Homeschool Series 2012- Day2

This week the focus is on Stone, Shell, and Bone tools. There will be a simulated archaeological dig to give an idea of how archaeologist do their job.


Vocabulary for this week:
midden
chert
Busycon
dug out canoe
gilded
atlatl
projectile point
pottery sherd
excavation
stratigraphy


References:


Willey, Gordon R., Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast, University Press of Florida, 1998 (first published by Smithsonian Institution, 1949).
Bullen, Ripley P., From Eleven Sites in Hillsborough County, Florida, Florida Park Service, 1952.
Milanich, Jerald T., Hernando DeSoto and the Indians of Florida, University Press of Florida,
Purdy, Barbara A., Florida's People during the last Ice Age, Univeristy Press of Florida

Florida Anthropology Society

Registration is now closed. Check out last week's activities at
http://campbayou.blogspot.com/2012/01/homeschool-series-2012-day1.html

Look for an online exploration of this series at the Camp Bayou Wiki in the coming weeks.

Work Day at Camp Bayou

Thank you to the staff from Walden Lake Car Wash and Service Center of Plant City, who volunteered to paint the Camp Bayou Fishing Cabin. This brings the restoration on the second cabin a bit closer to completion. This was accomplished, after learning that someone had stolen the 3 ladders that had been at the cabins, thanks to Joe Cook from Ruskin who loaned his own ladders for the day's work.

Pictured (L- R): Frank Cummings, Will Rainbolt, Maurice Lamar, Joe Stillitano and Josh Rainbolt.

Scrub Jay Fest at Oscar Scherer

Camp Bayou will be joining the fun with Around the Bend Tours at the Scrub Jay Fest at Oscar Scherer State Park this Saturday..

From Karen Fraley, Around the Bend tours:
Join us on Saturday for a fantastic family event!

Around the Bend Nature Tours has been assisting to coordinate kids activities - lot's of hands-on fun:
- Take a Hike with Around the Bend: Kids Trail Hikes at 10:15, 11:15, 2:15 & 3:15
- Make a Scrub Jay Mask with Manatee County Natural Resources
- Plant an Acorn and bring it home thanks to Florida Native Plant Society
- Make a Gopher Tortoise or a Scrub Jay with the Friends of Legacy Trail
- Dig for a cache of acorns with Sarasota County Natural Resources
- Make a pollinator home with the Suncoast Beekeepers
- Create a Scrub Habitat Mural with Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center

Florida Forest Service will have a Fire Truck display
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge will have a kids stamp activity

Join a panel discussion by Scrub Jay experts at Noon in the Nature Center
Play the Scrub Jay Game at 1:15 to discover how they really survive

Don't miss it - This Saturday February 4th 10am - 4pm at Oscar Scherer State Park!!!

Homeschool Series 2012- Day1

This homeschool series focuses on the culture and lifestyle of the Native People who lived in this area over 500 years ago- the Ucita. While they had their main village at the mouth of the Little Manatee River, they may have made temporary camps, like the one at Camp Bayou, as a base for hunting or fishing. Each week we will explore one or more topics to see what their lives were like, based on research with a generous helping of conjecture, since original sources are few with often conflicting or confusing statements.
You must be pre-registered to attend- $20 for the 4 week series. Deadline is February 2 by 5pm. Contact Dolly at campbayou@gmail.com for more information.

Native structures and fiber crafts- 2/3/12
- Introduction/Tour
- building a shelter
- break for storytime with White Feather
- loom weaving, rope making, mat weaving

Vocabulary:
* hut
* teepee
* wikiup
* wigwam
* chickee
* thatched
* post hole
* anaerobic
* warp
* weft

References:
The Crafts of Florida's First People by Robin C. Brown; Pineapple Press, 2003.
Journeys with Florida Indians by Kelley G. Weitzel; University Press of Florida, 2002.
Native Americans in Florida by Kevin M. McCarthy; Pineapple Press, 1999.
Indians of Central and South Florida 1513-1763 by John H. Hann; University Press of Florida, 2003.

More resources:
FPAN West Central
Fl Division of Historical Resources- Archaeology
Florida Archaeology- Fl. Museum of Natural History

MLK service event at Camp Bayou

Photos:
1: Rob Heath and daughter Erin, from Riverview with visiting Ma Ke.
2: Shirley and John Sullivan and son Collyn from Apollo Beach with exchange student Beatriz Kuroki.

The MLK cleanup volunteers collected 10 bags of trash from the preserve at Camp Bayou and the surrounding roads and river bank. Thanks to all who helped!