Marine Biology Camp

This was the first of Leia’s three weeks of summer camp - spread over two months - and it was a definite winner. 

She couldn’t wait to tell us what she’d done each day - and also could barely keep her eyes open, so tired was she from all the activities.

 Leia and her new friend 

Monday she dissected a squid - “I got the trachea, where the ink is, and it was SO COOL.”

Tuesday was octopus day, 

with an air-dry clay sculpture

and examination of what Leia said was an “old” specimen. 

Wednesday was dissect a fish with a plastic knife day and Leia brought the backbone (vertebrae?) and tail home in a baggie. (interesting but also, ewwww.)

Thursday was shark day

and diving for fish (gummy fish in whipped cream). 

I’m not sure what they studied today. All Leia talked about was the fake ice they made with water and what looks like the stuffing from disposable diapers. 

It definitely looked like ice but the texture was pretty icky, especially when you’re visually expecting cold and wet. Great base for her clay sculpture, which I forgot to photograph. Such a bad grandma.