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Bernard Harris Science Camp at Shangri La Botanical Gardens

Date: 6/15/2011 Album ID: 1268990

Photos by Dave Ryan

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, left, visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday. Not one to let kids have all the fun, he grabbed a butterfly net and joined Jessica Lin, middle, and Angelica Rocha, right, on a critter hunt. They had spotted crickets and were chasing them to catch and put into a jar.

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, right, listens as Shangri La Education Director Noelle Jordan, left, points out different species some of the plants that live in the gardens Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, center left, listens in as students get instructions on dissecting their grasshoppers. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris had not been to the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange. He was visiting students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, right, talks to students who were quick to point out different species of aquatic bugs that they had pulled from one of the ponds. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, left, walks with Shangri La Education Director Noelle Jordan, left, down one of the nature walks heading to the Nature Discovery Center. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, left, was asked for his autograph by Mario Saabedra, right, even though he was busy dissecting his grasshopper. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, center, visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. Not one to let kids have all the fun, he grabbed a butterfly net and joined Jessica Lin, left, and Angelica Rocha, right, on a critter hunt to catch a cricket and put it into a jar. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, takes a moment to check out the view from the back of the Nature Discovery Center at Shangri La in Orange. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, right, listens as Charlotte Benoit, left, talks about dissecting her grasshopper. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, right, listens in as Shangri La Education Director Noelle Jordan, middle, points out different species of aquatic bugs that the kids had pulled from one of the ponds. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, center, stops to visit with a group of students that had been working near one of the lilly ponds, and were headed to another activity. Harris wanted to see what students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange, were getting to do since he had never been to Orange. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, center, answers questions about his life as an Astronaut while the kids ate their lunch. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris, gave the kids a homework assignment at the end of his Q and A during lunch: how do you use a bathroom in no gravity space where everything floats? Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Of course when the kids heard about his adventures as an astronaut, Bernard Harris, center, was asked for his autograph on anything they had handy. Harris visited students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Of course, the kids were not the only ones wanting to get an autograph. Mel Moreau, left, one of the Shangri La Education Instructers, had pictures of the crew that Harris had flown with that she asked him to sign. Bernard Harris was visiting students attending the summer science camp bearing his name at the Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange Tuesday morning. The annual science camp is sponsored by the ExxonMobil Foundation and held at Lamar University. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

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