Making South American clay masks. An African Fly Swatter. Middle Eastern Food. Middle Eastern Dancers. Shelby & Samantha read the Campers an interactive story. Painting a mancala – a game from Africa. Part of the African Scavenger Hunt – Blue & Green Group. Testing out the shelter in Outdoor Skills Camp. Sama is a great…

The black group poses for a photo in the zoo’s farm area. We always knew ENC campers hatched from eggs! Petting goats. Turgundy on safari. This bird is red. 😉 A hedgehog. Elephant scat. Parrots. An iguana. Monique our educator. A SHADY amphitheater!

Frank, a camp teacher. Sama’s raffle. Jeanine’s Afternoon Camp, Nature Connections. Kean’s hat. Gabriel’s Inuit Toy.

Turgundy took a safari to South America. They learned about bats and hummingbirds, then practiced with bolas -an indigenous hunting tool.Eating South American fruit.Black & White made water art!South American grain.The log area!Mr. Dan took his Campers to Ireland!Helen and Bob took their campers to Africa – I think!Valerie took her campers to Canada!Meghan &…

The ENC celebrated it’s annual Butterfly House Opening & Eco-Faire on May 2, 2009. The Alma Latina Dance Troop performed their dance, “metamorphosis” for us. Mike, our Grounds Coordinator, sold locally native butterfly host and nectar plants. Participants looked at butterfly wings under the microscopes. Many decorated re-useable canvas bags.  Canvas bags are WAY better…

Wilderness Survival campers learning how to sterilize water…Holding a crayfish.Netting for crayfish.Digging in the midden.Staring a fire. Building a “log cabin” fire, striking a match.Touching a toad.Dressing like a reptile!Dressing like a mammal.Competing in a solar race.Filming our “documentary.”Building a shelter.Testing to see if our shelter is waterproof.Learning about edible plants.Making an alligator out of…

The Environmental Nature Center hosted “Positively Green,” on March 17, 2009 celebrating our Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).  What a “cool” ice sculpture! ENC Lead Naturalist Dan Green & Naturalist Kathy Wiedel pose for the camera! Don’t drop it!   The plaque is made from recycled…

Wearing our God masks. Holding crayfish. Building a safe fire. Sand paintings! Building a dry shelter. Creating our sand painintgs. Making friends while building our shelter. Preparing for our sand paintings.

Campers in “Native American” Camp made beaded necklaces with a bear claw! Showing off a necklace.  The string was made by campers using palm leaves, and the shells were drilled by hand with pump drills -just like the Natives Americans did it! Making mini shelters in “Wilderness Survival” Camp. Making string takes team work! Listening attentively to Mr….

Playing music using authentic Tongva instruments. Ms. Megan rockin out to some Tongva grooves. Mr. Dan teaches 3rd graders about Native American games. Ms. Jenny shows students how to make string! Using pump drills to make shell bead money.

A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose flow properties are not described by a single constant value of viscosity.Home school students create non-Newtonian fluids in MAD Science class at the Environmental Nature Center.Free radicals are atoms, molecules or ions with unpaired electrons (no friends). These unpaired electrons are usually highly reactive, so radicals are likely…