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Entering Grades 7-8

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Animation

Enrollment: 15 campers
Create, then animate! Learn animation basics with simple paper flip-books and zoetropes, then move on to more complex stop-motion and computer animation. Work with friends to create a story and make it come to life with clay and paper, cameras and computers. Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 5–7
June 25–July 6
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon, No camp on Wednesday July 4
 
July 23–August 3
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
 

Build It Up, Take It Apart

Enrollment: 16 campers
How would you design a bridge or a skyscraper? What can you figure out from looking inside an electric fan or a computer? In this camp, you will build and explore the inner workings of machines, devices, and structures that you use every day. Working in a team to design unique creations and solve challenges, you will practice your skills as an architect and engineer and will be amazed at what you can make…and then take apart! Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 5–7
July 23–August 3
1:00–4:00 p.m.
 

Electric Gadgetry

Enrollment: 16 campers
Whether your camper is a future engineer or a curious tinkerer, in this camp they will do some hands-on, minds-on work with a variety of electricity experiments and projects. Campers explore circuits and create their own gadgets, study magnets and capture their elusive fields, and learn about the relationship between electricity and magnetism by building motors and electromagnets. Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 5–7
June 18–22
1:00–4:00 p.m.
 

Lego Technology

Enrollment: 16 campers
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 from Lego. Take your creativity to the next level with Lego Technology! Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 5–7
July 9–July 20
9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
 
August 6–17
1:00–4:00 p.m.
 
 

Food and Plant Chemistry

Enrollment: 16 campers
What makes pancakes fluffy (or flat)? What gives flowers their color and odor (or fragrance)? It’s all in the chemistry! Discover how the combination of chemicals, time, temperature, and physical manipulation can affect food experiments—some of which may even be edible. Experiment with plants used as foods and with plants turned into other strange or useful products. See how people throughout history have used chemistry in their food and medicine, and continue your experiments safely at home. Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 6–9
June 25–29
1:00–4:00 p.m.
 

Roller Coasters to Rockets

Enrollment: 16 campers
Campers will learn the physics concepts of acceleration, energy, and force. Experimenting with various ways of unleashing energy and creating forces, they make things zip along or soar. After experimenting, they apply their knowledge to engineer and build their own creations such as mini-roller-coasters, rockets, and trebuchets. Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 6–9
July 9–20 Full
1:00–4:00 p.m.