It’s the holiday Camp and what a great time everyone had. Our formula for these three days

Camp = Learning + Fun

Monday 19/11/12 ‘Art Attack Monday’

We started with T-Shirt printing and after that the children had a fun time painting their rocks.

T-Shirt Printing

Materials: White T-shirt, Fabric Dye, Brush & Sponge. Paint child’s hands with preferred fabric dye and press onto the t-shirt. Carefully remove hands and wash hands. Place stencil with the child’s name on the shirt and use a sponge to print the child’s name on the shirt. Hang the shirt up to dry.

Rock Painting

Materials: Lime stone rocks, tempera paint, varnish & brushes. Carefully paint the rock with pre-selected design. Leave the rock to dry. Varnish the rock and leave it to dry again.

Tuesday 20/11/12 ‘Little Scientist Day’

On this day we conducted 3 experiments and made an electrical circuit board for the children to take home.

Levitating Ice Cubes

Materials: Cup, Ice cube, salt, string. Fill the cup ¾ full of water. Place the ice cubes in the water and hold the string over the ice cube. The string is not attached to the ice cubes. Now sprinkle some salt over the ice cubes and hold the string over the ice cubes again for 2 minutes. Now pull the string out and it is securely attached to the ice cubes.          Explanation: Salt lowers the freezing point of the water. Therefore, when the salt hits the ice cube, the ice cube begins to melt a little bit. After this reaction has occurred, the salt begins to weaken and becomes captured by the ice, freezing the thread to the ice cube.

Exploring gas with Balloon, Vinegar and Baking Soda

Materials: Plastic Bottle, Balloon, Vinegar and Baking Soda and funnel. Fill the plastic bottle with 1/3 vinegar. Use the funnel to fill half the balloon with baking soda. Attach the balloon to the mouth of the plastic bottle and slowly tilt the balloon emptying the baking soda into the plastic bottle. The gas produced by the mixture of vinegar and baking soda will blow up the balloon.                                                                                                            Explanation: Baking soda and the vinegar create an ACID-BASE reaction. When combined/mixed they create a gas - carbon dioxide. Gasses need room to spread, so the carbon dioxide fills the bottle and then moves into the balloon inflating it.

Magic Milk Paint

Materials: Milk, Food Coloring, Dish Soap, Toothpick. Pour some milk onto a flat dish and add a few drops of food coloring. Dip the toothpick in the dish soap and put it in the food coloring. Watch the reaction of the color in the milk.                                                                   Explanation: The soap disrupts the surface tension of the milk causing the colors to radiate away from the toothpick. Milk has surface tension, just like water, but unlike water, it is high in fat and is solid colored. As the dye is less dense, it does not mix into the milk unless stirred. It remains separate. Dish soap breaks down the fat of the milk and decreases the surface tension in milk.

Electric circuit.

Materials: Battery, wire and bulb, masking tape. Attach one end of the wire to the battery and the other end of the wire to the bulb. When child touches the bulb to the battery, the bulb lights up. Explanation: When the bulb touches the battery, the electrical circuit is complete and the bulb lights up.

Wednesday 21/11/12 ‘Junior Master Chef Day’

The children tried their skills at baking and had a fun time.

Chocolate Mug Cake. Ingredients: 4 tbs self raising flour, 4 tbs sugar, 1 egg, 3tbs cocoa powder, 3 tbs nutella, 3 tbs milk, 3 tbs olive oil / vegetable oil. Method: Combine all ingredients in a large mug. Whisk well with a fork till smooth. Microwave on high for 1 ½ - 3 minutes.

When the mug cake was baking in the oven, the children made pizza burgers with Teacher Nurul.

The 3 days of camp was educational and enjoyable. The children also made new memories with their school friends. Have an enjoyable holiday everyone and see you all in 2013.