The Indian Point Young Naturalist Club

Agenda- Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Hi everyone,

Despite the rain, we had a wonderful day today and didn't let the weather get us down! Tomorrow is another exciting day as we will be going on the Boat Cruise (rain or shine!). Here's the agenda:

Indian Point Young Naturalist Club Camp 2: July 25^th- 29^th, 2011

Wednesday, July 27^th, 2011		Rainy S
Time	Activity Name	Activity Description
9:00am-9:30am	Arrival and Sea Smoothie Making	Campers arrive and choose their sea-smoothie for the day with Arielle and Mikaela, put their lunches away, and head inside to check on the critters. Camera goes to Lily again (who didn’t get to take pictures yesterday).
9:30am-10:00am	Presentation from Shark experts	Our shark experts talk to the campers, and the campers ask their really good questions that they thought of yesterday.
10:00am-12:00pm	Four Winds Boat Cruise!	Cruise with Shark Experts Brendal and Jarrett – lectures take place in 2 groups and the group that’s waiting plays word games like telephone on the lower deck. Bring snacks on cruise.
12:00pm- 12:45pm	Lunch	Campers eat and play human knot once they’re done. Camera goes to Miriam.
12:45pm- 1:30	T-shirts/ Big Dock Walk and Farm Tour	Half the campers decorate T-shirts supervised by Arielle and Mandai while the other half use the microscope with Scott and Mikaela, then the groups switch.
1:30pm- 2:45pm	Nature journaling at B.I.O and Ocean Frames (Step 1)	Campers work on nature journals and then paint their Ocean Frames.
2:45pm- 3:00pm	Return to Cottage and Pick Up	Campers eat Sea Smoothie Pops. Campers not registered in the After Camp Program are picked up. Camera goes to Emmy
3:00pm- 5:00pm	After Camp Program	Campers registered in the After Camp Program return to BIO for various activities.

Peace, Love, and Jellyfish,
IPYNC Staff

Agenda- Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Hello everyone,

Great first day of camp! Here's the plan for day two:

Indian Point Young Naturalist Club Camp 2: July 25^th- 29^th, 2011

Tuesday, July 26^th, 2011
Time	Activity Name	Activity Description
9:00am-9:30am	Arrival and Sea Smoothie Making	Campers arrive, wash their hands, and choose their sea-smoothie for the day with Arielle and Mikaela, put their lunches away, and head inside to check on the critters. Camera goes to Mitchell.
9:30am- 10:00am	Nature Journals	Campers change into swimsuits, grab their bags, and walk down to B.I.O. Nature Journals are introduced, and campers create an entry about their first day of camp.
10:00am- 10:15am	Snack	Campers eat while staff set up underwater scopes.
10:15-10:30am	Underwater Scopes	All campers build their underwater scopes assisted by all staff.
11:00am – 11:45am	Clay Animals/ Big Dock Walk and Farm Tour	Half of campers work on sculptures with Arielle and Mandai while the other half go on the Big Dock Walk and tour the farm with Scott and Mikaela. Then, the groups switch.
11:45am-12:30pm	Lunch	Campers walk back up to the cottage and eat lunch while watching the Shark Experts’ Movie. Camera goes to Lily.
12:30pm- 1:00pm	Stormy Seas	Campers play a game of Stormy Seas on the cottage lawn. (Anthills will be marked!)
1:00pm-1:30pm	Ocean Frames (Step 1)	Campers grab their bags and walk back down to the boathouse and paint their ocean frames.
1:30pm- 2:00pm	Beachcombing	Campers search on the beach for small treasures to put on their ocean frames.
2:00pm- 3:00pm	Microscope and Nature Journals	Campers examine their findings from their beachcombing under the microscope and/or sketch them in their nature journals.
2:30pm-3:00pm	Return to Cottage and Pick Up	Campers return to cottage and eat Sea-Smoothie Pops. Campers not registered in the After Camp Program are picked up. Lily gives camera to Sydney.
3:00pm- 5:00pm	After Camp Program	Campers registered in the After Camp Program return to BIO for various activities.

Peace, Love, and Jellyfish,
IPYNC Staff

Agenda- Monday, July 25, 2011

Hello everyone,

Here is the agenda for the first day of camp, which is tomorrow- Hooray!
We will have the agenda for each day up on the website the night before at the very latest, so check back here to see what our campers will be up to.

