Summer 2008 Day Camps Grades 3-5
June 16–August 22
LHS Members Registration:
February 23 (Saturday): online registration starts 9:00 a.m.
February 25 (Monday): in person, mail/fax, phone
General Public Registration:
February 29 (Friday)
Blocks, Beams, and Bridges Camp
If you love building, join us as we construct bridges and buildings with a variety of materials such as geoblocks, constructo-straws, toothpicks, and marshmallows. Find out how the Golden Gate Bridge stands up by testing a four-foot-tall model. Experiment with strength, structure, and geometry. Become a skilled builder!
Entering Grades 2–3
June 30–July 3
(four meetings)
Monday–Thursday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–12 campers
$161 ($136 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
July 21–25
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–14 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Crime-Fighting Super-Hero Camp
Become a crime-fighting hero in our crime camp for junior detectives. We will analyze evidence such as footprints, fingerprints, and ink stains to solve puzzling crimes. Each day’s mystery includes a story, a mystery guest, and a chance for your camper to be the detective. Group games, chemistry, art, and cooperative-logic activities round out the camp.
Entering Grades 2–3
July 14–18
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 12–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
August 18–22
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 12–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Art of Math Camp
Let your creativity loose as we explore the art of mathematics! Make patterns and designs with a variety of materials. Learn about symmetry by creating interesting origami and a unique papel picado. Use a variety of art supplies and building materials to create your own interesting mathematical art, and get inspired to make more at home. Along the way, solve a few puzzles and see how much fun it is to mix art and mathematics.
Entering Grades 2–3
June 30–July 3
(four meetings)
Monday–Thursday
(No meeting on Friday, July 4.)
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–12 campers
$161 ($136 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3August 4–8
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Creepy Crawly Camp
Explore the mysterious lives of tiny animals that creep through tall grass and crawl across leaves. Use nets and bug boxes to collect—from the LHS lawn and pond—living specimens to touch and observe. Learn where spiders get the silk for their webs; and get the chance to hold a real live tarantula. Put together a take-home environment so you can raise and observe your own crawly creatures. Each day includes some of the following: group games, hikes, artwork, and storytelling.
Entering Grades 2–3
June 23–27
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
August 11–15
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Pond Camp
Take the plunge into the world of water animals, and learn about aquatic animals and plants. Handle and feed gentle animals, conduct experiments to learn more about their needs and behavior, and look through microscopes and magnifying lenses to compare the structures of tiny pond animals. Each day includes some of the following: group games, hikes, artwork, and storytelling.
Entering Grades 2–3
June 16–20
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
August 18–22
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Quantum Camp
Leap into some cool science on these hot summer days. Discover the secrets of light, color, electricity, and magnets by doing experiments and making a project to take home. Make a camera that uses no film, and take a picture that needs no camera. Build a solar oven, and cook a snack using the sun. Launch a rocket using a chemical reaction. For dessert, explore the science behind making ice cream. This camp includes activities from the Physics in Action class (instead of Science Science Everywhere)
Entering Grades 2–3
June 16–27
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
July 28–August 8
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Sandy Shores Camp
Come take a close look at one of the most dynamic ecosystems on our planet! Campers will explore many aspects of the sandy shore, from the grains of sand themselves to the plants and animals that live where the water meets the land.
Entering Grades 2–3
July 28–August 1
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Secret Formulas Camp
Have you ever wanted to invent the best toothpaste or fizzy juice drink? You now have the chance to mix, measure, test, and compare in your search to discover the secret formulas used in products you buy at the store. What makes that ice cream perfect for scooping on a cone? Can we mix the best soil in which to grow a cactus or a rose? We’ll explore temperature, properties of different ingredients, and the science of packaging.
Entering Grades 2–3
July 7–11
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Stirring Up Science
Become a mad mixer, and turn everyday substances into your own weird concoctions. Change solids to liquids and back again, and experiment to discover the identity of alien goo. Get ready for some science surprises as you explore familiar and mysterious substances. Make crystals, soap, a density rainbow, and other creations to take home. (This class contains activities from Weird Concoctions and Slime and Slippery Stuff.)
Entering Grades 2–3 full
June 30–July 11
(nine meetings)
Monday–Friday
(No meeting on Friday, July 4.)1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–12 campers
$352 ($298 for LHS members)
Treasure Boxes Camp
Delve into boxes filled with such “treasures” as shells, stamps, and tiny toys; and then sort, classify, and graph these treasures. Discover ways to share treasures among friends. Use a coordinate grid to find buried treasure. Create a special treasure box of your own to start your collections!
Entering Grades 2–3
July 21–25
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–14 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 2–3
July 28–August 1
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–14 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
NEW! Ancient Egypt Camp
Travel back to the time of mummies, pharaohs, and pyramids. Learn how ancient Egyptian architects, scientists, and mathematicians built such an amazing civilization. Write secret messages with hieroglyphics, make papyrus and sun-dried bricks, build model pyramids, and learn the scientific secrets of ancient mummification.
