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Cool take home projects every day!
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T-shirt & water bottle for every camper!
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Convenient locations throughout the Portland & Vancouver area!
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5 science topics in every camp!
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9 different camps to choose from! |
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| LET'S GET GROWING |
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Ages 4 to 5 (PK-K)
Half-day camp only |
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Exciting introduction to basic environmental science, how living things grow and how they interact with the environment around them! Discover how, why and where things grow, how weather affects our gardens and the basic science of seeds. Explore leaves, flowers and the creatures that live in our gardens. |
- Soil & Seeds
- Sun, Wind & Rain
- Plants & Leaves
- Flowers, Fruits & Veggies
- Butterflies, Ladybugs & Bees
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JUNIOR SCIENCE EXPLORERS |
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Entering K through 2nd Grade
Half-day camp only |
| Decipher the world around us in this exciting camp designed just for young Mad Scientists! Campers develop their Earth awareness and explore the world as Junior Naturalists before heading for space as Junior Astronauts. The Science of Sport will explore just why our big toes are important. (This camp was previously titled Claws, Codes & Constellations) |
- Mad Messages
- Earth Awareness
- Science of Sport
- Jr. Naturalists
- Junior Astronauts
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ROCKETS & THE SCIENCE OF FLIGHT |
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Entering K through 2nd Grade
Half-day camp only |
| Space, rockets, planes and flight... a little bit of everything for a rockin' good time. Younger campers will have a blast learning the hows and whys of aerodynamics by studying all things that fly: planes, kites, hot air balloons, helicopters and of course, rockets. (This camp was previously titled Rockin' Rockets & Aerodynamics) |
- The Wright Stuff
- Newton's Locomotion
- Rockin' Rockets
- The Milky Way
- It's an Up Thing
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IMAGINATION ACADEMY |
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Entering K through 2nd Grade
Half-day camp only |
| Discover, Create & Play! Join our Mad Scientist in a fun-filled exploration that will truly spark the imagination! Inventions, dinosaurs and gravity are just a few of the stops we’ll make in this journey around the world of science. |
- Invention-ations
- Great Gravity!
- OHEC: The Scientific Method
- Dinosaurs
- ...and more!
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MOVING WITH SCIENCE! |
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Entering 2nd through 6th Grade
Full or Half-day camp |
| Join the Mad Scientist in a fun-filled exploration of how science keeps our world moving. Take a close-up look at a wide array of scientific disciplines: chemistry, biology, engineering, physics and optics. Take apart owl pellets to see what they cannot digest! Join a team of camper engineers and build bridges, domes, cubes and pyramids. Make your own sidewalk chalk, crystal gardens and a chromatography-dyed T-shirt. |
- Junior Engineers
- Machine Mania
- Crazy Chemistry
- The Birds and The Beasts
- Shutterbugs
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ROCKET LAB |
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Entering 2nd through 6th Grade
Full or Half-day camp |
| 3, 2, 1 Blast Off! This camp is rockets, rockets and more rockets! Build and launch a rocket everyday as you learn all about, you guessed it, rockets! We are in for an action-packed week focused entirely on rockets and the physics of rocket flight. Campers learn the importance of teamwork in launching rockets and have the opportunity to try their hand at each role. (This camp was previously titled 3,2,1 Blast Off!) |
- Rocket Science
- Mission Control
- Astronaut Training
- Mission Recovery
- Go for Launch!
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SECRET AGENT LAB |
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Entering 2nd through 6th Grade
Full or Half-day camp |
| Sharpen your pencils, polish your magnifying glass and get ready for a week of Mad Science sleuthing! Campers will step into the shoes of a detective to uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and crime scene investigation. Look out 007 -- Mad Science Spy Academy is in session! |
- Discover Detection
- Funky Forensics
- Science of Security
- Sleuths on the Scene
- Spy Academy
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ROBOTICS 101 |
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Entering 3rd through 6th Grade
Full-day camp only |
| What is a robot and how do they move and "think"? Spend the week discovering the wonderful world of automation. Learn the basics and the complexities of robotics and build 2 robots of your very own. With all the projects you take home you'll continue exploring the science of robotics long after your week with the Mad Scientist is over! |
- What is a Robot?
- Electric Thought
- Machine Muscles
- Building Robot #1
- Building Robot #2
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CSI SCIENCE |
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Entering 2nd through 6th Grade
Full-day camp only |
| Put on your CSI cap and learn how knowledge of chemistry and biology can make you into a great detective! Take a close-up look at the human body from cells to organs and explore the world of cool chemical reactions. Put your new knowledge of chemistry and biology to the test in true CSI fashion as you help solve the Mad Science mystery at "The Scene of the Crime." |
- Cell-e-bration
- The Organ Trail
- Chemical Counting
- Radical Reactions
- Scene of the Crime
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Follow this link to the
2010 Summer Camp Schedule
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