Good morning and welcome to Camp.

I'm Lori.

I'm Dan.. I'm Jessica.

And we are coming to you from Camp Fowler, located in Orefield, Pennsylvania.

We have a lot of great activities planned for you this week.

We'll be exploring the forest with our friends, the Boy Scouts of America.

Plus, we'll be doing some awesome arts and crafts with our friends from Arts Quest and from Valley Youth House.

So let's get started with our friends Jenn, Isaac and Gabby.

To learn more about being safe.

Hi, everyone.

Welcome back to Camp Fowler before I swing the game.

I kind of want to talk about what we're going to be talking about this week, which is being safe and a big part about being safe before we play any game.

Just checking.

Sure that our shoes are tied.

We'll check side check.

Todd, awesome pool.

And then all have our water bottles.

We all put sunscreen on.

So I think we're ready to go today.

We're going to be playing a game called red light.

Green light.

Very simple.

Only a couple rules.

And this really can be played anywhere that you have room to move around for.

This week, for instance, we kind of want to be focused on slowing it down just because we are in a wooded area where there's tons of places to trip or we might just not be familiar with our surroundings.

So we're going to stick to walking.

OK, guys.

Sounds good.

Awesome.

OK.

So red light green light is a game where my back is gonna be turned.

Looking at all of you and my friends behind me are trying to make it to where I'm standing first.

However, that at a time that I say green light, they go.

I say red light.

They stop a quick turnaround.

If I see anyone who's not stopped.

They're out.

All right.

So any questions?

No.

All right.

So I think we're ready to play.

OK.

All right.

Ready?

All right.

Ready?

Green light, red light.

Hmm.

Green light, red light.

Oh.

No, I do not move.

I was playing fair.

You knew he was definitely moving?

No.

I'm in the lead because even though I was walk and normal, I remember integrity like integrity lie.

Thank you, Dan.. Thank you for starting from the beginning.

All right.

You're a great role model of integrity.

Okay.

Are we ready?

Yes.

Green light, red light.

Green light, red light.

Peter catching a buffalo quick back there.

Green light, red light blue eyes.

I think it has to go back to the start.

Not a big deal.

Green light.

I think they're coming.

Red light.

Whoa.

Interesting.

Green light, red light, green light.

Friendly.

Green, a green light.

I think I think I saw again.

I like it.

Thank you for playing friends.

So I do just have a couple of questions, especially for my friend Dan.

Yeah, I. After kind of cooling off and calming down, I realize I wasn't truthfully being honest.

And I got to make sure I got to be honest when I'm playing games with friends, you know, because it's about having fun and not cool when you're kind of not following the rules.

So sorry, guys.

You guys forgive me.

Yeah.

And it was really good job of using your integrity late.

So I'm happy that Isaac and Jenn are able to pull that off for you.

Yeah.

I felt like safe playing this game with you too, because you were able to use your integrity and then even say like all that you just said, there was really good.

Felt safe.

All right.

So thank you all again for playing.

And for those of you at home, we would like to hear about a time that you felt safe and you felt that your friends are being honest with you.

Thank you.

Have a good one.

We'll see you tomorrow.

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Some of our local teachers are gonna be joining us this week.

Let's go learn something new.

Hi, my name's Chris.

And today, we're gonna be doing a little building project using some blocks, some popsicle sticks and some plastic cups.

We don't want to talk to you about today specifically as balance when you look at this structure right here.

You'll see that the blocks are balanced one side of the other on this popsicle stick.

And that's because this spot right here, right in the middle.

If you've ever been on a teeter totter seesaw, that's the part that goes back and forth.

And in engineering, we call this one a fulcrum.

Now, what will happen if I take this fold from this, slide it over like this?

Could you guess it's going to fall over in order to get this to stay balanced?

What we need to do is we need to add some weight to this side and what we call that is counter balance.

So what we're gonna do today is where do three engineering challenges.

And the first one is going to be to create a structure using just one block as our starting point.

So everything's gonna come up off on this one block.

