- 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 activity 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 going to check in the garden back with farmer Erika to check out what's new.

- We'll also be doing some crafts with our friends from ArtsQuest.

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

- Hi, welcome back to Camp Fowler.

- I'm Jenn.

- I'm Isaac.

- I'm Connor.

- All right.

All week we have been talking about letting go and moving on.

And today we are back at the tower.

We have Connor here who is ready to climb and do our zip line.

We have some extra friends who are here to help us out with being safe and all those things.

But I think we're ready to climb.

- How are you feeling, Connor?

- I'm excited.

I'm ready to go.

- All right.

Isaac?

- I'm good.

I'm good.

- I'm ready.

- All right.

Let's get set up.

I'll check out your harness, OK?

Just make sure it's tight enough.

Thank you.

Check this side.

OK.

- How you feeling?

- I'm excited.

Little nervous, but I'm excited.

- That's the perfect place to be.

Nerve-racking and exciting.

So you can stand at the wall.

We're gonna get ready.

Don't start climbing yet.

- You remember our calls?

- I do.

- All right.

We're going to bring in some spotters.

- All right.

- Ready to climb?

- All right, climbing.

- Climb.

- Good job.

- Almost there, almost there.

- Nicely done.

- Great.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- All right.

How you feel about going for a little zip ride?

- I'm ready.

I'm ready.

- All right.

You grab on to anything up here that is metal.

- OK.

- All right.

Ropes are OK, but they might move on you.

Go under these wires and then sit right down on the platform.

All right?

- Should I face you?

- Face out.

So you are attached to the pulley.

It's what's gonna slide down, keep you off the ground.

All right.

So I'll just make sure no one's walking and getting in our way.

- OK.

- All right.

- So I say, ready to zip?

- Zip clear.

- All that means is nobody's under there to get kicked by a shoe of yours when it falls.

All right.

- OK.

- On static, coming off belay.

Letting them know what we're doing.

The more eyes we have... Off belay, When you do go down the zip, if you want to hold onto anything right - here is a great spot.

- Gotcha.

Don't try to reach too high or your fingers are going to slide and get rope burn.

All right.

I'll move out of your way.

And whenever you're ready, you're just going to slide yourself off the platform.

All right?

- Gotcha.

- All right.

Fantastic.

- So much fun.

That was scary!

- All right!

- That was so awesome.

- Thank you.

- How did it feel to do that?

- That was very nerve racking.

- But once I did that, I was so, so happy and excited.

So it was a ton of fun.

- I had a great time.

- That's really cool.

What was it like to be sitting all the way up there right before you took off?

- It's weird having all the exposure and air under your feet, but at the same time, it's almost, it's really relaxing and it's really cool to see the whole camp from that high up.

- That's really cool.

So you're going to take in this big perspective - and feel safe up there.

- Yeah, definitely.

So in talking about letting go and moving on, we're always facing scary things like starting school or going back to school and starting a new year.

And what do we think are some things that can help us let go and move on when we're trying to overcome scary things?

- I mean, definitely what helps me is like knowing almost as much as I possibly can know.

I'm like, if I was in Connor's position, I would want to know how high up it is.

Like, you know, I would want the safety things explained to me, that kind of thing.

So I knew what I was getting into and prepare as much as possible.

But yeah, it helps me.

- That makes a lot of sense.

And when I think about school, I think about getting our school schedule, maybe getting to meet the teachers, maybe knowing some the people who are going to be in our class.

Books we need to get.

They can help us let go of that fear and move - on to the next thing.

- Right.

- So we've had so much fun with you all summer.

We're so glad you were here with us.

And we hope that you have a great school year.

Thanks for being here.

And take care.

- Thank you.

Have a good summer.

- 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, my name is Jason Porter, chair of the STEM Committee for Cradle of Liberty Counsel.

And this is my friend Grace.

- Hi.

- We're going to talk a little bit about center of gravity.

And I think you probably wouldn't believe me, but I'm going to tell you that I'm going to be able to balance this fork and this spoon on this glass just using a toothpick.

You think I can do that?

Let's see.

Wow, look at that.

Did you believe I was gonna be able to do that?

How is that possible?

Well, you see, this is possible because of something called the center of gravity and center of mass.

So all objects have weight or mass, two related properties and there's gravity all around us, a force that pushes down.

So when you take something like a fork and a spoon and a toothpick and you put them together, all together, these items have a center of mass.

And where that pushes down, it is called the center of gravity.

If you can balance the center of mass of the fork and the spoon at the right point on the toothpick, then you'll give them the balance.

Pretty cool, huh?

But how does that matter?

Would you really need to balance a fork and a spoon?

