Day Campers Learn Through Discovery
Series: The Health of Puget Sound
From: RadioActive Youth Media
Length: 00:02:14
From Government policy makers , starting with the Governor , the talk is about educating this generation and more importantly, the next about the impacts of runoff, misplaced construction and toxic chemicals on the health of Puget Sound. Envrionmental classes and workshops are popping up, geared towards adults, college students, camp go-ers. Earthkeepers Day Camp at Carkeek Park is designed to teach six to twelve year olds about the environment. Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem they live in.
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From Government policy makers , starting with the Governor , the talk is about educating this generation and more importantly, the next about the impacts of runoff, misplaced construction and toxic chemicals on the health of Puget Sound. Envrionmental classes and workshops are popping up, geared towards adults, college students, camp go-ers. Earthkeepers Day Camp at Carkeek Park is designed to teach six to twelve year olds about the environment. Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem they live in.
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Earthkeepers Day Camp at Carkeek Park is designed to teach six to twelve year olds about the environment. Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem they live in.
EACH OF THE NINE WEEKS OF EARTHKEEPERS DAY CAMP HAS A DIFFERENT THEME. FIRS, TRAILS, TRACKS, AND TAILS IS ONE. SO IS WINGS, STINGS, AND LEGGED THINGS. BECAUSE OF CARKEEK?S LOCATION, BEACHES COME UP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. A BEACH WEEK STARTS SMALL, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARINE FOOD CHAIN. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THEY?RE LOOKING AT LARGER MAMMALS LIKE ORCAS. DANA CATTS LOVES THE TIME THE KIDS SPEND COMBING CARKEEK?S SHORES.
Catts: ?It?s a really special one in that it?s a lot of discovery; they are really great explorers and find a lot of things on the beach. And we talk a lot about what?s important when you are in fact being an...
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Review of Day Campers Learn Through Discovery
This is an interesting piece about a special day camp focused on raising ecological awareness. Exploration is the main theme here. Campers get to explore and learn more about their environment, and it sounds like they have lots of fun. I would love to hear more about this amazing camp idea, and how it came about. It's not every day that you hear about a camp that is so environment-focused. It would be great if we could hear from the campers or from their families - what motivates people to send their kids to this camp? What do the campers like about it? I think that this piece could be made into a really cool larger one.