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Older Elementary School Camps

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We have a great options for our older elementary students!

We keep our students minds active and thier hands busy with these exciting and educational camps. Wait until you see what they can create! Choose from any of the following subjects. Just click to take you to the program you are interested in or scroll down.

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Science Only Camp

School of Magic! Ages 9-11

  • Let your child explore the world of Science Magic, or in other words: The school of: "That is NOT possible!"
  • In our Abnormal Physics class, the children will learn to:
    • Cut off their head with a string
    • Put a needle through a balloon
    • Put a balloon directly over a flame and not have it burst.
    • Make boxes defy gravity
    • Use air to push an egg into a small opening and suck water into a vacuum.
    • Break a stick with atmospheric pressure.
  • In the Chemical Potions class we will:
    • Make a substance go from a solid to a gas without melting
    • Make fires burn different colors
    • Mix concoctions that first turn cold then magically hot!
    • Make clear liquids turn colors and make colored liquids change their color.
    • Make objects glow in the dark
    • Write invisible messages
  • Don't worry, our magicians in training also must learn the science behind the magic.
    • In the Abnormal Physics classes they will learn about Atmospheric Pressure, Polymers, thermodynamics, the difference between the center of mass and the center of gravity, the concept that vacuums do not suck, but actually create a low pressure zone allowing atmospheric pressure to do the rest.
    • In the Chemical Potions class they will learn about acids, bases, indicators, chemical reactions, flame test, fluorescence, sublimation, exothermic and endothermic reactions and lots more.
  • At the end of the week the graduates will have the opportunity to present what they learned as they put on a Science Magic Show for the parents to see.

Science and Technology Camp

This camp combines science with LEGO® Education's Motorized Machines!

Option STR 7 Electrified and Robofied Ages 8-10

This camp is an exciting combination of Science and Technology. This camp is for children who love to design and build with their hands. Great for our engineers of the future! (Please note: this is simular to what was offered in our after school Technoscience class. If your child took that class, we recommend a different option for camp)

TECHNOLOGY will incorporate two programs:

  • LEGO® Education Pneumatics:  The students will build many machines that are operated by a Pneumatic system.  Explore power systems and components, sequence and control, pressure, prototyping, kinetic and potential energy and much more!
  • LEGO® Powered Science & Technology Program: Here the students will build a different motorized and non motorized models each day. These will be models that MOVE and can be modified by the student teams to perform a task in the most optimal method. This will introduce gears and pulleys, structural design, forces and motion, energy and more. This will help the students understand how robots move.

In ELECTRICAL SCIENCE we will:

  • Learn about electrical circuits, bread boards and circuit boards
  • See the inside working of a motor and learn the relationship between Electricity and Magnetism
  • Create and take home a model of an electric house where they create their own switches, wiring, series and parallel light circuits, for a 4 room model home.
  • Create a MagLev racer that they can take home. They will have the oportunity to race these on the MagLev train track.
  • Make, modify and take home an electric car that responds to it's environment..
  • Interact with many different robots and understand what "makes something a Robot".

Option STR 8: Technically CRAZY! Ages 7-10

This camp is an incredible combination of Science and Technology where we will use the LEGO Crazy Contraptions and Technics, along with science experiments that are intricatly linked to the technology so that all concepts are reinforced with applications that happen in the real world.
  • In the science portion the students will build and take home a crane that uses gears, wheels, and levers to operate.
  • In addition to all of this the students will use LEGO® Technology with the following:
    • Crazy Contraptions: These are just plain fun and the teachers (and students) favorites.
    • Technic's: These activities really get down to the bones of how things work. Each structure that is built will have additional supporting non-LEGO materials that will reinforce the activities being taught.
    • Once the students have built many machines and structures they will have the oportunity to break apart VCR's and other machines to see what is inside! Using the knowledge they have accumulated during camp, they will have the opportunity to create new working machines from what they remove.
    • Don't miss this exciting camp!
  • Please note: The technology involved here is more suitable to older students. While mature 7 year olds can do this camp, it is suggested that another option is selected if your child is a younger 7 year old.

Robotics Camp

Option R 10: Mini Bots (Ages 8-9) 

  • Introduction to Programming and Robotics using NXT MINDSTORM™ Robots. The students will have a great time as they really get to understand what makes a robot operate. They will build and program robots that interact with their environment.
  • The students will learn how programming works and will enjoy seeing the robots perform the task assigned. While there will be time spent assembling the robot, this camp focuses on programming the robot to perform the specific task assigned.
  • The students will build and program different exploratory robots to solve problems. They will test not only their programming skills but also their engineering and decision making skills as they determine the best means to accomplish a task.
  • The campers will be challenged to build robots for space exploration on a fantastic planet called Pantheon.  They will need to build a walking robot to plant a flag, a scorpion robot to defend their base, a giant claw to construct new hex-based housing, and a sorting machine to sort samples of space rocks for analysis.  With each new robot, campers will learn about building techniques and be challenged to apply them to their own designs.  Students will learn about gears, cams, cranks, differentials, and levers as they build robot parts that can rotate and move back and forth.  They will learn about sensors and center of gravity as they design robots that can stand on their own feet and respond to the environment.
  • This camp is open to students new to LEGO MINDSTORM NXT robotics and those who are experienced.  More experienced builders will be challenged to design earlier than those who are new to the system
  • There will not be a robot that your child will take home.
  • This is a great place to start if you are considering a MINDSTORM Robot for your child or already have one and want to get the most out of it. It is also great preparation for First LEGO League (FLL)

Art, Science and Technology Combinations

Option AST 19 The Creators (Ages 9-12) Art, Science and Technology

  • Art: In addition to drawing and painting, the art portion will focus on fun craft activities such as Grand Canyon Drawings, Aztec Art and Cave Drawings
  • Science and Technology: In this class we will learn about cause and effect in our world.  We will focus on physics as we ask the following questions. 
    • What is the Impact of Dropping an egg from a great height and what can we do to keep it from breaking?  How can we apply that to a helmet design?  How can we reduce the force of impact?
    • What is the Impact of a vacuum on a liquid and a solid?  Design a "Ball Spitter".
    • What is the Impact of Rotational Velocity on a sphere?  Can that give us the spin we need on a ball?   
    • What is the Impact of centrifugal force and how does that keep us in our seats on amusement park rides? 
    • What is the result of a sudden Impact on a physical object such as ball?  How can this help us in sports?  Is that what the “sweet spot” is?
    • What is the impact of Inertia and Friction on the table cloth and china trick?  Can we make this help us in daily life and sports activities?
    • We will also investige light, mirrors and lasers.

This is a great camp for students with inquiring minds who want to know the reason why. Each question will have a series of cool and exciting experiment and activities to help them answer them questions.  They will also be encouraged to take it to another step and develop their own questions and experiments to prove or disprove their theories.