Mad Science Summer Camps at Lakeside Park
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Session One: Monday, August 7 - Friday August 11 Cost: $175 Half Day (One Class). $315 Full Day ( Both Classes 9am-4pm)
Mad Machines and Crazy Contraptions: 9 am - 12 pm. Appropriate for students entering grades 1-6. This summer camp is designed by you - the inventor. Each day you'll be given a series of challenges which must be overcome using basic materials, simple machines, tips from world famous inventors and the most important thing of all - your mind. If you were stranded on a desert island how would you survive? You will need to build shelter, find food and purity water, protect yourself and your team mates from the elements and find a way off the island - or die trying (not really), Journey to the future and examine the ultramodern inventions of the 23rd century. Then design the future - today. "Create" mini light sabers, "green energy", and hovercraft. With a little bit of ingenuity you'll construct catapults and forts and then lay siege, fabricate a winning Egg Drop design, construct a dancing robot and experiment with a Salt Water Fuel Cell Car. While Thomas Edison said invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, this camp is 100% fun!
NASA: Journey Into Outer Space: 12:45 pm - 3:45 pm. Appropriate for students entering grades 1-5. Kids start in the Earth's atmosphere and end up in the stars in this super sampler of space science. This voyage of discovery will explore planets, moons, comets, and other phenomena in our solar system. Come investigate our sun, and other stars and the galaxies they form. Build a Mad Science rocket and then design, build and launch your own version. Learn about the challenges of living in space and undergo astronaut training. Work with Lenses and build a telescope. Discover technologies developed for use in outer space while navigating a laser maze.Campers will have lots of projects to make and take home including two rockets, space copter, meteorological station, star chart, and a telescope. Material developed by Mad Science in partnership with NASA.
Full day campers should bring a lunch. All children should bring a drink or water bottle.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES VISIT: midhudson.madscience.org or call 845-294-5434