Indian Point Young Naturalist Club Camp 2: July 25^th- 29^th, 2011

Monday, July 25^th, 2011
Time	Activity Name	Activity Description
8:30am-9:00am	Arrival, Registration, and Sea Smoothie Making (Group 1)	Campers arrive, put backpacks on deck and lunches in fridges, wash their hands; choose their sea-smoothie for the day with Arielle; smoothies are put in freezer. Mikaela gives out name tags and magnifying glasses while Scott does registration (also finds out how many parents are coming on boat cruise), Mandai introduces the bubble-makers, explains aquarium critters, and sets up an ocean movie while we wait for the 2^nd group of campers to arrive.
9:00am-9:30am	Arrival, Registration, and Sea Smoothie Making (Group 2)	Repeat above for Group 2.
9:30am-10:00am	Tour of BIO and Orientation	Rules are explained (including a warning about the sugar anthills!), nature journals are handed out Underwater camera is explained- each camper gets to use it for half a day, and Sophie is first.
10:00am – 10:15am	Snack	Campers eat; Staff set up underwater scope activity
10:15am – 11:00am	Underwater Scopes/ Big Dock Walk	Campers use the washroom and then walk to B.I.O with their backpacks. Half the campers do underwater scopes with Arielle and Mandai; the other half go to the Big Dock with Mikaela and Scott. The groups switch at 10:45am.
11:00am- 11:30am	Treasure Buckets	Treasure buckets are explained and the campers decorate their own,
11:15am- 12:00pm		As they finish the buckets they work with Arielle and Mandai to prep their T-shirts for tie dying. Once finished, they can help add creatures to the B.I.O. aquarium.
12:00pm– 12:45pm	Lunch	Campers eat while watching Treasure Island; Arielle and Mandai prep water and dye for T-shirts. Sophie gives camera to Jarrett.
12:30pm- 1:00pm	The Human Knot	When campers are done eating, they play Human knot with Mikaela and Scott.
1:00pm- 1:30pm	Stormy Seas/ Tie Dying	Campers Play stormy seas with Scott and Mikaela and are taken a few at a time to dye shirts with Mandai and Arielle.
1:30- 2:30pm	Beach time down by BIO	Campers are given free time on the beach to swim, take pictures, explore, collect treasures in their treasure buckets, and race hermit crabs! *If it’s rainy, the campers will be doing a craft inside B.I.O
2:00pm	Tie-Dying Follow-Up (Staff only)	Arielle and Mandai must go back to cottage to prepare the 2^nd colours of dye and then switch the T-shirts into their 2^nd colours.
2:50pm-3:00pm	Return to Cottage and Pick Up	Campers return to cottage and eat Sea-Smoothie Pops Campers not registered in the After Camp Program are picked up.
3:00pm- 5:00pm	After Camp Program	Campers registered in the After Camp Program return to BIO for various activities.

That's all for now! We're looking forward to meeting all our new campers tomorrow. :)

Peace, love, and Jellyfish,
The IPYNC Staff

Camp Counsellors 2011

I feel extremely lucky to have such enthusiastic talented staff this summer.

Returning for her fourth year with the camps is Mikaela Law. Mikaela is now a 11th grade student at Sir John A High School who brings her keen interest in science and nature once again to the camps. New this year are Arielle Legere and Mandai Mohan.

Arielle lives on Indian Point and grew up loving to explore the shores of the bay. Arielle is an 11th grade student at the Halifax Grammar School and, at the ripe old age of 17, is an accomplished singer, song writer and actor. She is keen on sharing these talents with campers this summer.

Mandai and I met while working together at the Museum of Natural History many years ago. At the time, Mandai was as enthusiastic about looking after and talking about the butterflies at the Museum to children as I was about looking after and talking to children about Gus the tortoise back in those days. Realizing our shared love for teaching children, we both became elementary school teachers. Here we both are now, nearly a decade later, together again with the same enthusiasm we shared for the Museum now for these summer camps. Mandai is an elementary classroom and art teacher at the Halifax Independent School. She loves nature and children and is looking very much to the hot sunny days with the camper summer.

See you all soon!

-Scott

Meet our Shark Experts

Hello Everyone,
Here is a little bit of information about the shark experts who will be joining us this summer. :)

Jarrett Corke

Project Coordinator - Shark

ShARCC Creator

Born and raised in Stratford, Ontario, Jarrett has always felt a deep connection to the ocean, despite growing up around fresh water. Although Jarrett has a passion for all terrestrial and marine species, overtime, his fascination and long-time dedication has encompassed sharks. As an avid SCUBA and Freediver, Jarrett has had the opportunity to dive with multiple species of shark; an experience that has helped him to overcome a childhood fear of these animals and changing his perspective of sharks altogether. His passion for sharks also inspired him to travel to Bimini, Bahamas to volunteer at the Bimini Biological Field Station (BBFS). Dedicated to conserve the ocean and sharks, Jarrett returned to university and, recently, has completed a Masters of Resource and Environmental Management at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. Since then, he has pursued his passion of marine conservation, more specifically in shark conservation, by taking a position as Project Coordinator - Shark, at WWF-Canada.

Brendal Davis

Masters of Marine Management

ShARCC Creator

Brendal's passion for the ocean has taken her from the rolling green hills of Meadville, Pennsylvania to the shores of South Florida. In between she travelled the world, from Australia to South Africa, Central America to Europe. After graduating Edinboro University in Pennsylvania with a BA in Spanish and Criminal Justice, Brendal decided to pursue her dream of a career combining diving with marine conservation by becoming a Reef Check and PADI Master Scuba Dive Instructor. She then pursed a graduate certificate degree in Fisheries Management in 2009 at Oregon State University. Currently, she is a Masters student at the world-renowned program of Marine Resource Management through Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia furthering her studies in elasmobranches and other pelagic fish with a focus in elasmobranch policy and management. Her insatiable dedication to sharks, and contagious enthusiasm for every creature in the sea, has made her a strong proponent of furthering shark conservation and education.

Aurelie Godin

Ph.D. Candidate, Industrial Graduate Fellow, WWF-Canada

A Montreal native, Aurelie's passion for the ocean arose during her undergraduate years where she started scuba diving. She moved to Nova Scotia in 2008 to do a Master in Marine Management at Dalhousie University where she completed her thesis' project on improving shark conservation and management policies in Canada. This master's project was in partnership with WWF-Canada where she interned during the summer. She continued working with WWF-Canada in developing their shark conservation campaign before taking another internship position with the Pew Global Shark Campaign in Washington DC. Since then, her work has primarily focused on the topic of shark bycatch on which she is currently pursuing her doctoral study in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University under the supervision of marine biologist Dr. Boris Worm.

Peace, Love, and Jellyfish!

-The IPYNC Staff

Seastar Times June 2011

Hello there everyone,
Here is the latest edition of the Seastar Times, the information publication for the Indian Point Young Naturalist Club. Click to enlarge the pages. this will open each page in a new window, making it very easy to print the registration forms found on pages 4 and 5. If you print and fill out these forms, you can mail them to us at The Indian Point Young Naturalist Club, 39 Sunset Drive, Glen Haven, NS, B3z 2T8.