CUB CREEK SCIENCE CAMP 

 

NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 2011

 

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 

from Cub Creek Science Camp

As we look forward to the Thanksgiving Season we think of all of our campers and their familes and wish them a time of togetherness, plentiful food and abundant blessings.   We have so much to be thankful for.  The animals are well fed and taken care of, we have this wonderful facility to work in, great staff and most of all, the friends that we have made over the years among our Cub Creek Families and past staff.  We are thankful when we hear back from our families of the difference we have made in their child's life.  It makes all the long hours and hard work well worth it and we feel blessed.  Enjoy this time with your family and remember, life is all too short to waste on things that make no difference.    Tabitha Gill,  Office Manager

Furry Animals

 

        

Animals that originate from colder climates have been designed to adapt to the cold by growing thick coats of hair or wool.  Even the camel Malachi because of the cold desert nights has the triggers in his body that tell his coat to get thick and wooly when the temperatures drop.  These animals have no problem staying outdoors in the cold winter weather that we have in Missouri.

 

Did You Know....

That a Savannah Monitor has an amazing tail.  It can be used for a rudder when swimming or a weapon when attached.  The monitor will puff up its throat and body and lash out with its tail when it feels threatened.

 

Camp Jamaica Update

 

The Martin Family have made a second trip to Jamaica this fall to work on Camp Jamaica.  Things are slowly moving forward.  Since the property was purchased, the land has been cleared and a beautiful entrance and wall has been built.  Many banana trees and other type of fruit trees have been planted and the ground work started for the first building.  We are very excited and will try to keep posting pictures on facebook as things move forward.  Of course everything will be on hold during the summer while we are busy here but will pick back up next fall.

Camp Sessions

2012

 

June 3 - 9

Session One

 

June 10 - 16

Session Two

 

June 17 - 23

Session Three

 

June 24 - 30

Session Four

 

July 1 - 14

Session Five-Six

 

July 15 - 28

Session Seven-Eight

 

July 29 - August 11

Session Nine-Ten

 

Wickett

This fiesty little marmoset has been moved up to the office  from the Jungle so that he can get used to people and being handled.  He is sitting on top of my computer monitor watching everything that is going on.  He keeps things in the office pretty lively.

Fruits &Vegetables

 

"Remember to eat your fruits and vegetables.  It is important to stay healthy as we go into the winter months. 

Remember the great fruit selection that we have during the summer?  I love having fresh fruit so readily available.

 

Baby Chinchilla

This beautiful little baby is old enough to be handled.  It was born a couple of weeks ago and lives with it's mother in the ALC.

Simple Science Experiment

(While the grown-ups are doing all the Thanksgiving cooking, here is an experiment for the kids to try.)

Can you keep an apple from turning brown once that you have cut it?

Do you know the answer to this question? Come up with your hypothesis and write it in your notebook. Perform the experiment below to see if your hypothesis is true.

 - One apple

 - One  lemon, juiced

 

1.Cut the apple into quarters. (Don't use a sharp knife without an adult's help!)

2. Leave one of the apple quarters on the kitchen table.

3. Place another apple quarter in the refrigerator.

4. Sprinkle lemon juice on the other two apple quarters.

5. Place one of these quarters on the table and the other in the refrigerator.

6. Check each of the apples every minute or so.

Which quarters turned brown first? Which quarters turned brown last? Record your observations in your notebook.  Is the hypothesis you wrote in your notebook before you started the experiment true?

 

OUTDOOR COOKING - THANKSGIVING RECIPE
 
Gingerbread
Recipe for a 14 inch Dutch Oven. Cut in half for a 10 inch oven.
Cream together:
       2 beaten eggs
       1/2 cup sugar
       1/2 cup solid shortening
To the above, add with mixing:
       1 cup molasses
       2 tsp baking soda
       1/2 tsp ginger
       2 cups flour
       1 cup milk
       1 tsp cinnamon

Pour batter into an oiled 14 inch oven and bake at medium heat 20-30 minutes, until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
Temperature Guidelines:
Most Dutch oven cookbooks tell you how many charcoal briquettes to put on the lid and how many under the pot.  The resulting temperature depends on the size, and brand of your charcoal, how long it has been lit, the wind, and even if it is sunny or shady (a black pot will cook 25 degrees hotter in the summer sun than in the shade).  Almost everything that there is to cook can be cooked with just four temperatures..... slow, medium, hot, and very hot.  For a 12-inch oven, slow will have 1-ring on top, and 1 ring under the pot and be 300 +/- 25 degrees F.  Medium is 1-ring under and 1-1/2 rings on top and is 350 +/- 25 degrees F.  A hot oven is 1-ring under and 2-rings on top and is 400 +/- 25 degrees F, and very hot is 1 ring under and 2-1/2 rings on top and is 450 to 500 degrees F or so. 

 

 

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