Adventures In Space
Summer Camps 2008!

Astro-Tots, Mercury & Gemini
$110 Half day ~ Week long ~ Grades K-5 ~ 9a–12p or 1p-4p
$220 Full day ~ Week long ~ Grades K-5 ~ 9a–4p

Apollo
$250 Full day ~ Week long ~ Grades 6-8 ~ 9a–4p

• Astro-Tots ~ Entering Kindergarten & 1st

• Gemini ~ Entering Grades 4-5

Alien Life Form:
Become a member of a team that will search the universe for possible locations of alien life, or a place human beings may be able to survive. Experiment with seeds, create plant and animal cells, extract DNA and look at the biology and chemistry that makes you alive. After learning to recognize life signs, campers, journey into space on a mission to explore possible locations that may be able to support life.

Third Rock:
Work together to explore many aspects of the Earth from it’s geology to the depths of the oceans. Campers will look at the make-up of the earths crust, play with plate tectonics, including making an erupting volcano and creating mountain ranges millions of years old where they will hunt for fossils. Campers will also design their own biosphere complete with rain, where they may grow plants or insects.

To Be an Astronaut:
Train to become one of the next explorers of space. Campers will participate in team building activities that instill self esteem, self efficacy and leadership skills. Campers will also learn basics of space science with projects including: rockets, heat shields, recovery vehicles, solar ovens, simulated space missions, dome habitats, energy and light experiments and many other space science activities.

To Fly:
Learn the basics of flight and become a member of a flight crew. Campers will experiment with various flying craft and try to design their own versions of airplanes, hovercraft and helicopters. Campers will build wind tunnels and test their creations using Bernoulli’s principle. After completing ground school campers will be able to test their skills with our flight simulators and fly their creations in the Rotunda.

• Apollo ~ Entering Grades 6-8

Each full day camp runs for one week only and features a specific theme. Cost $250 per student. Maximum Enrollment: 25. Students need to bring a sack lunch.

Young Inventors:
Learn the basics of electricity and circuit design, basic computer programming skills, model building skills, and teamwork skills. Design circuits from a basic switch to a voice analyzer, tell a robot how to maneuver through an obstacle course or find a specific object, and launch a rocket to a thousand feet and other projects and challenges you and your team can explore.

Girls in Science:
This special camp combines the highlights of the two Apollo themed camps into a unique hybrid program that encourages girls to explore their inner engineer or scientist. They will investigate the nature of light, extract DNA, build rockets, design robots, solve team challenges, learn basic circuit design, create aliens to live on distant planets and much more.

Green Earth Science:
Study the effects of a changing earth ecosystem, experiment with chemical reactions, develop a water purifying system, and create your own biospheres where you can grow plants and/or small marine life. Experiment with biochemistry and try to solve a mystery using trace DNA evidence. Along the way you will develop skills in communication, teamwork and problem solving.