Probably not very often.

Just kind of a fun trick, right?

Well, my friend Grace is going to talk about how this actually matters to our everyday life.

- So if you're a scout, you do a lot of hiking.

And when you hike, you wear a big backpack.

My daughter Rona here can show you what it looks like when you're wearing a big old backpack full of stuff.

And packing this backpack is an important skill because if the weight is way down here, it's going to drag you down.

If the weight's way up here, it'll tip you right over.

So you've got to make sure that you put the weight in a position where it can easily get near your center of mass so that it's easy for you to carry it when you're hiking along.

Thanks, Rona.

- Great.

Thanks, Grace and Rona.

Very cool.

So you see center of gravity and center of mass matters very much.

It matters how we pack things, it matters how we store things to make sure the weight is in the right place.

So I'm going to leave you with one last challenge.

So if I took this bunch of nails and I said, I want you to balance these nails on the top of this one nail sitting on this block, you think you could do it?

Well, if I tried to do it like this.

It's not going to work very well.

Right.

You can't do it.

But what if we did it kind of like how we did the spoon and the fork?

What if you took those nails and you turned them into one object?

So by placing these nails together like this, I now have essentially one big nail, one big object.

And so if I can find the center of mass and balance it at the center of gravity on this nail, I should be able to get the balance.

Let's see if I can.

Wow.

Another amazing thing here today, right?

So I balanced about 12 nails.

I want to challenge you to see how many nails you think you can balance on the head of one nail just like this.

Thanks for joining us for learning about center of gravity today.

And let's see how many nails you can balance in the nails challenge.

Thanks for joining us, kids.

Bye bye.

- That was fantastic.

Let's go see what our friends at Valley Youth House are up to.

Hello again, campers.

Farmer Erika here, the garden at Camp Fowler.

So today I'm going to teach you guys a little bit about compost.

And our last episode, we made a really delicious salad.

And if you remember, I saved the scraps and I threw them to the side.

So what we're going to do is compost those food scraps.

So composting is a process where when something dies and leaves fall to the ground, they decompose and they go back into the earth.

And that provides nutrients for the soil, which helps keep the plants and the trees living healthy and strong so we can do that ourselves in our garden or with the food scraps in our kitchen.

So I'm going to teach you guys and construct a little easy bucket compost.

So first step, two buckets, same size.

For one of the buckets you're going to flip it upside down.

And I'm going to drill some holes in the bottom.

All right.

So now that's done.

I'm going to fit this bucket inside the other one.

So what happens here is now that since there's some holes drilled in the bottom, once you put all your composting material in here and you water it and over time as it breaks down, you can remove this top bucket and you're going to have liquid on the bottom that people call compost tea.

So it's just kind of like a liquid fertilizer for your garden.

So it's a really cool additional bonus that you get to help your plants grow.

And just from saving your food scraps.

So now here is some food scraps.

So I had my cabbage plant and these are leaves that are dead already.

Break it into little pieces.

And the reason why I do that is because it's going to help the compost break down faster.

And I also have some dead flowers here.

That's another thing that you can use to put in.

Any kind of plant material is great for composting.

Things like meat, eggs.

Well, dairy, not so good.

Egg shells are wonderful for composting, too.

Here's the little butts of that cucumber, little ends that I didn't use for my salad.

This is some bottom parts of some squash leaves.

Here's some of my stems from that Swiss chard and kale that I used previously in the salad.

Toss it in there.

And as you see, this buckets getting pretty full.

I like it.

So now that I have what composters called my green materials, this is my living material.

OK?

You need to add some brown material in there.

So right here I have with me just some mulch, some dried woodchips.

That works great.

Also, little sticks that you find and you can break down.

Newspapers another one.

I'll pile that right on top.

And there is a simple rule of thumb.

When you ever do any kind of composting, you have to make sure that you have about two times more of the brown material compared to the green material.

The reason for that is that it helps it break down faster and it keeps the smell down because as food, these green foods break down, they're gonna smell a little stinky.

That's that gas that they release, methane.

That's the toxic chemical.

That's why you want to make sure we put this extra brown material on top.

To get this started I actually brought some of my own compost from home.

So this is finished compost.

This is nice, rich, dark, earthy, nutrient dense soil.

This is the stuff that our plants really love.

It helps them grow healthy and it helps them produce a lot of food.

So I would just take some of this and top it on top.

I actually have some egg shells in there.

Really good nutrients.

All right.

So now you have your bucket, next your lid.

And then when it's little like this, you can flip it side to side.

This is called rotating.

And this is going to help the compost pile break down faster.

And the last thing to do is make sure you give it a little water once in a while.

It'll help see it speed up the process.

