Today we had a very special visit from Save Bristol Harbor! Three volunteers came to teach us about watersheds, water pollution as well as the sources of pollution, so we can be more conscious young citizens! Save Bristol Harbor taught us in a fun way! They brought a model of a town that looked just like Bristol! The volunteers from Save Bristol Harbor helped us to see that there are a lot of ways we pollute our water without even thinking about it.
We sprinkled "fertilizer"(sprinkles), "pesticides"(more sprinkles), salt, "animal waste"(chocolate sprinkles, which the campers ended up sampling) "oil" from cars and "industrial sludge" (chocolate syrup) all over the town, to demonstrate how there are pollutants all around us. Then came a big rainstorm (watering can) and all the pollution washed from the town, down into the watershed. All the colors of the sprinkles made the water turn into a very un-appetizing shade of brown. The campers had an "aha!" moment as they realized that what we do in our yards and in our towns also effects the water we drink and swim in.
After learning about the beautiful body of water we are trying to protect, we took a trip down to the beach! We brought our nets and a bucket and collected all kinds of specimen! Fish bones, moon jellies seaweed and shells all made there way back to camp for further examination.
Yup, we like to get dirty...and we're proud of it! Crafting at camp can sometimes get messy, but that is half the fun!
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