Today was very similar to my first day at Cra – Z – Brain. In the morning, I sat with Aaron and discussed budgeting. He asked me to create a spreadsheet with two separate columns. One column was the sources of income, and the other column was costs required to run the business. After I created these lists, I was told to estimate the amount of money each item either brought in or costs. While some of my predictions were accurate, other costs (like the cost of rent and profit from each camper) were way off. It was very interesting to see how each much detail goes into calculating and budgeting money. There were little costs to accommodate for that I had never thought of before, such as the prices for a first aid kit or snacks for the campers. After I knew the average income and cost, I calculated how many campers Cra – Z – Brain requires each month to break even. I learned that in business, you have to remember that the supply and demand fluctuates depending on when things are needed. By this, I mean that if Cra – Z – Brain struggles during the off summer months to fill the camper quota, however easily exceeds twice their requirements during the three summer months. After my conversation on business with Aaron, I worked on lesson planning and creating a curriculum for the day I will be teaching next week. Aaron asked for a camp specifically geared towards biology, zoology, chemistry or environmental sciences, so I altered several labs that I have done in the past 3 years to help create a jumping off point for my curriculum. After spending about an hour lesson planning, I led another session on engineering with Legos. The kids, being as young as they are, have already completely adapted to having me around the camp. I’m very excited to continue lesson planning and working with the kids tomorrow!