And I know what you're thinking.

That's gonna be really tough to do.

It's gonna be especially tough because we're gonna try to make this look like an unbalanced structure, even though we're going to be keeping it balanced from one side to the other.

And so in order to do that, we're gonna add popsicle sticks onto the sides and we're gonna use blocks.

But here's the thing.

When I start making my blocks here, I want to make sure it's balanced one side to the other.

But you see, I'm starting to lose it over here.

So you gotta make sure that when you when you build, you're balancing everything from one side to the other.

So it's going to take some extra hands and some extra patients.

So we'll try this one more time.

Right.

And we're going to add this one right up here, and I'm going to start by putting my extra counter balance on this side and then we'll slide these guys out.

Now, you have to be very careful, though, because every time you add something onto one side or the other, you're going to overbalance your structure, which eventually will cause the whole thing to collapse.

But if you do it right.

You'll end up with a really neat, counter-balanced structure.

OK, so for our second one we're going to do is we're going to use that counter-balanced concept again.

This time, what we're gonna do is we're going to have sort of a floating structure.

So as you can see, I'm adding weight to the back side of this.

So the popsicle sticks stick out in the front.

And this will keep the popsicle sticks from tipping over, which we want because we want our structure to stay standing.

And this one's going to be a little bit more difficult.

As far as keeping everything balanced, because what we're working with are very tall, thin structures.

And when we have structures that are tall and thin, they're more likely to topple.

So we want to add as much weight to the backside of this to counterbalance the front.

Now we want to make something off of this front that's going to look impressive, something that's going to look neat, something that's gonna stand out.

So for that, we're going to use these plastic cups.

The reason why we're using a plastic cup as opposed to the blocks is one, it's a lot bigger, even though the weight is much less than the block.

And that's because the plastic cups are much less dense density.

It's just a fancy word for how much stuff something has.

So blocks have a lot of stuff to them.

They're made of wood, but plastic cups, because they're less dense, they're able to stand up on their own like this.

Now, what we're gonna try to do is see how high we can make it.

But you have to be careful.

If you don't have enough counterbalance on the back side, you could find that your object will topple over.

OK.

Now, so far, our last structure, what we're going to do is just try to make the tallest structure that we can.

We're gonna do this exactly the opposite way that we did the first structure.

With our first structure, we had a very, very thin base, very, very small base.

For our last structure.

We're going to try to make the base as wide as possible.

The wider you have the base, the stronger your structure.

I'm using squares to make mine.

You can use whatever you like.

And what's nice about these project is you can use anything that you have at home if you can use blocks, popsicle sticks and plastic cups.

If you have them, great.

If you don't.

I have seen some amazing things that were made with stones found on riverbeds where people have balanced stones in order to make a large sculpture.

So give it a shot.

Have fun with it and we'll see again.

Thanks for stopping by.

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

Hi, my name is Ranger Don.

I'm the ranger for Minsi Trails Council at Trexler Scout Reservation.

Welcome to our presentation.

Today we're going to be learning about how to use a compass.

A couple things you want to know about.

There are all different types of compasses.

We have some that's called a static.

Some of the better compasses that you would want to use will be like these.

And with this, this is going to allow you to build a bring it up, which we're going to explain a little bit to be able to use and point direction.

We're going to start off with learning the different parts of a compass.

So when you have a compass, you have your what's called the compass rose, which is your north, south, east and west, northeast, southeast.

And with that.

This also Compass Rose is going to turn.

Then you have what's called a needle magnetic needle.

One side is always red.

And one side is blue.

The red is a side and we're going to be using.

Then we have what's called the top part where there are lines.

And that is that's actually your line of bearing, which means the direction of travel.

So when we're using a compass, what we would do is if the compass needle is pointing in one direction like so we would hold.

The compass in front of us.

We're gonna give you a demonstration here.

We would hold a compass like so.

And then what we would do is we would take our compass from where it says north and we're going to line it up on our bearing.

Like so.

So zero is going to be in line.

