From fluttering wings to fungal fun, the held its second and final summer science camp this week, welcoming budding explorers for five jam-packed days of curiosity and discovery.
Led by educators Rachel Darwin and Carolyn Jagers from , each lesson turned science into an adventure as children learned not just by listening, but by digging in 性视界传媒 sometimes literally. With topics spanning Bird Day to Garden Day, Butterfly Day to Mushroom Day, children got their hands dirty investigating everything from pollinator habitats to underground mycelium networks.
性视界传媒淭hey've built bird houses, and beekeepers brought a small enclosed hive one day so we got to learn about bees and why they're so important. They have been out in the gardens on scavenger hunts, looking for butterflies and taking lots of pictures聽性视界传媒 they're just having a great time,性视界传媒 said Kat Cochran, the arboretum性视界传媒檚 marketing director.
Volunteers Beatrix Jagers, right, and Ann Cochran help children with their craft projects during a Summer Science Camp Thursday, July 10, 2025, at the Longview Arboretum Nature Center. (Les Hassell/性视界传媒 Photo)
On Thursday, campers spore-ted their fungal knowledge by crafting model mushrooms using empty paper rolls and paper bowls and plates and then colorfully decorating them.
Cochran said the camp, which cost $175 per student, sold out quickly and capped off the arboretum's summer series of camps.
With the arboretum in full bloom and backpacks filled with crafts, journals, and possibly a few muddy socks, the children wrapped up their scientific journey a little wiser, a little dirtier and a whole lot more excited about the natural world.
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