And when you're done, you'll have compost for your garden.

It's a great way to reuse the materials that you would have otherwise thrown away.

All right, campers, so much fun today.

Hope you really think about composting and the ways that you can do a part in keeping our earth healthy.

Thank you.

- Thanks.

That was great.

Let's check in with our friends from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.

Hi, I'm Lynn from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania.

And this week, we are using our senses to explore nature.

So today I want to give you a couple activities that you can do to help you see the world in a little bit different way.

The first thing is to have a blank card or a blank piece of paper.

The color really doesn't matter.

We're going to use it to make shadow pictures.

So just search around, find something that you could make a shadow of.

Of course, you have to do this on a sunny day, which is why we're standing out here in the sun.

But here, check this out.

Here is a bunch of dried leaves, and we can make a shadow on there, in fact.

Wow.

That's kind of interesting.

I'm seeing a couple of things in the shadow that I don't think I would have noticed if I just saw brown leaves on the ground.

For one do you see there are holes in the leaves?

Does that make you wonder, like, what made those holes?

Is it a caterpillar?

Which caterpillar?

And also, if you look right at the tips of these leaves, you can see that they come to really sharp little points.

That's kind of cool, too, right?

That's what I love about this activity, is that sometimes you see things in the shadow that you wouldn't otherwise notice.

So let's put that back.

Here's another one.

Let's do another one.

Here's a cool plant.

Let's see what this looks like as a shadow.

That's awesome.

That's just pretty.

Don't you think so?

So that's one activity that you can do to help see the world in a different way.

Now, let me show you another one.

For this one I have a small mirror and I'm going to use this mirror to look underneath things, you know, because I'm up here.

When I look down, I see the tops of things.

This little mirror is going to help me see down underneath, sort of the bugs eye view.

Let's start with this same plant.

Let's see what we can see under there.

Oh, let's see.

That looks way different than it does from the top.

Sometimes you can even find insects or spiders hanging out under there.

So that's cool, too.

All right.

Let's try one more thing.

How about if we go see if there's anything under here.

No bugs, but still, actually, it's a little toad.

Right here!

Hopping away.

That's awesome.

So that's it for today, everybody.

Give those two activities a try and see what you think.

Bye.

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

- Hi, everyone.

My name is Elena and I work for the Banana Factory, which is part of ArtsQuest in Bethlehem.

And today I'm going to show you how to make a paper flower and you can use basically any type of paper to do this flower.

My favorite's always tissue paper because it's pretty easy to work with.

And it's super colorful.

But you can use construction paper.

You can use newspaper.

You can use like computer, paper, sketchbook paper, whatever you got.

And I am going to use some glue.

Hot glue guns are great for this.

School glue is great for this.

Glue sticks and tape will work, but you might get a little bit frustrated.

What we're going to do now.

My tissue paper is much bigger than I need it to be, so I'm just going to cut it.

Cut it in half real quick.

You can make a giant flower, though, if you want to.

So I'll put that extra stuff off to the side.

Now, what my first step is going to be is to kind of fold a big triangle.

Because my paper is rectangular and not square I still have this edge here so I can cut off a little bit extra from there.

If you watched our origami episodes, you'll know that this is how you can make a square out of any piece of paper.

So I have my triangle.

I'm going to fold it in half again like a triangle, and I'm going to fold in a triangle again.

And you can stop folding here if you want to.

But I think I will fold one more time into a triangle.

So some people call this kind of like the ice cream cone because you have this triangle down here and this bit on top.

What you want to make sure you figure out before you cut anything at all is figure out where your center is.

If you cut off the wrong part for your center, your whole flower is going to fall apart.

So I know that I've been folding around my center point and I know it's this piece right here, so I can cut off right there.

My center piece is gone now, which is totally fine.

That's what I wanted.

And so now I can cut any sort of flower pedals shape I want using the rest of this piece.

What I don't want and what I want to caution you guys against, we just cut away the center bit of our flower because that was going to get in our way later on.

What you don't want to do is cut your edge all the way down to the center because then your whole flower is going to fall apart.

So you can come down, you know, all the way like maybe an inch away from it.

But try not to get so close to it that your flower will completely fall apart because then you'll be a little disappointed.

But I'm just going to cut what I would call kind of a standard petal shape, just kind of like a big, big U. And I can open it all the way up and I have a pretty standard looking flower shape.

But it's still two dimensional.

We want it to be three dimensional.

So I'm just going to cut along like the fold, from the outside to the inside.

So I have more of, like, one long strip instead of a flat flower.

And now this is where my glue comes in.

There's no one right way or one wrong way to do this next part.

