Nature detectives are on the case

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} Twenty-four children showed up to the free nature program, put on by Plymouth County Conservation Naturalist Victoria DeVos, at Beck Park on Thursday, July 6. Victoria and her assistant Bonnie had the children be nature detectives, taking part in various activities in separate stations. Activities included a micro organism hunt, color scavenger hunt with beads, nature scavenger hunt, catching insects with nets, learning to use binoculars, and decorating fun bookmarks to take home and use. Before breaking up into smaller groups, Victoria shows the children different things found in nature, including a bird’s nest, rabbit and squirrel furs, and butterfly pictures, and explaining the different stations.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} One of the stations involved learning how to use binoculars. Here the children learn how to use the binoculars correctly before they look for specific items from a list.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} Children see what a bird’s nest looks like.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} Children also got to decorate and make bookmarks to take home with them.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} Using a bracelet of different color beads, detectives were sent on a color scavenger hunt to find plants and animals of nature that match the colors on the bracelet. Detectives got to keep the bracelet after the hunt.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} Looking for many types of Micro organisms on the ground, the nature detectives had to use their magnifying glass to zoom in and help them see the tiny organisms that are in nature in the grass at the park. 

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} These three girls observe the micro organisms in the grass very closely.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} After learning how to use their binoculars correctly, each detective was given a list of items to try and look for with their binoculars.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} The detectives looked toward the sky to find items on their list for the nature scavenger hunt.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} The children had fun catching all sorts of insects in their nets at Beck Park.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Myriad} They also got to look up close at a rabbit and squirrel fur.