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Summer Science Camp



Summer Science Camps 2009

New Camp! Due to popular demand, registration is open for Gizmo’s Robot Factory, Aug. 3-7. Click here to register!

To register, download a registration form (see Downloads) or register online (see individual camps below).

Camps are held at WSU Tri-Cities in Richland from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For girls and boys entering kindergarten through fifth grade in Fall 2009.

Hands-on science daycamps in four different themes Innovative activities and trained instructors will engage your child in week-long adventures of learning and fun.

Registration: Full-day: $259  Half-day: $169

 
Fabulous Physics Challenge
  • Registrations taken by walk in, mail or fax only for Fabulous Physics Challenge July 20-24
    Are you ready to grapple, physics style? It’s a showdown when campers build dragsters, throw magnetic darts, and hurtle parachutes through the air. These budding physicists will throw down their sickest moves with skateboard racers and slime sport shoes. Serious mini-scientists will learn how physics properties relate to the sports and self-guided contraptions. This physics challenge will be your campers’ biggest adventure.
  • Registration for the Fabulous Physics Challenge June 22-26 - CLOSED (to be placed on a waiting list, contact 509-372-7606)
Space and Rocketry
  • Registrations taken by walk in, mail or fax only for Space & Rocketry July 27-31

Back by popular demand! Blast off from planet Earth to explore the farthest reaches of the universe by launching your very own rocket! Parachute down to the rocky and dangerous terrain of Mars, while you investigate the magnificent planets of our universe. Construct your electric Mars Rover to uncover the mysteries of the surface of the planets. Space: no longer the final frontier!

  • Registration for Space & Rocketry June 29-July 3 – CLOSED (to be placed on a waiting list, contact 509-372-7606)
Powerful Planet
  • Online registration for Powerful Planet
    August 3-7

    Let’s team up to explore the planet’s most powerful forces! Learn how new sources of energy can make the planet a better place to live by building speeding electric cars, cooking up s’mores using solar energy and creating your own water filtration system! Stay all day to solve the mystery of the endangered sea turtles. Recreate and learn about the dangers they face on their adventurous journey to the sea.
  • Registration fofor Powerful Planet July 6-10 CLOSED (to be placed on a waiting list, contact 509-372-7606)
Gizmo’s Robot Factory
  • Registrations taken by walk in, mail or fax only for Gizmo’s Robot Factory August 3-7

Build, customize, and battle with your very own walking K’Nex robot! Discover the secrets behind robo-cool tools while building a satellite, investigating top-secret listening devices and crafting a periscope. View color in 3-D “robot vision” and explore your own color creations at home. Full day campers will kick it into high gear while building a take-home robot tool kit and their own motorized invention.

  • Registration for the Gizmo's Robot Factory July 13-17 - CLOSED (to be placed on a waiting list, contact 509-372-7606)
  • Registration for the Gizmo's Robot Factory August 10-14 - CLOSED (to be placed on a waiting list, contact 509-372-7606).


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