Agenda: Thursday, August 30, 2012

Hi Everyone,

  We had lots of fun slipping and sliding with all you camp 4 campers today, and tomorrow is sure to be even more fun! We will be visited by Stephanie the lobster expert tomorrow, so you may want to think of a good question about lobster to ask her tomorrow.  Take a look:

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Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Wednesday, August 29. 2012

Hey everyone,

Another great day today! Big thanks to Steve and the team at Action Laser Tag for making today so awesome.

Here's a peek at tomorrow's schedule:

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Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Hey Everyone,

Today was a wonderful first day of Camp 4, and we owe a big thank-you to seal expert Damien Lidgard for helping make today so great!

Tomorrow is going to be another amazing day, and we will be visted by Steve and the staff of Action Laser Tag tomorrow morning!  So, campers, bring something you can run around and get muddy in.  :)



See all you campers tomorrow!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Monday, August 27, 2012

Hi Everyone,

  We are thrilled that our camp for older campers is starting tomorrow, and we wanted to give all you Camp 4 participants and parents a little peek at what you'll be up to tomorrow.  You can always check here on our website for an update on what you'll be doing the next day at camp.

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Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Lobster Moulting

Hey everyone,

  We are super excited to share rare footage of our lobster moulting!  Scott was lucky enough to be around when the lobster in our ocean tank began to crawl out of her old shell, exposing a new one, and he caught it all on video.  :)

Check it out!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Camp 3 Update

Good morning everyone,


  Unfortunately, we just got a call from our seal expert, Damien, and he has a terrible case of food poisoning! He will not be able to make it today.  We will be having an exciting tide pool presentation from the IPYNC's own Scott Pelton instead.

Feel better soon, Damien!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Friday, August 17, 2012

Hey everyone!

We're sad to say that tomorrow is the last day of Camp 3; we've had so much fun this week with all you campers. :)

But don't be too sad; tomorrow is going to be one more fantastic day!  We'll be visited by Damien the seal expert tomorrow morning, so we're hoping you can all think of a really good question about seals to ask Damien!

Here's a quick look at what we'll be doing tomorrow:

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Thanks everyone :)

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Thursday, August 16, 2012

Hey everybody,

  We had a great day again today, and we'd like to extend a huge thanks to local businessman Steve of Action Laser Tag for helping make that happen!

  Tomorrow is going to be another awesome day :) Take a look:

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See all you campers tomorrow!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Hey there campers and camp-lovers!

  Today was another awesome day at camp, so thanks to everyone for a really fun time :) Tomorrow is going to be even more amazing, because tomorrow we will be visited by our friends at Action Laser Tag! Take a look:



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Bring you energy and your listening ears, campers, and we will have an excellent day for sure.

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Hey everybody,

  We had an awesome first day of camp with all the campers of Camp 3, and we're in for even more fun tomorrow!  Stephanie the lobster expert is coming to camp, and we would like to ask all of the current campers to think of a question about lobster to ask Stephanie!

Thanks guys :)  So, here's a look at tomorrow's agenda:



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See you all tomorrow...

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff

Squid Vids

Hey there everybody!

  As we mentioned a few days ago, our aquarium has recently been over-run by hundreds of tiny little squid babies.  Our July campers will remember the "squeggs" we had in our ocean tank.  We thought you might enjoy looking at a quick video of our new arrivals taken with our digital microscope.  :)

Keep in mind that these little guys are only about 2mm long to the naked eye!

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff

Agenda: Monday, August 13, 2012

Hey everyone,

We are super excited to start a whole new camp tomorrow with all you Camp 3 campers!  Here's a quick look at what we'll be doing tomorrow:

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See you tomorrow!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

100's of Little Surprises in Our Ocean Tank!

Hello everyone,

We want to share some  exciting news with you all!  Campers from the July camps will remember the jelly-like fingers of squid eggs, also known as ''squeggs,'' from the cottage's ocean tank.  Well, our squeggs finally hatched after two months in the tank!   Scott has moved the squid over into their very own Squid Tank and they seemed to be doing fine, but what do you feed tiny little squid, (Just 2 mm long!) you might ask? Well, we’re very luck here in the Halifax area, for we have lots of marine biologists eager to help us out with our questions.  Scott contacted Dr. Ron O’Dor at Dalhousie University, who is a squid expert. Dr. O’Dor suggested that we feed the squid live plankton. Even baby squid like to chase down their food, he said, so the “dead plankton” soup mix we have for the scallops and sea anemones won’t do. So off we went in the boat at dusk to collect live plankton for the baby squid to eat. We chose dusk because this is when plankton come to the surface from the deep to feed. Towing a special fine meshed net behind the boat, we collected lots of zooplankton for the squid and brought them back up to the cottage. Once we placed them in with the baby squid tank, we watched these little squid chase down the plankton with their tiny tentacles and eat their live plankton soup.  They seemed to find it as yummy as the staff find Scott's epic spaghetti dinner! J

100’s of rice-sized predators pursuing 1000’s of pepper-sized prey!

See all you Camp 3 campers tomorrow!

Peace, Love, and Jellies
-The IPYNC Staff

2 Spots Available in the August 13-17 Camp!

Hello everyone,

  We have been lucky enough to have very full camps at the IPYNC this year, but sadly, 2 of the campers registered for Camp 3 (August 13-17) had to drop out recently.  This means that we have 2 spots available in our otherwise sold-out summer camp program!

Campers Milo and Jackson know how much fun the IPYNC Camps are!

2012 Camp Poster

If you or anyone you know might be interested in sending their kids to our camps, please spread the word! These openings won't last long! :)

Thanks everybody.

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff

Camp 2 Photos

Hey everybody!

We are super excited that Camp 3 is starting just one week from today, and we thought it would be fun for everyone coming to that camp to check out some photos from Camp 2!

Campers Emilie and Lola love to hang out on "Splash Island!"

Underwater camper Michael really likes lobster hunting.

And we caught one huge lobster!

Seaweed expert Lauren teaches campers JJ, Sydney, and Emmy all about a sea urchin's mouth parts.

Camper Lola shows off her soapy smile after playing on the IPYNC Slip 'n' Slide.

We can't wait to do it all again with all the campers in Camp 3!

See you next week. :)

Peace, Love, and Jellies!
-The IPYNC Staff