Entering Grades 3–4 full
July 14–18
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Lego Engineering
Discover your inner engineer as you design, build, and create with Legos! In this class you will build simple machines—like levers, pulleys, gears, and wheels—and explore ways to use them to solve challenges and do the work for you. You can use your new engineering skills to combine these simple machines and to build your own creation.
Entering Grades 3–4 full
June 30–July 3
(four meetings)
Monday–Thursday
(No meeting on Friday, July 4.)
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–12 campers
$161 ($136 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 3–4
July 7–11
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Zoom, Twirl, Fly Camp
A push and a pull and away they go! Campers build rubber band–powered cars and balloon rockets, and figure out the best way to make them go. They construct and tweak their catapults and trebuchets (rock hurlers) to make them hit the mark, and discover the best parachute design for keeping an egg safe. Through different projects they get the chance to explore principles of force and motion and their own creativity as engineers.
Entering Grades 3–4
July 14–25
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 3–4
July 28–August 8
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
Creature Camp
Join us in Creature Camp, and interact with the animals of our Biology Lab. Everything from rabbits to chinchillas, doves to lizards, and turtles to toads will fill your camp day as you use these animals to learn about the creatures that share our planet. Through experiments and observations, explore how they move, breathe, eat, and behave.
Entering Grades 3–5
June 16–27
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 3–5
August 11–22
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Chem-Artistry Camp
Get creative with chemistry as you discover which ingredients you can use to make your own art supplies. As a scientist, make and experiment with paints, papers, clays, and more; then, as an artist, use those materials to design your creations. Discover which liquids to use to make a plaster cast of your face. Experiment with acid and bases to make an array of colors from cabbage juice. Show off all your creations in an art show on the final day of camp.
Entering Grades 4–5
June 16–27
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Science Theater Camp
Lights! Sound! Action! Campers use science to create theater. They experiment with mixing light and creating shadow, find out about the physics of sound, and see what science is involved in costuming and special effects. The campers use their newfound knowledge to produce their own show; we invite families and friends to be the audience on the last day of camp.
Entering Grades 4–5
June 30–July 11
(nine meetings)
Monday–Friday
(No meeting on Friday, July 4.)
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–12 campers
$352 ($298 for LHS members)
Summertime Crime Camp
Enjoy a good mystery? Wonder how detectives and scientists solve crimes and mysteries? Campers learn to identify clues and draw conclusions to solve crimes daily. They conduct laboratory experiments to analyze ink, powder, and DNA evidence. They crack secret codes and help some famous storybook detectives solve their toughest cases.
Entering Grades 4–5
August 11–22
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Adapt or Die Camp
How did animals and plants on Earth get to be the way they are? Travel back in time to see how plant and animal life changed, and observe how animals today are adapted to their environment. In this fun-filled camp we’ll dive into evolution with live animals, games, and computer simulations.
Entering Grades 4–6
August 4–8
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Geology Camp
Get to know the Earth, from its tiny rock crystals to its massive and changing crust. Create and explore models that illustrate the physical processes responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of three different types of rock making up our Earth’s crust. Step into the shoes of a geologist in our cookie mine and mock archeological excavation.
Entering Grades 4–6
July 28–August 1
(five meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$200 ($169 for LHS members)
Electric Gadgetry
Whether your camper is a future engineer or a curious tinkerer, this camp lets them get their hands and minds working with a variety of electronic experiments and projects. Campers explore the relationship between electricity and magnetism by building motors, speakers, and even a simple radio. They also use their creativity and their newfound knowledge to design and build their own electronic creation.
Entering Grades 5–7
August 11–22
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Lego Technology Camp
It’s alive! Bring out the Dr. Frankenstein in your child with Lego Technology! Students build humanoid robots, roving vehicles, and mechanical beasties of increasing complexity. Then they learn how to program their ’droids to walk, talk, and even see! And it’s all done with Mindstorms NXT, the cutting-edge robotics kit just released by Lego. Take your child’s creativity to the next level with Lego Technology!
Entering Grades 5–7
July 14–25
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Entering Grades 5–7
July 28–August 8
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
Web Weavers Camp
Websites are a way for students to express themselves through creative writing and design. Making a website is a great introduction to the world of computer scripting and programming. In Web Weavers, campers will use computer languages like HTML and CSS to create stylized text and hyperlinks; as well as posting artwork, images, and animations that highlight one of their many interests. The whole family will be able to view your child’s online masterpiece from home. And your child will learn a skill that will prove very useful in this web-wired world.
Entering Grades 5–7
July 14–25
(ten meetings)
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Enrollment: 8–16 campers
$390 ($330 for LHS members)
