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Welcome back to Unleash Your Wild Side Camp! Today your safari heads into the dead of night to explore the nocturnal life of the world around you. Make sure to pack a flashlight! Before heading off into the moonlight, lead campers in a short group discussion:

Start by turning off the lights in the room and closing the blinds. Make it as dark as possible. Ask campers what they see. Then, turn the lights on. Now what do the campers see? When were they able to see more? Why? (It was lighter.)
Most people and animals are active mostly during the day, which makes us diurnal. Why do you think people would have a hard time being active during the night and sleeping during the day? (Hard to see in the dark, hard to sleep when the sun is shining.)
Most animals don’t carry flashlights. How do nocturnal animals see? Find food? Communicate with each other? (Accept any plausible answer and fill in any gaps with facts from the Background Information.)

WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX? (Whole group)

Now that campers eyes have adjusted to the darkness of a nocturnal life, head
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Shout out a word, clap your hands or stomp your feet. Then, be silent and listen. Whatever sound you made reflects, or bounces, off the ceilings and walls, and then comes back to you. This is called an echo. Which types of spaces create the best echos? Which types of spaces absorb the sound, reducing or totally eliminating the echo. Scientists and engineers are constantly looking at ways to either increase or decrease an echo. What recommendations would you make to increase or decrease the echo at your school, at home or a stadium? Why do you think the echo noise should be increased or decreased? How else could the science and technology of echos be used? (Answer: Sound reflection, or echos, occur best on hard and flat surfaces. Soft and uneven surfaces absorb the

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