Engineering & Science Classes
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Engineering of Ice Cream – Food Science, Ages 9-11
Students are introduced the engineering design process to solve a team-based challenges. Ever wonder how ice cream gets to be so creamy and delicious? They will explore the process of making ice cream, developing new ice cream flavors and improving the packaging for ice cream, all from an engineer’s perspective towards problem-solving. When and Where [...] -
Environmental Science, Ages 9-11
Discover the wonders of the natural world and learn how to care for our planet in this engaging and hands-on Environmental Science class! Designed for curious minds, this course dives into the ecosystems around us, the challenges facing our environment, and the creative solutions we can use to protect it.
What We’ll Explore:
- Ecosystems in Action: Study how plants, animals, and humans interact within ecosystems and why balance is key.
- The Science of Conservation: Learn about endangered species, pollution, and the importance of recycling and renewable energy.
- Water, Air, and Soil: Investigate the essential elements of life on Earth and how we can keep them healthy.
- Climate Change Awareness: Understand the effects of climate change and brainstorm ways to reduce its impact.
Hands-On Activities including building a terrarium, designing water filtration systems and wind turbines, exploring composting, identifying trees and testing soil.
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Exploring Dinosaurs to Old Worlds, Ages 6-8
Learn about archaeology and the techniques scientists use to excavate long lost cities. Discover ancient civilizations and the tools and artifacts they used in everyday life. Study bone fragments, pottery shards, amber deposits, and fossils; understand what they can tell us about history. Make and take-home projects each day, like a fossil reproduction, an amber time capsule, coins from around the world!
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Fun with Physics, Ages 11-14
Explore the principles of motion, energy, forces, and more through engaging experiments and creative challenges. Whether you're building rockets or creating chain reactions, you'll see how physics is all around us in surprising and exciting ways. What We’ll Explore: Laws of Motion: Discover Newton’s laws of motion through experiments Forces in Action: Learn about gravity, [...] -
Junior Naturalist, Ages 7-9
Learn how birds and beasts catch their prey! Flow through the food chain and discover how animals and insects adapt to life on our planet. Explore how a change in the wind, water, and temperature affects all of Earth’s inhabitants. Build wooden birdhouses, dissect owl pellets and learn how animals navigate the world using scent trails. Campers will also build a bug house to observe critters and identify animals by making plaster animal tracks.
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Junior Physicians Academy, Ages 7-9
Explore all of the cells, organs, muscles, and bones that make up YOU! Put yourself together from the inside out, while learning about all the systems that make your body tick! Get microscopic while making a model cell, create a stethoscope to hear your heartbeat, and inflate model lungs that work just like yours! Get a little sticky while making “Mad Mucus” and a mashed potato brain!
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Mad Machines & Jr Engineers, Ages 6-8
Whether you enjoy building or destroying structures, you’ll love this camp! Work with pulleys, wedges, screws, and levers, build your own catapults and play robot soccer! Exercise your ability to work with others while constructing a geodesic dome big enough for all campers to fit inside! Let the engineering excitement begin!
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NASA Journey to Outer Space, Ages 7-9
From our Earth's atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system, this hands-on program for children sends them on a quest for exploration! Comets, planets, stars and more are all waiting to be discovered. Learn about the four forces of flight, the challenges of space travel, and even participate in a rocket launch! When [...] -
Shockingly Sticky Science, Ages 7-9
In Shockingly Sticky Science, students will learn Watts-Up with electricity and build their own static tubes, learn the marvels of magnets as they construct their own Magnet Maze, and get sticky with polymers (a.k.a. slime)! We will create our own soda pop and as a grand finale students will learn all about heat and get [...]
