It's Camp
It's Camp! Week 8 Ep. 2
Episode 36 | 26m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
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PBS39 is bringing the best parts of camp to your home this summer. It's Camp! is a 30-minute program produced from Valley Youth House's Camp Fowler.
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It's Camp! Week 8 Ep. 2
Episode 36 | 26m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
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I'm Lori.
I'm Dan.
I'm Jessica.
And we are coming to you from Camp Fouler, located in Orfield, 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 Jen, Isaac and Gabby.
To learn more about being safe.
Hi, welcome back to Camp Fowler.
I'm Jenn, I'm Gabby, and I'm Isaac.
So we're down here at our fire pit.
Yesterday we played red light, green light to talk about physical safety.
We have another activity to talk about safety.
More of emotional safety and how to build a friendship safely.
I've already had my friends, Gabby and Isaac, and I've done this to create our popsicle stick bridge pieces.
So what we did is we thought about true things about ourselves.
We thought about things that are easy for us to share and that we share with people right away.
We thought about things that we wait a little bit before we share.
And we thought about things that we have to really trust someone to be able to share.
And we wrote them down on our popsicle sticks.
So now what we're gonna do is see if we can build a bridge to Popsicle Lane Bridge across to all of us to connect all of us.
And the way that we build the bridge is by sharing the thing that's on the stick.
We want this to represent the way that we've built our friendships.
So obviously, we've been hanging out a lot.
We know a lot about each other.
This is something that's probably going to be sort of easier for us.
But in the beginning of friendships, it's hard to know what to do.
So hopefully this gives a good representation to slowly build a friendship by sharing your things to the heart of things it does.
OK, so I'll go first.
So I'll just as I share my information, I'll put my stick down and then maybe we'll just go around and see if we can build this.
I have a cat and her name is Xena.
I have no problem sharing that because I love, love, love my cat.
I could go.
My favorite color is orange.
So mine is.
I love poetry.
I have no problem saying swing's.
Actually, this one is pretty obvious.
So whether I say it or not, people usually figure it out pretty soon.
I'm really bad with pop culture.
I'm bad at knowing artists and actors and all that stuff.
So something about me is I absolutely love everything about Harry Potter movies, the books, you name it.
I enjoy it.
Harry Potter right next to my favorite color's nice.
I wrote down, I am a high school teacher.
That's something about me.
But I'm very easily able to share in the four seconds.
I have two half siblings and two full siblings.
I will share that.
Something that I've always wanted to do and something that I'm currently doing is traveling the world.
So my popsicle sticks says I want to travel the world.
So this is one that I'm a little more apprehensive to talk about.
I love pineapple on pizza.
I'll share one that's a little bit harder for me.
I used to fly a lot, a lot and pretty serious fights with my older brother.
This popsicle sticks says that my family is weird.
We can we can be awesome times.
That's something I'm a little hesitant to share.
So another one that I have is I feel really sad when I think about the dog that I used to have.
It's hard to share when I feel like it's something that I don't tell people.
I'm really scared people.
I feel that sometimes I think I'm not good enough.
Thanks.
And that will bring you two together.
Yeah.
Gabby, I'm with you on this, too.
I have one that says I'm insecure about myself.
That doesn't stop us finishing our bridge together.
Something that I don't share with people.
I'm insecure.
I wish I had like a better singing voice because.
Really, like singing.
How did it feel to share some larder things real quick?
Pretty good.
I really like the feeling of running it down and then actually kind of letting it go, especially as we have been heading out this summer.
And I learned some stuff about you and I guess you guys probably learned some stuff about me.
So I think it's a little bit easier because it's like, you know, that somebody else is going to like everyone to have at least something that they were nervous about sharing.
So like Warthen wasn't going to be scary because I knew that Gabby and I had something that was like uncomfortable to share.
Building friendships can be something that feels scary.
A lot of times and there are a lot of ways to make it safe, like gradually sharing stuff about yourself.
So what we're hoping that you'll think about it home is how do you know when you can trust to share something with someone?
