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Art of Math
Enrollment: 16 campers
Let your creativity loose as we explore the art of mathematics! Math is more than just numbers—it’s also about shapes, patterns, and representation. Explore geometry, symmetry, and more; and then use these ideas to make creative works of art. Use a variety of art supplies and building materials to prepare 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 math. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
July 16–20
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Blocks, Beams and Bridges
Enrollment: 14 campers
If you love building, join us as we construct bridges and buildings with a variety of materials, including blocks of different shapes, toothpicks and gumdrops, and recycled materials. Find out how the Golden Gate Bridge stands up, by testing a 4-foot-tall model. Experiment with strength, structure, and geometry. Become a skilled apprentice builder! Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
June 25–29
1:00–4:00 p.m.
July 30–August 3
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Creepy Crawly
Enrollment: 16 campers
Explore the mysterious lives of animals that creep through tall grass and crawl across leaves. Collect and observe local critters from the Hall's lawn and pond. Investigate and touch insects and amphibians from our animal collection. Learn where spiders get the silk for their webs; and get the chance to safely hold a real, live tarantula. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
June 25–29
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Crime-Fighting Superheroes
Enrollment: 16 campers
Become a crime-stopping hero in our crime camp for junior detectives. We will analyze evidence, such as footprints, fingerprints, and ink stains, to solve baffling crimes. Each day’s mystery includes logic puzzles, a story, and a mystery guest, plus a chance for your camper to be the detective hero. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
August 6–10
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
August 13–17
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 20–24
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Pond Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Take the plunge into the world of water animals, and learn about aquatic animals and plants. Collect samples from our pond and look through microscopes and magnifying lenses to find the tiniest pond animals. Handle and feed the amazing animals that live in and near ponds, and then conduct experiments to learn more about their features, needs, and behavior. Learn how all these animals live together in this watery ecosystem. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
June 18–22
1:00–4:00 p.m.
July 2–6, No camp on Wednesday July 4
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Quantum Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Investigate some really cool science. Discover the secrets of light, color, electricity, and magnets by doing experiments and making projects to take home. Build a camera that uses no film, and snap a picture that needs no camera. Construct 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. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
June 11–22
1:00–4:00 p.m.
June 25–July 6, No camp on Wednesday July 4
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 6–17
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Sandy Shores
Enrollment: 16 campers
Take a close look at one of the most dynamic places on our planet, the shore! You'll investigate sand from all over the world and see which shore plants are used in foods. Discover the many shells of the sea and find out what animals make and live in them. Handle shore animals and learn how they have adapted in special ways to their ever-changing home. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
July 2–6, No camp on Wednesday July 4
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
August 13–17
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Secret Formulas
Enrollment: 16 campers
Have you ever wanted to invent the world’s best toothpaste or fizzy drink? Now you 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. You’ll explore properties of various ingredients and create original recipes to take home. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
July 9–13
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
July 16–20
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 6–10
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Stirring Up Science
Enrollment: 16 campers
Become a “mad mixer” and turn everyday substances into your own weird and fun concoctions. Get ready for some science surprises, as you explore substances both familiar and mysterious. Figure out how to make solutions that form crystals, and freeze liquids in less than 10 seconds to make popsicles. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 2–3
July 9–13
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Ancient Egypt
Enrollment: 16 campers
Travel back to the time of mummies, pharaohs, and pyramids. Learn and share insights in small groups on how the architects, scientists, and mathematicians of ancient Egypt built their amazing civilization. Write secret messages to each other with hieroglyphics, and make papyrus and natural ink to write with. Figure out together how sun-dried bricks are made, construct model pyramids, and investigate the scientific secrets of ancient mummification. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 3–4
July 2–6, No camp on Wednesday July 4
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Lego Engineering
Enrollment: 16 campers
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 then will 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. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 3–4
July 9–13
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 13–17
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 20–24
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Zoom, Twirl, Fly
Enrollment: 16 campers
Through different projects, you get a chance to explore principles of force and motion as well as your own creativity as engineers. You will construct and tweak catapults and rockets, cars and boats, and will discover the best parachute design for keeping an egg intact as it floats to the ground. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 3–4
July 23–August 3
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Science Fun Full-Day Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Come spend a whole day at the Hall in this exciting, weeklong, hands-on science camp! Have fun exploring biology, chemistry, physics, and math; doing experiments; making a variety of projects; and solving math games and puzzles. Visits to the UC Botanical Garden, to our local pond, and to exhibits make the camp a great place to experience science, both indoors and out. (Campers need to bring their own lunch and snacks daily.)
Sign Up NowEntering Grades 3–4
July 30–August 3
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
August 6–10
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Creature Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Join us in creature camp, where you'll interact with the animals of our Animal Discovery Room. Everything from rabbits to chinchillas, doves to lizards, and turtles to toads will fill your camp day as you get to know these animals and learn how we all share Earth as our home. Discover animal adaptations and learn how the creatures survive in their own habitat. Become a scientist who investigates animal behavior, and work with the animals every day. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 3–5
July 23–August 3
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Chem-Artistry
Enrollment: 16 campers
Get creative with chemistry/artistry as you discover which ingredients you can use to make your own art supplies. As a scientist, make and experiment with paints, 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, called a “life mask.” Experiment with acid and bases to make an array of colors from cabbage juice. Show off your creations in an art show on the final day. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 4–5
June 25–July 6, No camp on Wednesday July 4
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Explorations in Math and Science
Get a chance to do some of our fun math and science activities. From solving puzzles to making and testing their own inventions, campers get a chance to work cooperatively on interesting and open problems. As the highlight of the week, students create a restaurant concept, from menu to floor plan, and run their restaurant using math, creativity and even a few edible ingredients. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 4–5
August 20–24
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Geology Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Get to know the Earth, from its tiny rock crystals to its massive, ever-changing crust. Create and explore models that illustrate the physical processes responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of three types of rock that make up Earth’s crust. Step into the dusty shoes of a geologist in our “cookie mine” and in a mock archeological excavation. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 4–5
June 18–22
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Crime Science
Enrollment: 16 campers
Ever wonder how detectives and scientists work together to solve crimes? Often enjoy a good mystery? Campers work together as detectives to identify clues, crack secret codes, and debate their conclusions. They do their own forensic experiments to analyze ink, powder, and DNA evidence as they investigate and solve classroom "crimes" and mysteries. Sign Up Now
Entering Grades 4–5
July 23–August 3
1:00–4:00 p.m.
City Builders Full-Day Camp
Enrollment: 16 campers
Calling all architects and engineers! What does it take to build a city? Scale, size, planning, and creative use of reclaimed materials will help the group to design and build unique structures, bridges, parks…and more. We’ll supply the materials to put together a giant indoor city; you supply the creativity! (Campers need to bring their own lunch and snacks daily.)
Sign Up NowEntering Grades 4–5
July 16–20
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Cool Contraptions
Enrollment: 16 campers
Explore and build contraptions, from the interesting to the weird. Can a tin can become a camera? Can a plastic cup become a scribbling machine? Build a periscope to spy over walls and around corners. Make a mysterious roller that won't roll away from you and can even roll uphill!
Sign Up NowEntering Grades 4–6
June 11–15
1:00–4:00 p.m.
August 13–17
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
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