The SoundWaters STEM Academy successfully completed its 4-week enrichment program of science, math, and literacy with a class-wide game of jeopardy. We proudly watched the students as they were excited to answer questions about the book Wonder, science experiments, vocabulary, and math problems. They wrapped up their last day by signing yearbooks and saying goodbye […]
All of the Camp SoundWaters and SoundWaters STEM Academy counselors set sail on the Schooner SoundWaters this Tuesday. It was filled with team building, infamous paper plate awards, and enjoying Long Island Sound. It has been an amazing summer so far here at SoundWaters! We appreciate all the hard work that our counselors put in […]
Campers had a blast at the annual Anything That Floats race! With the help of their counselors, campers created a boat out of anything that floats! The Seastars made a Hawaiian Luau raft, the Terrapins made a Dragon, Bluefish made a canoe and the Stingrays made an opti sail boat. All the campers had the […]
Our terrapin hatchlings are growing! In the coming weeks we will begin housing a few of our larger terrapin in pairs in bigger bins. In preparation for this change, we’ve been testing out different pairings to see which hatchlings get along best. Pictured are Q and H who seem to be the best of friends […]
Leatherback turtles are the largest of all sea turtles, capable of reaching over six-feet in length and over 1,000 pounds. These huge creatures have a range that spans across almost every ocean worldwide—including the waters of Long Island Sound, where a Leatherback was entangled in a lobster buoy near Orient Point earlier this month. This […]
With the summer heating up, Camp SoundWaters took to the water! Canoes race around Holly Pond with sailboats speeding by and campers boogie boarding in the shallow waters. Campers are having a great time splashing around in the summer heat!
On Monday, the 2015 STEM Academy kicked off with a great start! 31 registered students from several of Stamford’s public schools arrived here at SoundWaters ready to learn. The Academy’s four week program has many exciting activities and opportunities for these rising 5th grade students. Over the past five days, students have gone on Schooner SoundWaters, used […]
This week campers participated in the annual SoundWaters Olympic Games! They channeled their inner olympian through beach and land games. Games included crab races, potato sac races, a sandy beach long jump complete with a game of tug of war! Campers had a great time with the friendly competitions where everyone was a winner.
Last month, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Integration and Application Network sent out a “report card” of sorts to highlight the ecological health of the Sound. The results of this study ranged from “A” to “F”— very good quality along the Eastern Sound to very poor quality by the Western Narrows, near […]
Today began our 4 week program with the Chester Addison Community Center. Campers ranging in age from pre-school children to third graders will be visiting SoundWaters two times over the course of the coming month. Campers will learn about the many Long Island Sound habitats as well as all the animals that call the Sound […]
