Some of the youth, however, admitted they would keep it. One boy said, 'Miss, I would still keep it. For campers, the last activity of each day was biology class with Dr. Tami Mysliwiec, assistant professor of biology in the college's Science Division. Mysliwiec said she decided to work with the campers, because she was inspired by a middle-school science teacher when she was a child. I want to encourage the students to look outside and see everything around them.
All kids are scientists with naturally inquisitive brains.
I want to stimulate them to ask questions. The students jumped at the chance to take a nature walk with Mysliwiec. The group explored many of the 240 acres of Penn State Berks campus, as well as Gring's Mill, a county park located across the street from Berks campus. The campers energetically filled containers with samples of water from the Tulpehocken Creek and rushed back to the chemistry lab to view the samples under microscopes before the yellow bus arrived to take them home. Walter Fullam and Kenneth A. McGeary, directors of Continuing Education and Outreach for the Berks campus and the college, respectively, provided leadership during the camp-planning process.