With your line of travel and we're going to rotate the compass, the whole compass until all three line up, so then you should have the Red Needle.

She's head of the north or zero degrees and your line of bearing.

Once you've done that.

Let's switch to this campus.

Again, my north is up, my line of travel bearing is here.

The needle is pointing off.

We bring the compass like so and we would take our body and we would spin her body.

Until the Red Needle is pointing at the north.

At that point, you know that actually you have.

That direction for me is going to be north.

Now, let's say we want to go to West.

Well, we would do is we would take the compass and we will rotate we would rotate this to where it says West or in degrees.

That would be 270 degrees.

All right, so we'll do that here.

We're going to take the compass Rose.

We're going to spin it until its west is facing your line of bearing.

We're going to bring it down.

Put it against this like this.

And we're going to spin everybody.

Until the line is at facing the north.

Now I know that that direction is actually west.

All right, so when we're a couple of things in notation about compasses, number one, if you're in a building like we're in right now, I have a metal roof that can affect your affect it.

So a compass actually does.

Magnetism.

So if you're in a still building and with this being magnetized, it's actually going to give you a off reading.

So you want to be out outside with it.

Keeping in mind tables in the same way.

So if you're laying it on a table, which we're going to show in later segments that gather everybody for joining us here.

Hope to see you tomorrow with our next segment, which will be on map and compass and how to use topographical maps.

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

Hi, everyone.

Welcome back to its camp.

My name's Elise from Valley Youth House.

This week, we're going to be doing a bunch of different techniques to books.

We usually call it our altered books.

The first thing you'll need is an old book that has a pretty good binding if you're finding a book within your home.

Please ask permission that you can destroy it because that's pretty much what we're gonna be doing.

So I found a bunch of old books as examples for you guys.

And the first thing you want to do when you're prepping your altered book is just randomly just rip out a bunch of pages.

This is going to give space for what you're going to add to the book so you can wrap up like five to ten pages out at a time.

You can use those pages as like scrap material for other art projects or just throw them away.

But I usually save stuff like this for scrap for art projects.

So that's how you would prep your book.

There's two other things that you can make from home instead of buying it from the art stores.

One is gesso, which is a paper primer or canvas primer, and the other is modge podge, which is just a watered down glue.

So today we're going to make those two things from some stuff that you have at home already.

And then tomorrow we'll start our altered books.

So the first thing we're going to make is the gesso.

So for gesso you need glue.

I have a gallon of glue here because I do a lot of art projects with glue, but any glue that you have at home is fine.

So you're going to do one part glue.

I just have little cups here, but you can make bigger batches if you'd like.

Two parts water.

So I'm just going to pour here.

I bought a little, little bit.

And then baby powder.

If it makes a little bit of mass, no big deal, at least you'll smell good.

All right.

Maybe a tablespoon worth to start and then you can start mixing it with your glue.

Once you have a pancake batter like consistency, you're ready to go.

What gesso does is prime the book.

So as you will see in our time together is your usually prime a lot of the pages before we start before we start the project.

So that's how you make just so.

And then the second thing you're going to make is modge podge, so modge podge, you can usually buy the art store.

It's not expensive, but if you can make it at home, why not?

It's similar to the gesso minus the baby powder.

So it's just glue and water to start out with the glue.

And I would say that it's about equal parts, but we're just pretty much just watering down the glue so that it spreads easily.

And when that's all mixed up, it's ready to go.

So March Podge, if you don't know, is a way to glue the pages together or it's a way to adhere or glue images that you would use for a collage or anything together.

And we'll learn more this week about all those techniques.

So thank you for coming today.

I hope that you enjoy making your own gesso and your own MASH page.

The rest of the week, we'll be doing some art activities together in our altered book.

Thank you.

That was awesome.

Thank you.

Let's check in now with the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.

Hi, my name's Tracey and I'm with the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.

Today, I'm gonna be making healthy snacks, vegetable robots.

So these are things that you can use.

You can make yourself maybe with a little help from an adult and it's gonna be fun and it's going to taste delicious.

