Go Green! McBurney & NYU Summer Camp July 2011

Session One - Week One – HOME, SWEET HOME: 7/4-7/8

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8:45 9:00 / Holiday / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities
9:00
9:30 / Introduce Schedule
Team Building/IceBreaker
Camp/Trip Rules
Fire Drill
Vermicomposting
Rain Barrel set-up
Plant in garden
(10a-12p) / Team Building / Black Rock Forest / Team Building
Solar Oven Cook Out
Tour/Audit of Building / Union Square GreenMarket tour
9:30
12:30
12:30
1:30 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
1:30
3:00 / Recreation / Instructional Swim / Recreation
Instructional Swim
3:00
4:30 / Instructional Swim / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project
4:30
5:00 / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out

Go Green! McBurney & NYU Summer Camp July 2011

Session One - Week Two – INTO THE WILD: 7/11-7/15

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8:45 9:00 / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities
9:00
9:30 / Team Building / Central Park – Ramble
With Gabriel Willow / Team Building / Jamaica Bay – Floyd Bennett Field / Team Building
9:30
12:30 / Scavenger Hunt in Community Garden
Weed garden
Pill Bug observations
(10a-12p) / Plants R Us (trophic levels)
Owl Pellet Dissection / Mannahatta: introduction, Muir Web of Connectivity, History of your block
Mudpie Celebration
LUNCH
12:30
1:30 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
1:30
3:00 / Instructional Swim / Recreation / Instructional Swim / Recreation
3:00
4:30 / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim
4:30
5:00 / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out

Go Green! McBurney & NYU Summer Camp July 2011

Session Two - Week Three – GET CARRIED AWAY: 7/18-7/22

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8:45 9:00 / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities
9:00
9:30 / Team Building / Visitor Center at Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant / Team Building / Randall’s Island / Team Building
9:30
12:30 / The Incredible Journey, Water Cycle Game
Mannahatta, Changing water droplet
Water Cycle video
Water Garden
(10a-12p)
(use rain bucket water) / Re-design with LID
Filtration Contest
Water Quality Tests in NYU Silver Lab rm 412
pH, DO, Nitrates, Phosphates
Analyze and Discuss data
12:30
1:30 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
1:30
3:00 / Instructional Swim / Recreation / Instructional Swim / Recreation
3:00
4:30 / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim
4:30
5:00 / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out

Go Green! McBurney & NYU Summer Camp July 2011

Session Two - Week Four – UNDER THE SEA: 7/25-7/29

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8:45 9:00 / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities / Sign-In &
Table Activities
9:00
9:30 / Team Building / American Museum of Natural History / Team Building / New York Aquarium / Envt’l Performances
Harvest Garden
Party
9:30
12:30 / Gardens Under the Sea
Lighting up the Sea / Salmon Game
Oil Spill Clean-up
12:30
1:30 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
1:30
3:00 / Instructional Swim / Recreation / Instructional Swim / Recreation
3:00
4:30 / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim / Go Green! Lesson
Art Project / Instructional Swim
4:30
5:00 / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out / Free Time &
Sign-Out