CAMPERS LEARN SQUID ANATOMY; KIDS ON SPRING BREAK STUDY BIOLOGY FOR FUN.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Huddled over a dozen squids, the budding scientists located the eyes of the marine mollusk mollusk: see Mollusca. mollusk or mollusc Any of some 75,000 species of soft-bodied invertebrate animals (phylum Mollusca), many of which are wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by the mantle, a soft and poked at the ink reservoirs, then wrote their names with the murky substance. ``I never knew they had ink,'' said John Ratkovich, a third-grader at Sumac sumac or sumach (sh  `măk, s Elementary School. Such discoveries were part of the Science Adventures camp that debuted Monday, giving elementary school students something interesting and productive to do during their spring break from school. ``This is not just fun,'' said instructor Vicki Drake. ``This is a scientific investigation for them.'' The students in the all-day program at Chumash Park seemed more fascinated than squeamish squea·mish adj. 1. a. Easily nauseated or sickened. b. Nauseated. 2. Easily shocked or disgusted. 3. Excessively fastidious or scrupulous. as they dug into their squids. ``Most of the kids are really open to the dissection,'' Drake said. ``They don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. they're learning it.'' Later this week, the students will do similar experiments with sharks, frogs, grasshoppers Grasshoppers may refer to one of the following:
Baseball/softball and nature-appreciation camps are also being offered in Agoura Hills during the spring break. The science camp is equally fascinating for those who attend, Drake said. ``If you ask the kids, a lot of them are going to be doctors, they're going to be a nurse,'' she said. Johnny said he signed up for the camp because he wanted to see a close-up view of a variety of animals. ``I thought it'd be fun because I'd get to meet a garden snake and cut up stuff,'' he said. Drake has been an instructor with the Huntington Beach-based Science Adventures program for four years and said she still relishes seeing curious youngsters evolve into scientists. ``It's watching them learn something about an animal,'' she said. ``It's making scientists out of them. . . . They're just so fascinated.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) (Ran in Conejo Edition only) Working closely to dissect dissect /dis·sect/ (di-sekt´) (di-sekt´) 1. to cut apart, or separate. 2. to expose structures of a cadaver for anatomical study. dis·sect v. a squid are, from left, Gregory Stanger, Ryan Scott, Max Waldinger and John Ratkovich. (2--Color) (Ran in Conejo Edition only) Rachel Yorke grimaces but keeps dissecting dis·sect tr.v. dis·sect·ed, dis·sect·ing, dis·sects 1. To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study. 2. a specimen at science camp. (3) (Ran in Simi Edition only) Four boys team up to dissect a squid at science camp. From left are Gregory Stanger, Ryan Scott, Max Waldinger and John Ratkovich.Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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