After school leaders don\'t have to be experts to lead hands on science activities. Explore science with your group and have fun.

1. Fearless Science
Moving Leaders From
“I Can’t” to “I Can”
Explorers .. Not Experts
Science activities should be a mutual investigation between the students and the leader. You are not
expected to be an expert. You are expected to be an explorer.
Leading a science activity is like:
Playing a game of monopoly– it may be your idea to play it, but winning the game doesn’t make you an ex-
pert, and losing the game doesn’t make you a failure. You don’t have to know everything to have a good time,
or turn students on to the experience.
Holding hands on a walk. Both people benefit. While one person might guide the direction, both
people put forth the same effort and both get the same results.
You won’t know everything and your students won’t expect you to: Here are some strange facts that even
surprised the experts. Scientists are still learning new and surprising facts every day):
There are animals that can have babies without ever having sex. (discovered in 1900)
The sex of an alligator or crocodile is determined by the egg’s incubation temperature. (discovered in 1970)
There are animals that can live in super hot sulfuric acid. (700 degrees f - discovered in 1977)
There are crystals on earth that are as large as 36 feet long and 5 feet across (discovered in 2000)
The most recent dinosaur discovered was found in 2003 in the United States and it looks just like
medieval drawings of dragons!! (Discovered by a doctor, a veterinarian, a dentist and an artist—
not dinosaur experts.)
The instructions for all the activities we did today are found at:
http://www.campinacan.com/?page_id=50
Here’s how to contact me
Monica Post
Camp in a Can
105 NE 64th Street
Des Moines, IA 50327
Email: monica@CampinaCan.com
Phone: 515 249-2222