b'Discovery 4-H Summer CampBy Emilio Martinezextension.arizona.edu/4h and extension.arizona.edu/4h/maricopaI n addition to our general meetings this summer,start with the same letter. We did school supplies that Discovery 4-H had a summer camp with gamesstart with S. Its not as easy as you think!and 4-H themed activities that brought the heat to our Zoom meetings!Then, we had a camp two days before the 4th of July where we had a patriotic cooking contest. There To start the summer, we did an activity where wewere things like red white and blue dips, fruit tarts, Above: Anai LopezOxidationsaved seeds from around the house to plant. We alsolayered drinks and there were even marshmallowsRight: Zoltan SzogyenyiHand saved juice containers and other recyclables to cutin a pan colored like a flag (with chocolate on thewashing and germsinto little plastic pots for the seeds. Members of thebottom, I might add)! Other things included patriotic group planted apples, peaches, plums, and a good dealmuffins, loaves of bread, and even a grilled poundone about how much SPF should be in sunblock, one of other interesting and yummy plants.cake with blueberries and raspberries on it! Yummy! about washing hands (of course), and one where you can make a drawing float in water. It was a great day!The next camp meeting time, one of the group leadersAnother time, we had a Netflix watch party where we had a great idea! We made solar ovens with basicwere all watching the same movie on Netflix and weOn the last day, we used the Zoom breakout rooms to items from around the house. Everyone had to getcould chat about it on the sidebar. One of the momsdo an escape room game. We split the group in half an old pizza box or something similar. We startedwas very nice and dropped off some movie treatsand then our group leaders read us riddles that we by cutting a hole in the top part of the box. Then, wefor us. She said she drove all around town to give ushad to solve to escape. We even had one that was like took some black paper and put it on the bottom oftootsie rolls, nuts, lollipops, and a whole bunch ofa situation. So, you were being chased by someone the box so it would attract the sun to the food inside.other yummy- and mostly healthy- movie snacks.after finding treasure and you had to disguise yourself We also put some paper around the edges for extraat the airport before you could fly home. One group insulation. Afterward, we tried it out in our backyardsWe even had a science fair that went very well withdid an airport salesman disguise with some props and and everyone said it came out really good. Most ofa wide variety of topics! Our president started us offthe other did one where they were movie stars at the us tried it with smores, a few people did eggs, andwith how temperature affects the brain. He foundairport with outfits. one even did pizza! We also did a few games likethat if the brain is warmer, it works better. Thats why Scategories. Scategories is a game where one personwe are so much smarter here in the desert. There wasSo, as you can see, Discovery 4-H had a great summer picks a topic, and then the other people have to finda project about the ringtail cat, a project on eggs, acamp with lots of different things. On to the next year as many words related to that topic as they can thatproject on what works better to clean rust off coins,now! PRIME RIBFRIDAY & SATURDAY38 November 2020'