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Entering Grades 9-12

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Registration Opens February 10 for the General Public

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
1:00–4:00 p.m.

 

High School Nanotechnology Research Camp

Enrollment: 20 campers
This all-day camp for high school students, held on the UC Berkeley campus, focuses on cutting-edge research and technology. Students will fabricate their own nanomaterials and devices, visit research labs, and explore current issues in nanotechnology with experts from industry as well as Berkeley Labs. Sign Up Now
 
Entering Grades 10–12
July 30–August 3
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
 
Price: $505 ($445 members)
 

Marine Biology Research Camp

Enrollment: 19 campers

Discover firsthand one of the most richly diverse marine environments in the world. Develop investigation skills used in marine biology at the University of California Bodega Marine Lab, located at Bodega Bay on the Sonoma County coast, surrounded by rocky tide pools, mudflats, estuaries, coastal dunes, and sandy beaches. Students conduct research projects of their own design with guidance from Hall instructors and scientists. Supervised evening activities offer time to relax, make friends, and play volleyball on the beach. Sign Up Now

 

Activities include:

  • Visiting a different tidal area each morning at low tide
  • Learning new ways to collect, identify and observe marine organisms
  • Maintaining your own saltwater aquarium for a project on marine organisms of your choosing
  • Identifying and preserving Pacific Coast seaweeds
  • Using different sampling methods to document population changes of local and introduced marine species and their ecosystems

Facilities include research labs, classrooms, many large aquaria, a computer lab, and a library overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Transportation from LHS to Bodega, meals, and dormitory-style housing are provided.

Entering Grades 9–12

Saturday, August 18–Thursday, August 23, Residential camp at Bodega Marine Lab

$1,095 ($1,045 members)