Today was our first ever day of Camp Zap and it was a blast!
Stay tuned every day this week to discover where we go and what we learn.
Hard hats on and ready for our tour of the Hyperion Waste Treatment Facility in El Segundo. |
Hard hats on and ready for our tour of the Hyperion Waste Treatment Facility in El Segundo. |
The artist (Allen Christian) and me modeling his wacky helmets. |
This is a plasma cutter. It can cut through steel effortlessly and makes sparks go flying! |
Allen is using the plasma cutter to make a design on an old kitchen pan. |
The finished project! |
A collection of old brushes used to make a face. |
Weird stuff was mounted everywhere. |
Any guess what this used to be? |
This is carved from the same type of object as the one above...Any ideas?? |
You'll never guess what Allen took apart to harvest all these colorful wooden parts. |
Doesn't it seems fun to try making a doll from odds and ends at home? Do it! |
See those clear windows in the Atlas moth's wings? |
This one is like one of those velvet paintings! |
This insect is camouflaged to look like an old leaf. |
Those spots are meant to trick predators into thinking the moth has enormous eyes. |
This is a moth who mimics a wasp to avoid being eaten. |
Moths and butterflies rested on every surface imaginable. |
Take a look at this grasshopper's jumping legs! |
A well-camouflaged grasshopper. |
Rhinoceros beetle with a giant horn. |
This moth's wings look like an artist's painting of the solar system. |
Take a look that the length of this moth's proboscis |
So many of the moths were fuzzy. |
I pinned these for the collection. |
This photo and the ones below were taken inside a butterfly garden in Quito's Jardin Botanico. |
Clear wings! |
Gorgeous chrysalis. |
This boy and his butterfly were too cute not to take a photo! |