Take your time.

>> Do you want me to wait for you?

>> How about on a count of three move out outer foot?

One, two, three.

Ready, one, two, three.

>> OK.

Pause right there for one second.

Liz, could you step in the middle and spot?

So he's gonna be there so I can lean on her if you start to go forward.

>> OK.

Sounds good.

>> You can lean on me.

>> All right.

Ready?

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

>> Not too bad.

OK.

One, two, three.

Going to lean a little forward to you, OK?

Ready, one, two, three.

Ready, one, two, three.

One, two, three.

>> ..go much further.

>> Yeah, I know!

This is pretty far.

I guess we'll try one last one to see if we can get it.

One, two, three.

>> Nicely done.

Good job.

That was cool!

So you made it all the way out to here.

So what kind of things did you find yourself doing to take care of yourselves and your partner?

>> Well, I think we started to begin communicating with each other at the very beginning.

Just to have an idea on like balancing and weight, because I'm a little taller and a little heavier, so we had to compensate that and then we started getting the groove.

I think especially with us counting, the counting part was definitely helpful.

Yeah, I wasn't I wasn't sure about the middle part here, but once the spotters came in the middle, they kind of made me feel a little bit better.

I did kind of use them a little bit for some support, but that support helped us get further than I thought we were going to go.

>> Yeah.

>> You make a really good point there.

Multiple people for you to lean on, even though some of them were there as just extra safety.

There were plenty of people there to help take care of you while you guys took care of each other.

>> Yeah.

>> Super cool.

Awesome.

So that's our super fun activity for today.

And what we hope you'll think about is who are the people in your life that you can lean on?

Thanks.

And we'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

That was great.

Let's go learn something new with our friends from the Cradle of Liberty Council from the Boy Scouts of America.

>> Hi, kids, I'm Bob.

I'm an Eagle Scout, so I've had a lot of experience with building fires.

So today we're gonna talk to you a little bit about fire, some of the safety issues with fire, and we'll try to get one started here for you.

Scouts seem to love to do two things, get muddy and build fire.

The muddy part seems to come naturally.

Building fire, not so much.

There is a technique to it.

So first, let's briefly cover the chemistry of fire.

There's really three components that you need to build a fire.

You need air.

We can all breathe.

Correct.

So there is oxygen in the air here.

We need heat.

So we have a heat source.

The matches we'll use to create heat.

And you also need fuel.

So if you see our fire pit, we've got some very small tinder here, which will help us to get the fire going.

And then once it starts, we can put some of the bigger pieces on.

Fire is very useful.

It keeps you warm.

You can cook with it, but it's also very dangerous.

So if you're building fire, make sure you're under the supervision of adults.

Make sure you have a way to contain your fire like our fire pit.

Make sure you have water to put it out.

And rakes or other tools also help because you can scrape it down and put dirt on top of it.

And what you do, you're either eliminating the heat with the water, you're eliminating the fuel source by pulling it away with the rake.

And if you throw dirt on with the shovel, you're eliminating the air.

So if you take any of those components out, you squash the fire and you want to be able to control your fire at all times.

So with that, we have a little fire we're going to try to start here today.

As I said, we took some of this tinder, which is from spruce trees.

It was dead material on the ground.

The nice thing about spruce, it has sap in.

So even when it's wet, you can often get this started if you're camping in a rainstorm.

So we're going to start the tinder up.

And then if we get that going, well, we'll get this going a little bit with a few of the larger pieces.

Go ahead, Scouts.

Give it a whirl.

So as you can see, we're having a little bit of trouble, it's not as easy as it looks, but if with several tries and if we don't want to cheat with paper, if we don't have to.

There we go.

We got it.

We got it.

So it does take a little bit of try.

Our kindling, probably, the issue is I know my kindling is still a little bit too heavy.

The finer you can get the kindling, the better.

The best kindling is off eastern hemlock, which are harder to find now, but it's very, very fine branches full of sap and they work very well.

But as you can see, there's our kindling going now.

That's going to turn into a nice little fire as that's catching.

Then we can start to break up some things that are a little bit bigger and on a windy day if you're putting wood in the fire, what you want to make sure of is you watch the wind direction and put your wood on from the back side so the flame is blowing away from you, not into your face.

So that's fire.

Again, there's three components.

Air, heat and fuel.

And you have combustion, which we have here today.

Thanks for joining us.

Hope you learned something.

>> How cool is that!

Let's go learn more about wheels with our friends at the National Museum of Industrial History.

>> Hi, my name is Amber, and I'm here at the National Museum of Industrial History.

Throughout this week, we have been exploring the wheel through industrial history.

We started with a pedal power wheel.

Then we went to the steam powered wheel.

Then we went to wheels, transferring energy from wheel to wheel.

