{"id":452,"date":"2021-08-03T08:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=452"},"modified":"2021-08-03T08:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:21:51","slug":"summer-camps-school-programs-county-fair-and-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/08\/03\/summer-camps-school-programs-county-fair-and-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer camps, school programs, county fair \u2013 and butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, Joseph O\u2019Brien checking in.\u00a0As I enter my\u00a0seventh\u00a0week\u00a0in this internship, I can only describe my experience as fulfilling.\u00a0These past few weeks, I have kept busy by working at summer camps\u00a0and school programs\u00a0\u2013 ranging from one day\u00a0to\u00a0four days (not overnight)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0with Extension\u2019s\u00a0Open Campus Program.\u00a0Additionally, I have been working with Umatilla\u00a0County\u2019s 4-H\u00a0Program to prepare for the upcoming\u00a0county\u00a0fair in Hermiston.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first summer school program I had the opportunity to work with was in Umatilla at McNary Heights Elementary School, for youth who were interested and invited by their teachers to the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program held during the summer. My supervisor, Anna Browne, and I were invited to present a curriculum regarding monarch butterflies. Earlier in the year, Umatilla County was selected for a grant provided by Corteva to educate youth (K-12) in the surrounding communities about the world\u2019s biggest natural phenomenon: the migration of monarchs. At McNary, I talked about the butterfly’s life cycle, its migration from various parts of the United States and Canada to California and Mexico for the winter, the predators that put the butterflies in danger, and the habitats required for reproduction and preservation of these majestic insects.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Caterpillar Survival Game with milkweed<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

We also\u00a0talked about the importance of pollinators\u00a0and how big of a contribution they\u00a0make\u00a0to the food we eat and items we use daily.\u00a0After learning and discussing this information throughout the days with the youth, we played different games. For example, one involved a milkweed plant, a caterpillar magnet, and other magnets representing predators and food. The object of the game was to pick up\u00a0the\u00a0food magnets off the milkweed five times\u00a0with the caterpillar magnet\u00a0without picking up the predator magnets that would kill the caterpillar. After completing various\u00a0trials\u00a0and evaluating how many larvae\u00a0got the five food magnets, it was determined that about 1% of eggs live to become a butterfly. Shocking, right?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another summer day camp was called, \u201cNuts, Bolts, and Thingamajigs: Manufacturing Camp\u201d (NBT Camp). During this camp, youth received presentations from Boardman Foods, Amazon Web Services, Blue Mountain Community College and Oregon State University faculty members, Umatilla Electric Cooperative, and the Port of Morrow. Additionally, the kids had the opportunity to design and create their own wooden speaker, work together during team-building activities each day, and give a presentation about their future careers\/goals. Not only did the kids learn about all the amazing trades and work training positions located here in the Port of Morrow but I learned more about the history of the port.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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NBT Camp Wood Shop Project<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

I also learned\u00a0how each\u00a0manufacturing company\/business\u00a0(Lamb Weston, Oregon Potato Company, etc.)\u00a0in the town of Boardman cooperates to create thousands of jobs, opportunities, and resources for those\u00a0seeking\u00a0them.\u00a0One highlight from this weeklong camp was our trip to the SAGE Center located in Boardman. This location was selected\u00a0for the new\u00a0Amazon Web Services\u00a0\u201cThink Big Space\u201d\u00a0and will promote classes and opportunities surrounding STEAM\u00a0for\u00a0K-6 students.\u00a0I was honored to sign the construction wall\u00a0along with the\u00a0kids with our \u201cbig ideas.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the next few weeks, I will be mainly working with the 4-H program to prepare for the Umatilla and Morrow County Fair. Most individuals have a hard time working in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks. Sometimes, people can\u2019t handle these high-stress situations \u2013 not me though. As I am going to enter my junior year of nursing school this fall, I know these feelings all too well. I look forward to the challenges and tasks that are bestowed upon me as we enter the fair madness! All in all, I feel very privileged to have these opportunities here in Umatilla and Morrow counties. With only three to four weeks remaining, I am determined to meet more people, collaborate with more programs\/organizations, and learn\/obtain new knowledge. I would love to give a special thanks to those who have made my internship more memorable so far: my supervisor Anna Browne, Kim Rill, who works for the SAGE Center and helped with NBT Camp; America Pacheco an intern for the Port of Morrow and helped with NBT Camp, Kalie Davis, director of workforce development for the Port of Morrow and camp director for NBT, Shauna Newman, who works with the 4-H program here in Umatilla County, and so many others.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay safe and well!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, Joseph O\u2019Brien checking in.\u00a0As I enter my\u00a0seventh\u00a0week\u00a0in this internship, I can only describe my experience as fulfilling.\u00a0These past few weeks, I have kept busy by working at summer camps\u00a0and school programs\u00a0\u2013 ranging from one day\u00a0to\u00a0four days (not overnight)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0with Extension\u2019s\u00a0Open Campus Program.\u00a0Additionally, I have been working with Umatilla\u00a0County\u2019s 4-H\u00a0Program to prepare for the upcoming\u00a0county\u00a0fair in… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19,55,85,8],"tags":[12,57,11,87,10],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-east-oregon","category-morrow-county","category-open-campus","category-umatilla-county","tag-4-h","tag-joseph-obrien","tag-morrow-county","tag-open-campus","tag-umatilla-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}