But what we're going to basically do is curl our flower up and use our glue to stick it in place so it'll become a three dimensional flower.

So I like to just do a dot of glue here and there.

And I'll start with a simple dot of glue.

And this is going to be kind of the inside of my flower.

So I'm going to just carefully curl it around.

And as I curl I like to kind of pull it and tug it and bunch it.

So it's not going to just be like a cone when I get to the end, so that it'll actually stick out.

I'm kind of pinching the bottom a little bit.

I'm going to keep doing that as I go.

Just a little bit of glue, pulling my petals out, bunching them together and so on and so forth.

I made my petals super long today, which is fun, but it makes them also a little bit floppy, but, you know, not the end of the world.

I'll keep adding that glue along my inside piece.

I'll keep wrapping around and pinching and tugging where I need to.

So now I've come to the end.

My flower is looking pretty 3D.

If I want to, I can, like, tie on a pipe cleaner or something to the bottom so it can stand on its own.

I also like to add these to like string to make it into a whole flower garland or flower banner.

But that is how you make a flower, a paper flower.

Thank you guys so much for watching this whole week with me and have a great rest of your summer.

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

- Hello, welcome back to it's camp.

I'm John with Boy Scouts of America, with Minsi Trails Council.

Today for the last section of knot tying I'm going to go over a very important knot that we teach here in the scouting program.

This one is commonly known with a specific story, and it's famous because of its story, although the importance of the knot is very important.

This is known as a rescue knot or life safety knot, and it is called the bowline.

The bowline is tied for that reason.

If you had someone trapped or swimming in the water and you had to rescue them, throw a rescue rope out to them, you would want this special knot being tied for it being a rescue purpose.

That's why it's known as the rescue knot.

All right.

So the story behind this knot, which is commonly known in the scouting program, it's tied for this specific reason, to always remember it.

so you'll never forget on how it's tied.

So here in my left hand or my standing end, I had an underhand bite and I have the tail end up, face up, straight up.

We'll call this the tree.

So the story goes, with my working end now, the bunny came out of the hole, went around the tree on the back side and went back down the same hole he crawled out of.

Now that you've done that, take both ends, pull and cinch.

This part, if this was a little bit bigger to fit around a person, this is the life rescue ring or safety ring.

So if I threw this out to somebody in an open water they can grab onto this, put them around their body.

What's so important about it is it's not going to slip or it's gonna cinch down on that person's body, arm, leg, whatever the case may be.

This knot is staying still.

And it will not break apart.

It will not fall apart.

So there again, for how important it is, I have an underhand knot with the tree sticking up.

The story is again, the bunny comes out of the hole, runs around the tree, goes back down the hole he climbed out of.

Cinch and pull, and there it is one more time.

The bowline with the rescue ring right in there.

So that's all the knots for this week.

Hopefully you enjoyed all the knots as they're getting tied.

Grab a piece of rope.

Start practicing.

Grab a knot tying book or scout handbook.

Start learning the knots.

I wish you well and good luck.

Thanks for attending.

It's been a great week.

Hi, I'm Craig, and welcome to Camp Fire Friday.

I'd like to play a song for you that I learned as a child.

I was must've been six, seven, eight years old when I first heard this song.

There was a folk singing trio called Peter, Paul and Mary, and they would actually take a lot of Bob Dylan's songs and make them quite popular because they sounded so sweet.

But this was one of their songs called Puff the Magic Dragon.

♪ Puff the magic dragon ♪ Lived by the sea ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ In a land called Honalee ♪ Little Jackie paper ♪ Loved that rascal Puff ♪ And brought him strings and sealing wax ♪ ♪ And other fancy stuff ♪ Puff, the magic dragon ♪ lived by the sea ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ in a land called Honahlee ♪ Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ in a land called Honahlee ♪ Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail ♪ ♪ Jackie kept a lookout perched on puff's gigantic tail ♪ ♪ Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came ♪ ♪ Pirate ships would lower their flag ♪ ♪ when puff roared out his name ♪ ♪ Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ in a land called Honahlee ♪ Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ in a land called Honahlee ♪A dragon lives forever but not so little boys ♪ ♪ Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys ♪ ♪ One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more ♪ ♪ And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar ♪ ♪ His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain ♪ ♪ Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane ♪ ♪ Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave ♪ ♪ So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave ♪ ♪ Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ ♪ in a land called Honahlee ♪ Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea ♪ ♪ And frolicked in the autumn mist ♪ in a land called Honahlee - Hey, Lori, I don't know about you, but I had an awesome time this summer with it's camp.

- I did.

It was awesome.

- And I hope campers you at home, you had a blast too enjoying our show called It's Camp.

And hopefully we'll see you again soon.

- Bye.

- Bye.