Take some time and think about the signs that you see, how much time you've spent with somebody.
The way the conversations have been.
And writer draw about what a safe friendship looks like for you.
Thanks for being here.
And we'll see you tomorrow.
Bye.
Some of our local teachers are gonna be joining us this week.
Let's go learn something new.
Hi, I'm Miss Beck.
But today, I'm Professor kapell.
Why you say?
Well, automotive part, of course, automotive appear is using words to help us hear the sounds things make.
We call them sound ones that you probably already know are ones that animals make like sheep, sape bar Automotive appear is a way to make a story more interesting.
You use sound words when you don't even realize it, like when you're texting OG.
Whoops.
Here.
Oh, today we will make automat appear, come to life in the things we do every day.
Let's start with some simple ones for us when we sneeze.
What's the sound word we hear at Chew when we tell someone to stop talking?
What's the sound word we hear?
Shush.
When we laugh aloud, what is the sound word we hear?
Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup!
When we don't understand something, what is the sound word we hear home?
When the clock hands move on a clock, what is this sound word we hear?
Tick tock, tick tock.
Tick tock.
When a train is passing, what is the sound word?
We hear.
Choo choo choo choo choo choo choo choo Now, some easy ones.
Let's start with some harder ones.
But for this you'll need some materials.
So if you want to participate with me, get yourself a book, a cup or a bowl of water and something to drop in a chip or a cracker, something crunchy, a pot and a spoon, a whistle or horn and something to knock on.
Now, I'm going to pick up this book and I'm gonna drop the book.
I want you to listen for what the sound word is.
You got it.
Bang.
Now I'm going to drop something into this bowl of water.
Want you to listen for the sound work.
That's right.
Splash.
I'm going to take this pot and hit it with the spoon.
Listen for the sound word.
You got it.
It is clean.
Now I'm going to bite into something crunchy.
Let's listen for this outward.
Now I'm going to take this whistle and whistle.
Listen for that sound word whistle.
Now, I'm going to knock on a table when you do listen for the sound work.
Knock now we're gonna take this horn and we're gonna press it.
Listen for the sound work.
Now for the all mighty great one, you get a plus on your paper.
What do your parents say to you?
You.
A great job.
So now that we've done some together, I want you to practice some at home.
So here's some ideas that you can do pop bag of popcorn and listening for this one word.
Pop, pop, pop.
Slam a door and listen for the sound word.
That was quite scary.
Turn on a faucet, but just a little.
And listen for the sound word.
Drip, drip, drip.
Now turn up.
Faucet off.
We don't want to waste water.
Put water in your mouth and move it around.
Listen for the sound work.
Throw a basketball in a hoop and listen for this hour.
Swoosh.
Oh.
That's right.
Now you understand what onomatopoeia is.
Listen for it all around you, because you never know when it's going to appear.
Hope to see you guys soon at camp again.
Now, guys, I'm really tired.
You want me out?
Oh, it's sleepy time.
Let's go learn something new with our friends from Mincey Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Folks, welcome back.
My name is Ranger Don and I'm the ranger from the Scout Reservation in Jonas.
Today, I'm going to teach you about how to read topographical maps.
So a lot of different things to know about maps.
There are all different kinds.
There's road maps, street maps.
But when we're using map and Compass, we're using what's called a topographical map.
And some specifics about topographical maps that you need to know is they come in.
All different sizes.
And some key points that you need to know when you're using a topographical map.
There is what's called the legend, and the legend actually tells you about the map itself.
That's at the bottom.
So couple of things in no take about these.
If it is blue on a top graphical map, that means it's water.
If it's black, it is manmade.
If it is purple or red, that means it is a highway.
Green means that it's actually some kind of vegetation, whether it be trees or fields, if it's white, it's going to be an open field.
There's also contour lines which give you elevations, which when you get into topographical and doing map and compass is really important to know.
That tells you how high a mountain top is and what the elevations are.
And that's going to always be in brown.
All topographical maps are the same.
So with that, there's also different kind of what we call icons going to this map.
We would look at these.