So you can see my veggie robot is right up here.

Some examples of stuff you can use.

I have large carrots.

I have baby carrots.

I also have some mini peppers, a mini cucumber, sugar, snap peas, cherry tomatoes and some celery.

So, again, you can use whatever combination you like.

I'm gonna get started today with a mini pepper.

So what you're gonna do, you're gonna need toothpicks and you're gonna stick a toothpick for the one I choose.

You can make it look however you want, but I'm going to put it toothpick halfway down in my pepper and then I'm gonna put a tomato right on top of that for the head.

So that's my body from there.

I think I'm gonna do some sugar snap peas.

So we're going to again, use a toothpick.

Halfway through and halfway through your sugar snap peas.

Be careful.

You don't prick yourself.

And then on the other side, I'm going to do the same thing.

With a sugar snapping.

So this guy needs some legs and I think he just looks so cute.

So I'm going to add some more sugar snap peas because I really love to eat those.

So I'm just going to put it right on here again halfway through and then push it in.

Halfway through and then question.

So this is my little veggie robot man.

I hope that you have a great time doing this in your kitchen.

And thank you very much.

Have a great day.

Let's jump over to the banana factory and check out some cool crafting with Art's quest.

Hi, my name's Lena.

I work for the Banana Factory, which is part of Art's Quest in Bethlehem.

And this week, I'm going to show you guys how to make optical illusions using just totally standard household supplies.

So today I'm going to show you how to make this checkered background.

It kind of.

Because of the way you draw it kind of looks three-dimensional.

And so this is actually super easy to do.

What I'm going to use for this is just a normal piece of computer, printer, paper, a pencil, a ruler.

I'm using masking tape to trace a circle.

And I also have a selection of markers.

None of these markers are super great.

So I have four black ones just so I can stick with the same color the whole way through.

But my first step is going to be to trace my circle.

So I'm just going to place it kind of in the middle ish of my paper.

But you can do multiple circles if you want to.

That is entirely up to you, but I can trace that outside of my circle.

And now, before I get started with anything else, I'm going to make kind of a T or cross in the middle of my circle.

A ruler so I can get nice straight lines as much as possible.

And so it's a little bit off center, but it's not going to be the end of the world.

I'll do the same thing going across the other way.

So now I have a circle in the middle of my paper with kind of a T or a cross going through the middle of it.

Now for the background, I'm going to fill the entire background with kind of the checkerboard pattern.

And for this, I like to use my ruler.

You can if you don't have a ruler, you can absolutely eyeball it and it just won't be quite as straight.

But when I use my ruler, I will go across the top and marks the inch marks all the way across.

I'll be the same thing along the bottom.

Then I can connect all of my lines and now I'll do the same thing going down the side so I'll do my one inch marks all the way down the edges.

On the side of the paper, it's eight and a half inches on the short side.

So I have this kind of half inch down here.

I want to make sure when I measure my second side that I measure the half inch at the bottom again.

So you don't want to flip your ruler around and start on the one inch here because any lines are going to be all out of whack.

So I'm just going to go down the same thing.

One inch all the way down and connect my lines again and again, trying to avoid going through the circle.

Four lines.

OK.

And one of our last steps is to make the kind of bolding checker boxes inside of the circle.

So for this step, I'm going to start at my kind of dots where the lines go to the edge of the circle and I'm going to just sketch a line bulging out.

And you can use an eraser to kind of clean up any lines there.

But I'll do that with my line going up and down and I'll do that with my line going side to side.

So I just did it with my up and down lines.

Now I side to side.

All right.

So now I have all of my kind of bulging checkerboard lines coming out of my circle to finish your optical illusion.

You can use a marker or a pen or even paint to fill in every other box as a checkerboard.

It doesn't have to be black.

You can use any color you want, but I like to use black as it kind of has that classic optical illusion.

If you tune in again tomorrow, I'll show you how to make a different kind of optical illusion.

What a great day at camp.

We hope you had fun with us today.

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

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