Hosted at Changwon University, groups worked together to complete various activities and tasks.
Jeff's team listening for their 5 sounds in the nature treasure hunt.
Tabitha's team drawing one of their 5 leaves.
Emily's team checking out the flora and fauna, looking for one of 3 insects they needed to draw.
Found! A pair of hunting flies mating - apparently one doesn't see these insects very often - Andreas Kim, a German national living in Korea is an expert on insects, and was a wealth of information for the students.
Near Junam reservoir, the rice fields were a good place to look for birds and insects, except for the heat!
End of day discussions near a pond at the university. Nice to see students with a pond and a forest as a classroom!
Map-making activities at Junam education center on Sunday. Andreas looks on as the students plan the drawings.
Emily's team get to work.
Susan Loeppky, from Seoul, talk with Ms. Kong, her Korean partner.
This was a great venue for the camp - with birds just out the door (although few), and air conditioning inside the doors.
After making the maps, each group presented their drawings and talked about the habitats and birds they saw, as well as problems they felt were in need of solving at the reservoir.
Jeff's group did a great job!
Final activity back at the university - what can we do to help protect the environment? Each team was given a different focus - at home, at school, in Changwon, at Junam, in Korea and in the world.
Emily's group discusses their topic - what we can do across the globe to conserve our environment - some fantastic ideas came out of this discussion.
Birds Korea director Nial Moores talks to the students about the camp, their wonderful ideas, and the future.
A future that will be much brighter if even one of these students takes action to help conserve the earth we live on.