These little things mean this is a swamp area.
Here's our contour lines.
So this is 18 20, that's our elevation in feet.
All right.
Let's go down to the bottom here.
This is black.
It's a line that's designating that it's a dam.
That's where the lake is being dammed up.
And it's a an actual.
Manmade item.
Then we look at all the little black dots, the little black dots means that it's a building.
If there is a flag on top, it's a school.
If there's a cross on top, it's a church.
So one other quick thing to notate is the tighter these contour lines are together means a steeper that the mountain is going to get.
So if you're actually hiking and you want to do a nice leisure hike, you want to make sure that you're picking something like this where it's a nice, easy hike up when you get to contour lines whenever they're together.
That means just getting a steeper mountain.
Also on hair we have if we look we have a dotted line, we have dots with lines dash in through it.
That means it's a power line.
So with that in the book, you can get oral online.
You can look at.
They give you all of the different kind of features that are actually on on a map.
So that's good for today.
Hopefully tomorrow you can join in.
We're going to show you how to use a map and a compass and putting it together to make them work together.
Thank you.
Have a great day.
Let's go see what our friends at Valley Youth House are up to.
Hi, I'm Elise from Valley Youth House.
Welcome back to its camp.
Today, we're going to focus on the theme to care for Self and others, but say we're really going to focus on that balance of taking care of yourself and others.
What better way to think about balance than an eight block?
So we're going to start with our Ultrabook.
So if you have your book, you found a book, you're going to take that out.
And the first thing we're going to do is prep the pages with so that we learn to make yesterday.
So I have this in a cup here.
It's pancake consistency.
You take a paintbrush and you're just going to prep your pages.
With the Gesso, what this does is really kind of seals the paper because paper is porous, so it helps with the consumption of water or even paint so that your paper is a little more durable.
It doesn't have to be perfect.
Here's one.
Most of the paper.
Primed.
All right, once your paper is just sold, you're going to want to wait a few minutes for it to be dried.
You can use a blow dryer to speed up this process if you don't want to wait.
My paint is fairly dry, so we're gonna move forward.
The next step in the ink blot is choose in a few colors that you would like.
So I'm going to.
And you're going to just.
Dot swirls, whatever, on one side of your book.
Maybe a purple.
I usually do about three colors.
I won't go crazy with too many colors or else you're gonna get a muddy mess.
But that's your lesson to be learned.
And once you have your pain, you're going to close your book, smash it around.
And when you're done, smashing it around can find your pavement again.
Open up.
And you have your inkblot, as you see, because some of my gesta wasn't fully dry.
It did pick up and create some texture on the page, but that's not a big deal.
All right.
So because I don't have a ton of time with you today, I did prep some of these steps.
So I'm going to go to my dried ink blot for you.
So once your ink blot is dry, you can decide how you want to finish it.
So I brought markers along as my way of finishing it.
But you can finish it with paint markers, kranz colored pencils, however you like, and finishing it is you could find an image within your ink block.
You can keep the abstract design and just add to it.
I think I'm going to just add some texture to it.
So in these round spots, maybe I want to create a flower in some of these yellow spots.
It's kind of viney.
So maybe I create.
Some kind of.
Leafy vine.
Again, art isn't about making things perfect.
It's not about being able to draw.
It's all about shapes and colors and just creating something that makes you feel good.
Because that kind of.
Blended in, I'm going over with a darker color.
All right, so you can just keep decorating that again for time's sake.
I did finish one for you guys, so you had an example.
So this is my finished piece here.
Again, I added some flowers and some green leafy designs in here.
And this is my finished inkblot.
I'll see you guys tomorrow.
And for some more altered book adventures.
Thank you.
That was awesome.
Thank you.
Let's check in now with the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.
Hi, friends.
My name's Tracey and I'm with the Girl Scouts of eastern Pennsylvania.
Today we're gonna be doing healthy snacks and we're gonna be making pizza tastic pinwheels.
If you are a Girl Scout, this does fulfill a badge requirement for the Healthy Snacks badge.