And today we're going to look at wheels as force.

So we're going to start right here with my lovely sandstone wheel.

Now, to get this sandstone wheel activated, we need to add a little water.

So we're going to put a little water on here.

Here we go.

And now we've activated the sandstone wheel.

And the reason that this machine exists is so that we can sharpen our tools.

So you can see this tool is pretty dull.

It needs a sharpening.

So we're going to use the rotation of this wheel to create friction between the tool and the wheel as it spins.

So let's do a little test of friction.

Everybody rub their hands together.

Really, really, really, really, really fast.

And there it is.

You have created friction.

That heat, that energy that you can feel between your hands is what we're gonna explore through this machine.

So I'm going to show you how the pedal of this machine works.

So as the pedal goes up like that, the wheel turns.

And then as it goes down, the wheel comes back down.

So as I operate, I will be rotating the wheel.

Now, just like our hands, I can't rotate the wheel slow because then we won't create friction.

I have to rotate that wheel pretty fast so that I can sharpen this tool.

So let's get started here.

Up and down, up and down, up and down so we can get up to speed.

That will create friction.

All right.

Putting the tool on.

Letting it slow down.

Now you can see the difference in what the sandstone did to sharpen the tool.

Now, if I wanted to sharpen this tool and get it ready for action, I would have to be doing a lot of sandstone grinding.

So that was just an example of how the process works with wheels creating friction.

So now we're gonna move over to another artifact.

And this artifact is called a bookpress.

And this bookpress will be creating a different force.

This will be creating something called compression.

So when you put a force on both sides of something and squeeze it together, you're creating compression.

So the wheel on the top of this machine is connected to a screw.

And as I turn the wheel, the screw presses this piece down and it's going to press and press and press until it gets to the bottom.

And I can't turn.

And we have reached maximum compression.

This is used as a bookbinder.

So it would be pressing the book together so that it can be bound.

So we've explored two different forces today.

We've explored the wheel as friction and the wheel as compression.

So there is so much power in the invention of a wheel throughout industrial history.

And we're going to explore one more way wheels have impacted our history tomorrow with wheels as transportation.

>> Let's take a moment to relax and do some yoga with our friends at Valley Youth House.

>> Hi, everyone, welcome to camp yoga.

My name is Rachel.

Today, we're going to work on some standing yoga poses.

So we're going to come to stand wherever you'd like at home.

And we're going to come into a mountain pose to start.

So your feet are right underneath your hips, your arms are at your sides, and you're standing up nice and tall, letting your shoulders roll down your back.

Inhale.

Gonna lift your arms overhead.

Reach up high.

Exhale.

Fold forward.

Inhale halfway lift.

Hands to your shins.

Exhale forward.

Fold.

Inhale.

Lift the arms overhead.

Exhale.

Hands to your sides.

All right.

Inhale.

Lift the arms.

Exhale forward fold.

Inhale halfway lift.

Exhale fold.

You're gonna step your left foot back.

So your left foot is all the way back.

Your right toes are forward.

You're on the ball of your back foot and your hands are right underneath your shoulders.

So you're looking right out in front of you.

You're going to walk your hands up to your thighs.

So start to find your balance here and then stretch those arms overhead so we're coming into a crescent lunge.

There's a deep bend in your front knee and your back leg is strong and straight.

You're going to bring your hands right in front of your heart, bringing them together.

Take a little twist to your right.

So as you turn to your right, you can stay lifted.

Or maybe try taking your left elbow right over your thigh.

So if you have your elbow over your thigh, pressing your hands together and turning your chest open.

Nice job.

Look down at your front foot and release your hands to either side of your foot.

Step hat left foot forward.

Inhale halfway lift, hands to shins.

Exhale forward.

fold.

Inhale, lift the arms overhead.

Exhale, hands right in front of your heart.

Let's do that on the other side.

Inhale, arms reach up.

Exhale, fold.

Inhale, halfway.

Exhale forward fold.

Now you're going to step your right foot back so your left toes are forward.

You're on the ball of your back foot.

Hands are underneath your shoulders.

Walk your hands up to your thigh.

Find that balance.

Good.

And then reach the arms overhead.

Finally, your lunge.

Breathing deeply here.

And your hands are gonna come right in front of your heart.

Take a little twist to your left.

So, again, you can stay here or you can take your right elbow and place it right over the thigh, pressing the hands together, turning the chest open.

Inhale and exhale.

Look down at your front foot.

Release your hands and then step that right foot forward.

Inhale halfway.

Exhale fold.

Inhale lift the arms overhead.

Exhale, hands down to your sides.

Inhale, reach up.

Exhale, forward fold.

Inhale halfway.

Exhale fold.

Now you're going to step your left foot back again.

