News and information for the Travis County 4-H program.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
July 18, 2017
On the third day of Youth Lab, the participants completed a GPS learning activity where they went to different spots around the camp to mark points on the GPS. Afterwards, they participated in a lesson about water:
July 17, 2017
The second day of Youth Lab began with the kids heading down to the lake at Camp Cho-Yeh to collect water from the lake to compare the water quality to bottled water using scientific experiments. Here they are collecting the water and conducting the experiments:
Afterwards, we headed down to Big Thicket National Preserve to go on a Nature Hike and the Park Ranger told us about the various carnivorous plants that inhabit the forest:
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
July 16, 2017
This was the first day of Youth Lab 2017 at Camp Cho-Yeh in Livingston, TX, and the camp began with a photography workshop where the kids had the opportunity to take photos. Baushah took a couple that I'd like to share:
Afterwards, they participated in an Astronomy activity: