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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/crafts-help-campers-develop-skills
Crafts Help Campers Develop SkillsIn honor of National Craft Month in March, Amy Liikala shares her camp crafting memories and what skills she learned from crafting at camp. When you think back to your own youth...
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/creating-craters-chasing-comets-three-days-science-fun
Creating Craters and Chasing Comets — Three Days of Science and FunNestled on the banks of the Guadalupe River, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, is Mo-Ranch. A summer camp, conference center, and oasis of beauty. I imagine we could all describe our sites...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/marvelous-moon-hands-nasa-activities-bring-moons-life-story-camp-audiences
Marvelous Moon: Hands-on NASA Activities to Bring the Moon's Life Story to Camp AudiencesFor the past five years, an armada of spacecraft has been orbiting the Moon, changing the way scientists view the Moon’s history. Explore: Marvel Moon: Hands-on NASA Activities to Bring the Moon's...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/create-wonderful-moments-nature-here-there-everywhere
Create Wonderful Moments in Nature: Here, There, EverywhereNature is everywhere at camp, and we sometimes walk right past it. Whether your camp is in a city or the country, there is nature. It might be roly-polys in the leaves, mosquitoes buzzing past, or...
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/integrating-stem-your-camp-activities-nasa
Integrating STEM into Your Camp Activities with NASAAdd to your camp’s lineup of activities — or enhance existing strands — with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) resources from NASA. Hear how one camp enhanced its summer program to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/counselors-campers-action
Counselors, Campers, Action!Everyone is taking photos today! As counselors, you can offer your campers creative ideas for capturing the treasured moments of their summer of fun at camp. Preparing to Shoot — Staff...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/native-american-night-sky-storytelling
Native American Night Sky StorytellingExplore the mysteries of our Universe with Sky Tellers! Ten Native American myths and legends investigate the reason for day and Night, why we have seasons, the origin of the stars and other wondrous...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/putting-nature-perspective-interview-scott-sampson-phd
Putting Nature in Perspective: An Interview with Scott Sampson, PhDScott Sampson, PhD, is a dinosaur paleontologist, science communicator, and passionate advocate for connecting people with nature. He currently serves as vice president of research and collections...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/nature-noticing-excursions-making-connections-camp-through-seeing-story-drawing
Nature Noticing Excursions: Making Connections at Camp through Seeing, Story, and DrawingIn the November/December 2015 issue of Camping Magazine, I wrote about a phenomenon I called Noticing Deficit Disorder (NDD), a culturally induced form of vision...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/power-inspiring-visual-arts-program
The Power of an Inspiring Visual Arts ProgramPicture ziti pasta shells strung into a necklace with yarn or glued onto flimsy paper. Think back to dried leaves and flowers cracking and falling off of cardboard squares, or paint peeling off of...