Your right toes are forward and plant that back heel, so it's grounded down.

Open up.

In Warrior two.

Your toes are pointing forward.

You're bending your front knee and your arms are reaching out long.

Now you're going to straighten that leg.

Turn your right toes in.

So you're in this wide leg stance.

Stretch the arms out to the sides.

Good.

Inhale, look up.

Exhale, fold forward.

Let your hands come down.

And then you're going to draw your head down.

So this nice wide leg at full breathing here.

Inhale straight in the arms, look forward.

Exhale, hands to your hips.

Come all the way up.

Then turn those left toes forward.

Now bend your knee.

Reach your arms out.

Now you're in Warrior two on your left side.

Try to relax your shoulders.

Let's take a breath here together.

Inhale and exhale.

Go ahead and bring your hands to your hips.

Step your right foot forward to meet your left.

So you're in that mountain pose right where you started.

Great job today.

I'll see you tomorrow, everybody.

Bye.

>> Let's go learn something new with our friends from the Minsi Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

>> Hi, it's camp.

I'm Jim.

>> I'm Jean.

>> You're still eating.

>> Sorry.

>> We're talking about hiking.

So what we've talked about so far really is all the gear and getting those first couple of hikes under your belt.

Getting used to it.

Figure out what's working for you, what's not.

Let's talk about something else this time.

Let's talk about good places to go.

Fun places to go.

Starting off, I push the rail trails.

They're flat.

They're good level surface.

>> He likes flat.

I like flat a lot, easy to walk on.

Then the community parks.

Well, let's see, Bicentennial Park over near me.

Allentown's got several good ones up Northampton, Nazareth.

Easy, well maintained.

A lot of people around there, still bring a buddy, but still nice people to be around.

And then we talked Hawk?

>> Jacobsburg.

>> Jacobsburg.

>> Hickory Run.

>> Yeah.

>> Ringing Rocks.

Lot of fun.

Make the rocks ring.

Bing a ling, bing a ling!

Sorry.

>> It was the honey stinger, I know.

>> Sorry.

The Pinnacle, great view of the valley from there.

>> You know, I'm getting a theme here.

Jim thinks the pinnacle has a great view of the valley.

I think... >> Well, it does.

>> I'm just saying.

>> It does.

Now, if you really want to make it a full day, bring a lunch, bring a morning snack, bring an afternoon stack, bring a Gatorade to drink as well as your waters, and then do the Pulpit and the Pinnacle.

You didn't see that one coming, did you?

>> Oh, snap, you got me on that!

All right, all right, you got that one.

>> There's a lot of uphill on it, which means you have to come downhill again later.

>> You get to that top... >> Where else can we go, Jim?

>> Well, you know... >> How about the mall?

>> No.

No.

No, thank you.

>> Mall of America, biggest mall in America, I'm just saying there's a lot of miles.

>> There are.

So there's a lot of stuff around here you can do.

>> Where's here?

>> Well, I live in Bethlehem.

You live, what, up in Northampton?

But... >> Dude, we're like neighbors, I live in Bethlehem.

>> OK, fine, whatever.

But there's a lot of stuff out there.

>> Whoa, whoa, whoa.

>> What?

>> The Lehigh Valley.

>> OK, fine.

Where do you want to go in the Lehigh Valley?

>> Because we need, these are locals, tell them where to go locally.

What we got locally, Jim?

>> Well, let's see.

You've got the D and L trail we've just talked about.

Well, we didn't... >> Take from Northampton to Lehighton >> Right.

It's great for biking and I hiking.

>> Absolutely.

And then don't forget the new Saucon trail.

>> Now, where does that one go?

>> See, it goes from Bethlehem all the way down to DeSales University and then back again, also flat.

And it's new.

And it's great.

It's amazing.

It's got a little creek next to it.

So that's another one for you.

>> Now, as you start exploring and if you go with your parents' permission onto the web and start looking for different things in the area, make sure you tell somebody where you're going to go and when to expect you back.

Check in with them, if you can, while you're there, so they know, oh, you're halfway, excellent.

Because if all of a sudden, you don't show up when they're supposed to be picking you up and now they need to wonder, well, at least they know you made it to here or made it to here or on your way back.

But it's really important, really keeps the parents from going crazy.

So buddies and a plan and tell people the plan.

You're going to be gone for longer in the day.

So definitely bring the rain gear, because especially during the summer, you can have a pop up storm.

It can be really annoying, doing that last half hour, walking back to the car, soaking wet.

Been there, done it.

Rather not do it again.

>> We didn't talk about.

Jacobsburg.

>> Go for it.

>> Jacobsburg is a great beginner place, too.

Miles of trails.

You can intertwine all over the place, rivers, and don't forget where we're standing right now.