So we're gonna start off with a tortilla or a round.
I have shredded mozzarella cheese and I also have pepperoni.
You could not use pepperoni or substitute any ingredients that you like to have on your pizza.
So let's get started.
We're going to put some pizza sauce on the tortilla.
And I'm going to spread it.
You want to cover as much of this as you can so that you get a lot of pizza flavor ready to bite.
So now I'm going to put on my cheese.
And again, you want to go to the edge as much as you can.
All right.
Pepperoni.
You could use green peppers if you had some cooked sausage, you could throw that on here.
Olives are especially delicious.
So now what we're going to do is we're gonna start on one side and we're gonna roll it as tightly as we can.
You might have to tuck some of your ingredients in just to make sure that they stick in your.
All right, so now you're gonna pull it a little closer to yourself and either you or an adult.
You're gonna need a sharpish knife and you're gonna slay.
And you could even make them.
A little thicker.
You can see I made my thing because I feel like it feels like more rain.
And then you can also share.
I'm going to keep cutting.
Who won the middle so you can see it right there.
It's extra yummy pizza flavor.
All right.
And you can make this anywhere.
You can take it on a picnic and just have fun.
Thank you.
Have a great day.
Thanks.
That was so neat.
Now 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.
Today, I'm going to show you how to draw an optical illusion.
An optical illusion.
I'll show you.
This is kind of my midway point with this is a square that's kind of spiraling in.
And when it's completed, it kind of looks like this moving, swirling, almost tunnel like shape to make this.
You can actually start with any shape.
I've seen people do squares.
I've seen people do triangles.
I think a circle or an oval, something round might be challenging, but you might be able to make it work.
I'm going to start with the square just to kind of emulate my piece over here.
And what I'll do is use my ruler, line it up on my paper and I'm gonna go sort of small, maybe five inches wide.
Now go over here.
Squares, of course, the same length on all sides.
So trying to do that.
But I'm using my ruler to make my five inch wide sine.
Connect them all.
And now I'm ready to get started.
So I like to use a ruler for this project in general, but if you don't have one, you can either do your best to draw straight lines or I also like if you have a cardboard box or something where you can just use the edge as a straight edge.
That'll work fine too, because we're not measuring anymore.
We're just trying to get the super straight line.
Also, what we do for this and we're going to repeat this the whole way around.
So I'm going to start my line in one corner and connect it to the next edge.
So there we go.
I start in the corner connected to the next edge.
Now, as I move on to my second line, I start in the corner where my line just ended.
So I'm not starting in the original corner of my square.
I'm starting in this new spot.
And we just keep going with this.
Now, this process admittedly takes a little while, it seems like it'd be great to do all like watching TV or something to keep you entertained in the background.
But I'll show you kind of the starting point.
And we just keep connecting the last kind of dot to the next line over.
Right, I'll put this aside for now to show you what you do once you get to this point.
Once you're totally finished filling up your hole, square, triangle, whatever shape you pick.
It's time to color it in.
And generally when you're trying to make an optical illusion, you pick one or two colors.
I've seen people do like four colors with this where they might alternate two colors going into each of the opposite spirals.
But what you basically want to do is color in every other line.
This will kind of make it seem like it's moving.
I have my collection of markers because I've found that my black markers tend to run out of ink.
The first so I may switch back and forth between them.
Once you get to the center, it's going to get a little bit tricky to figure out which line do I go to next.
So just try to make sure you're kind of following where the dots probably started.
Right.
I think that's it for my two opposite edges here.
After this, I'll keep going and bring in all of my edges.
But this can give you a good idea for what it will look like when you get those alternating colors in there.
It starts to make it seem like it's moving and the way the lines kind of swirl and it kind of makes it.
It's supposed to make it seem like it's kind of spinning around a little bit, but that is it for today.
Thank you guys for watching.
If you tune back in tomorrow, I will show you how to make another optical illusion.
Thank you.
What a great day at camp.
We hope you had fun with us today.
Join us again tomorrow for more activities, learning and fun.
Bye.

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