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Science is an active process dependent upon curiosity, observations and investigations. Learning science requires doing things, rather than just hearing about them. We want to generate a child's interest in science by letting them employ these principals first hand. This program is coordinated by Elaine Yasuna at the Carnegie Science Center.

This 6 day camp is designed for 6th grade students attending a Pittsburgh Public School. Our goal is to generate an interest in science through activities, workshops and field trips. Each of the first five days of the camp has a theme - water, plants, animals, birds, and a field trip to Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. Events on a particular day centers around that day's theme.

Day 1- Water
	Students ventured outside of the Carnegie Science Center to measure the temperature and speed of the Ohio River. Laboratory tests included assays for overall water quality and pH. At left, we see Stephen woking hard at the microscope station.

Day 2 - Plants

These activities focused on plants and learning to use a field guide. The campers explored the grounds surrounding the Carnegie Science Center and, equipped with Polaroid cameras, created their own field guides. In the afternoon students enjoyed a guided tour of Phipps Conservatory (shown above).

Day 3 - Animals
	The day's events focused on animal adaptations. After demonstrations and discussions, campers viewed the Omnimax film entitled The Greatest Places. The film features seven very diverse habitats found on earth. After the film, campers reviewed the plants and animals that reside in these areas and the adaptations that have allowed their survival. Other activities included an outdoor bug study and time with the animals at the Early Learner's Landing Room in the Science Center (Ben is pictured with a hissing cockroach to the left) .
Day 4 - Birds
	Activities included a discussion of bird adaptations, and bird watching with binoculars and field guides. On the left, students hone their bird identification skills outside the Carnegie Science Center.
Day 5 - Field trip to the PLE
	Venturing north to the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, students were immersed in the ecologies of multiple habitats. At left, Dan Bunker illustrates the fine points of swamp-botany to campers.

	Woodland habitats offer a distinctly different menagerie of flora and fauna. At left, campers scour the landscape for elusive woodland salamanders and eft-stage newts. Will they be successful?
	Indeed they were! To the left we see the temporarily-detained salmander.

Day 6 - Picnic
	The camp ended with a celebration for the students and their families at the Carnegie Science Center. Students were able to share their experiences with their families. Campers were presented with four year family memberships to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh in the hopes that the interests generated during their week at Bioscience Camp would continue and grow.

 
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