MAD SCIENCE CAMP
Mad Science is the world’s leader in educational and entertaining hands-on science
programs and we have some AWESOME activities planned for you! Unforgettable
adventures await you with amazing topics, knowledgeable fun instructors, and
intriguing lab and field activities. Each day campers explore a different theme with cool
hands-on experiments, exciting presentations, on-topic games, snacks, and take-homes to reinforce the information! Campers also receive a Mad Science Summer Camp T-Shirt and water bottle. Have a great time with friends old and new. PUT SOME SCIENCE IN YOUR SUMMER!
Designed for boys and girls entering grades 2 through 6. Enrollment is limited. Campers should wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes. (No sandals please!) Campers need to bring a packed lunch with a drink each day. Mad Science provides a daily snack and drinks in all camps.
Fee: City Residents $ 235 District Residents $350 District residents must wait 2 weeks prior to camp to register.
SECRET AGENT LAB July 14 – 18 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: Community Center
Mad Science invites you to discover cells and crime with our exciting Secret Agent Lab Camp where you can become a junior scientist!
Cell City - Take a fantastic trip into cell city. Learn about cells and the different parts within them. Compare the parts of a cell to a real city as you investigate its different functions. Build your own take home model cell out of unique materials. Even make a fun cell model you can eat!
The Organ Trail - Do you know the recipe for a healthy body? You will after you journey down the Mad Science Organ Trail. Come to camp and meet Tall Paul! Paul is a torso model that can have his organs removed and replaced. Paul’s brains, bones, lungs, heart, and digestion systems will all be investigated.
Scene of the Crime - Team up with fellow campers to solve the “Great Ice Cream Caper”. Arrive at camp to find a real crime scene surrounded by crime scene tape. Walk the grid and collect evidence to solve the crime. All of your observation skills will be needed as you use your magnifying glasses and notebooks to record evidence. Use your forensic skills to solve the crime and enjoy a tasty treat.
Chemical Counting - Get ready for a day in the Mad Science Laboratory! Experiment with electrochemical reactions, as you electroplate a penny and a nickel. Learn how chemical elements help you to create chemical compounds. Put your new chemistry know-how to work as you make your own “brain goo”!
Radical Reactions - Ready, set, reactions! Learn with hands-on reactions that matter is never created or destroyed. Make a rainbow and a chemical clock in a cup. Experiment with chemical bonds and whirligigs as you discover conductivity.
MOVING WITH SCIENCE CAMP August 4 – 8 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Community Center
Move with science in this fun filled week of exploration!
Jr. Engineers - Structures are all around you, everywhere you look and everywhere you go! Join a team of scientists to inspect the elements of structures as you build, test; and yes, even eat some structures you create. Climb inside a geodesic dome that you construct with fellow campers!
Machine Mania - Investigate the world of simple machines as you learn that machines are helpful for work or play! Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults and mega-pinchers! Use the machines you create to feed yourself and shoot ping-pong balls! Operating your simple machines will make work seem like play.
Crazy Chemistry -Chemistry is part of your everyday life, but what is Chemistry? Explore this great topic and use chemistry to make your own sidewalk chalk and a chocolate candy roll. Create a crystal garden and use chromatography to help dye a camp T-shirt.
Birds & The Beasts - Study biology as you become an ornithologist and discover the unique characteristics of birds. Investigate feathers to see how birds fly. Dissect owl pellets to find out what they eat. Make your own seed mixture to attract your favorite species of birds to your own yard.
Shutterbugs! - Explore the use of light to utilize more than one form of photography. Make a cool kaleidoscope with mirrors. Apply your skills to make a camera obscura that will help you to understand how a camera works.
