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Games to Beat the Summer Heat: Protective Padding

August 5, 2009 by Erica Leave a Comment

Sufficed to say it’s been a little hotter than we’re used to in BC this summer. Rather than let our tempers boil over, we’ve got a few games to beat the summer heat and cool down over the next couple of weeks from Erica Hargreave, the founder of Ahimsa Media (Digital, Interactive, Transmedia Storytelling Company), and Ahimsa Kids (Representing Set Teachers and Child Coordinators in BC). Take it away Erica!

I’ve set these activities up like mini-Olympic Games competitions to add a bit of friendly sport in there.

The first one:

Protective Padding

Because it’s not only the athletes that need to protect their noggins…..

child coordinators in BC ,Water Balloons, Steve Wilhelm
Our Child Coordinators in BC can attest to the importance of this! Photo by Steve Wilhelm

MATERIALS:

  • Water Balloons (filled up and ready to fire)
  • Anything in the recycling bin
  • String (an arms length / balloon)
  • Tape (a forearms length / balloon)

THE SKINNY:
Here’s the deal kids. Your building a helmet to protect your water balloon from bursting. You can build it in anyway you like as long as you don’t break the rules (I’ll get to those in a minute). Once you’ve built and fastened on your water balloon’s helmet, partner up and take turns tossing your partners water balloon gently in front of their feet. To win, you need to be the last dry kid standing (ie. your balloon has not burst).

THE RULES:  (Yes, there are rules, because without them it would be chaos people, chaos I tell yah)

  • You can only use building materials from the recycling bin.
  • No, you can’t have more tape or string, if you ruin yours, improvise.
  • No whipping balloons at people. Immediate disqualification.

About the Author:

Erica Hargreave is a writer, storyteller, teacher and scientist.  She’s been having fun doing a few summer camps for the Delta School District, including the Wild World of Science, Outdoor Ed and Hogwart’s Travelling School of Magic.  She has two up and coming Hogwart’s Camps, the week’s of August 10 – 15 in North Delta and August 17 – 22 in Ladner.

Filed Under: Fun and Educational, News Tagged With: beat the summer heat, camp games, camps, delta school district, Erica Hargreave, games, Hogwart's Travelling School of Magic, ladner, north delta, summer camps, summer heat, water balloons

Outdoor Ed Adventures

August 2, 2009 by Erica Leave a Comment

I was lucky enough to spend my afternoons two weeks ago in beautiful Boundary Bay, Tsawwassen with a great group of young people. We rambled through the forests, fields and beaches on outdoor ed adventures, team building, studying edible and medicinal plants, creating things from plants and learning survival skills. Here are a few of the pics:

 

Outdoor Ed
Rope Making

 

Outdoor Ed
Weaving Cattail

 

cattail
Accessorizing with Cattail

 

outdoor ed
Herbology 101

Filed Under: News, Teachable Moments Tagged With: camps, cattail, delta school district, dsd, dsd youth activities, Erica Hargreave, Oudoor Ed, outdoor education, summer camps, summer quest 2009, tsawwassen, weaving cattail

Wild World of Science

August 2, 2009 by Erica Leave a Comment

Wow!!  Had such a great week with the Wild World of Science kids.  Such a creative bunch of characters.  Here are some pics from the week:

 

Wild World of Science
Marker Magic Experiment

 

Wild World of Science
Colour Changing Paper Experiment

 

science
Tye Die Creations

Filed Under: News, Teachable Moments Tagged With: camps, colour changing paper, delta school district, marker magic, north delta, science, science camps, summer camps, summer quest 2009, tye die, Wild World of Science

Bridge Building Challenge

July 21, 2009 by Erica Leave a Comment

One young scientist piled 288 pennies on a bridge built from a single piece of paper at yesterday’s Wild World of Science Camp.  Can you beat her in this Bridge Building Challenge?

bridge building challenge
A Bridge Building Challenge Inspiration For You!

 

The Rules:

  • Only one sheet of paper may be used.
  • The piece of paper must bridge a gap between textbooks or boards.
  • The bridge must sit on top of the text books or boards.
  • All pennies must be placed on the bridge, over the gap (not over the textbooks or boards).

Good luck!

Filed Under: Fun and Educational, News Tagged With: bridge building, bridge building challenge, camps, delta school district, paper, science, science camps, science challenges, summer, summer quest 2009, Wild World of Science, young scientist

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