What camp are we at?

>> Fowler.

>> And they offer tons of hiking trails.

Right here at Fowler.

Please look it up.

It is so close to my Trexler Game Preserve where you also can hike.

>> We have Valley Zoo now.

>> And Lehigh Valley Zoo.

So there's plenty nearby, help support your local communities.

You know, help keep them going, man.

Let's do it, let's do it.

>> So I'm Jim.

>> I'm Jean.

>> We're talking about hiking.

This is camp.

>> You got it right this time.

>> Let's jump over to the Banana Factory and check out some cool crafting with ArtsQuest.

Hi, my name is Elena, and I work for the Banana Factory, which is part of ArtsQuest.

Our next steps in completing our stuffed animal, we're going to turn it inside out and fill it with stuffing.

And this is the one I've been working on all week, but I actually prepped a different one in advance.

So I'm just going to pull that one out so we don't have to watch me finishing all of the sewing because that takes a little bit of time.

So I'll get this one out of the way for now.

But here is my almost all the way sewn up stuffed animal, remembering I left my, like, two inch gap there so that I would still be able to turn it inside out.

And what we'll do now is I'm going to kind of... It's almost like turning like a T-shirt or something inside out.

I'm going to just kind of put my fingers inside and try to pull all of the fabric through this part with all of the little arms and legs and ears on the bear.

It can get a little bit frustrating and it might take a little bit of time especially I have been known to get overambitious and decide to make things like unicorns or cats with long tails that are very hard to turn inside out.

But it just takes a little bit of time.

You can always use a pencil or something to help you if you do have really skinny, finicky bits.

OK.

So it looks a little bit different now that it's inside out, but my bear is ready for some stuffing.

If you've ever been to like Build-A-Bear Workshop, you might be familiar with what we're going to do next.

But I have all of this stuffing here.

This is called polyfill.

You can use like fabric scraps, cotton balls, things like that, you can also use to stuff a stuffed animal.

And what I'm going to do is just take this polyfill and try to push it through the hole.

And I generally like to kind of start by trying to fill in the tiny bits like the ears and things like that, but you can find whatever works for you.

You can kind of squeeze it forward even if you can't get your fingers all the way inside.

So I'm going to try to push my stuffing really into the ears so that I don't lose those.

I just have kind of my arms and my legs left to do it looks like.

Sometimes you may find it hard to get the stuffing directly inside of the arms.

And so in that instance, I usually like to use a pencil, but I have my scissors right here and you can stick another tool inside to kind of help shove the stuffing around if you're having a hard time getting it to move.

I do have a little bit left just to do with this leg.

I like to save that right for the end so it doesn't fall out and constantly get in the way.

I'll stuff a little bit of my stuffing in there, maybe even a little bit more.

I like to try to at least get my fabric edges facing inwards so it matches up with the rest of your fabric and you don't have these fraying edges going.

I'm going to just kind of fold my edges in and squeeze them together just like this.

And now I'll take my needle and thread.

The biggest thing I'm going to try to do.

You're probably going to see some of these stitches that I want to make sure you at least don't see my knot on the outside.

So I'm hiding my stuffing in there and I'm going to just kind of loop my needle underneath my fabric and make sure before I start sewing that that trailing edge of my knot is gone.

And now we can do a slightly different kind of stitch where I'm going to just kind of go through both sides of my fabric at once.

I'm going to try not to just loop my whole leg through my stitches, but this will close it up.

It's almost like if you get stitches, like on your body after a fall or something like that, just trying to keep the two edges of fabric together.

You can, of course, make it easier on yourself and bring your straight pins back, something I often forget to do, pin my edges in place so that I'm not constantly fighting them.

And I should be able to sew everything up a lot quicker now.

And I am coming to my end and I'm going to try to make my knot as subtle as possible.

So you don't have just these trailing edges coming off and the fraying bits.

I'm going to actually kind of go underneath one of my other stitches, so I know it'll be secure.

I'm going to go through a couple stitches at once here and just loop it through my thread loop and pull it tight.

I'm going to trim it as close to the fabric as I can.

But what you can also do is trim it a little bit longer and then try to hide the thread underneath other stitches, if you're feeling motivated.

I can take out my pin and my stuffed animal is more or less complete.

You'll notice that where I was just sewing, I've got a little bit of a lump going on so I can try to move my polyfill, my stuffing, around inside of my stuffed animal if I want to.

So this is my scrap stuffed animal.

Thank you guys so much for watching with me this week.

I've had a lot of fun making this with you guys, and I hope you tune in again next week to watch some more craft videos with me.

Thank you so much.

>> What a great day.

We hope you had fun with us today.

>> Join us again tomorrow for more activities, learning and fun.

>> Bye.