Kings Park Elementary

Camp Expedition

	Students researched animals using the Internet and books. They they created the animals to scale. If one bald eagle lived in an area the size of their classroom, only one child was allowed to choose the bald eagle. Some animals were created in art class and others in the classroom.


The animals were then added to murals that the children had decorated with plant life and water features found in their environment. The murals were hung from the ceiling and stretched to the floor. (***Normal decorations that hung on the walls all year, ie. color word charts, were taken down so that when the murals were removed on the last day of school, the teacher's room was ready for check out.)



Other items such as canoes, longhouses, puebloes and tepees were constructed in each classroom.


Each classroom had a campfire, just perfect for fireside reading with a flashlight or camp meetings.
Students also brought they sleeping bags and parents were encouraged to spend time as camp counselors.
	Campers shared books and their camp journals with the counselors.
Each individual camp had a specific craft to be made.	Powhatan drums
Sioux shields	Seminole
Hopi kachinas
The camp store was open with lots of goodies.	Parent volunteers were a big help. They assisted with everything from preparing s'mores to putting together supply bags to make swaps. What would we do without them?

Page created by Brooks Widmaier
June 24, 2003