Science
Bubble-ology (YTHPR 5093)
Entering Grades 3-5
Schedule # 322948,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, July 27-31, 9am to 4pm, Registration Closed
Bubbles are not only captivating, colorful, and fun to make, they are also excellent demonstrations of scientific phenomena. Students will explore the technology and science of bubbles. The fun begins as students explore, test and observe the creation of bubbles using various bubble solutions and bubble blowing devices. Will you be the one to blow the biggest bubble or have the longest lasting bubble? Can you create a bubble big enough to actual fit yourself inside? Find out as you roll up your sleeves and join us for some soapy, bubbly fun!
Chemistry Investigators (YTHPR 5136)
Entering Grades 3-5
Schedule # 323352,
Fee: $220
Monday-Thursday, June 29-July 2 (4 days only), 9am to 4pm, Registration Closed
For the more serious science student. The focus of this program is on chemistry, chemistry and chemistry! Topics include acids and bases, chemical reactions, and the periodic table.
Fun With Veterinary Medicine (YTHPR 5133)
Entering Grades 3-5
Section 001, Schedule # 322876,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, July 13-17, 9am to 4pm, Registration Closed
Section 002, Schedule # 323046,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, August 10-14, 9am to 4pm, Camp Filled!
Do you enjoy taking care of you pets? Are you interested in learning about how best to keep your pets and other animals healthy, as well as how to care for sick ones? Join us for this fun-filled and educational program as we explore the world of veterinary medicine. In this hands-on camp you will learn how veterinarians look for and treat illnesses in small animals. Discover the many ways that vets ensure that animals live healthy lives. Learn about the people who care for animals in the zoo or in an aquarium, as well as many other careers in animal science.
Planet Earth: Inside and Out (YTHPR 5140)
Entering Grades 3-5
Schedule # 323271,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, June 22-26, 9am to 4pm, Registration Closed
Take a journey to the depths of the earth and the highest peaks. This program explores how the features of the earth were formed. Construct a mountain, build a cave, erupt a volcano, and learn the processes that make this dynamic earth shake and explode, while we investigate the Planet Earth Discovery series.
Summer Science Camp (YTHPR 5073)
Entering Grades 3-5
Schedule # 322588,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, July 6-10, 9am to 4pm, Registration Closed
Create! Build! Explore! Learn how science can be fun in our week-long hands-on science exploration. Our experiments will spark your child's interest in the sciences. Students will investigate chemistry, biology, space science, electricity, magnetism, plus many other areas. Learn how to turn a penny into gold, make plastic out of milk, explore the properties of Oobleck. Students will even become "science detectives" by solving a crime using fingerprints, chromatography, and clues. These and many other topics will be covered.
CSI – Crime Scene Investigators, Forensic Science Camp (YTHPR 5076)
Entering Grades 3-6
Schedule # 322975,
Fee: $275
Monday-Friday, August 3-7, 9am to 4pm, Camp Filled!
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a detective? How about a Medical Examiner? Anthropologist? Biologist? Learn first hand how science is utilized in the criminal justice system and used to solve crimes. Students will conduct special exercises on the power of observation and critical thinking.
Many hands-on activities include fingerprint analysis, using a microscope, handwriting analysis along with bone and anatomy projects. Can you build a skeleton? Shoot a fly? Identify your fingerprints? Re-create a suspect? Come and analyze all the evidence and solve some mysteries.
