What is a Paleontologist?
- Week 1: June 23-27, Week 2: July 7-11
- Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Are you ready to become a paleontologist? Join us as we learn what it takes—meet a real paleontologist, learn how they study the past by looking at animals today, and explore our Museum’s fossil collections. We will look at teeth from different dinosaurs to determine what they ate. See how fossil skin and feathers are… Read More >
After Camp Care
- Week 1: June 23-27, Week 2: July 7-11, Week 3: July 14-18, Week 4: July 21-25, Week 5: July 28-August 1, Week 6: August 4-8
- Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
- Times: 4:00pm-5:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Camp hours are from 9:00am to 4:00pm. After camp care will be offered from 4:00pm-5:00pm Monday – Friday, with limited spots available. Prior registration is required. Campers will play games, make crafts and will need to bring a 2nd snack. For more information, please visit our Frequently Asked Question webpage.
Oceanology Project
- Week 4: July 21-25, Week 5: July 28-August 1, Week 6: August 4-8
- Grade Levels: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Our oceans are a critical part of Earth’s ecosystem! Join us as we investigate its depths starting right off our coast. Become fully immerse as you explore videos from underwater robots and SONAR technology to see how life survives in the deep sea. Conduct hands-on experiments in the ocean’s water column, analyze core samples from… Read More >
Earth to Space and…Beyond!
- Week 4: July 21-25, Week 5: July 28-August 1, Week 6: August 4-8
- Grade Levels: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Come fuel your curiosity with hands-on activities from Earth….and BEYOND! Design and build a Mars rover to navigate the Martian terrain! Defy gravity as you work to break the sun’s pull on Earth to launch your very own space shuttle. Each day you will explore a new theme and investigate topics in space exploration, engineering,… Read More >
The Great Signs of Life
- Week 1: June 23-27, Week 2: July 7-11, Week 3: July 14-18
- Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
The world around us is filled with a variety of wonderful things! Come explore with us as we investigate what is living verses non-living. Learn how animals and plants breathe and why they need shelter and food to survive. Come build a biome and watch the water cycle feed your plants. Investigate how everything is… Read More >
Ink The Museum
- Week 1: June 23-27
- Grade Levels: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Come take a look behind the scenes of our Museum while you learn to draw. Local artist and educator Courtney Cappa will show you how to use ink to create drawings of the Museum’s exhibits, live animals, and architecture. Find unique locations to inspire your drawings as you learn new drawing techniques. A professional ink pen… Read More >
The Science Behind What You Eat
- Week 1: June 23-27, Week 2: July 7-11, Week 3: July 14-18
- Grade Levels: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration opening in January
Have your science and eat it too! We will be using different experiments to see if you really are what you eat. Are you brave enough to eat slime, use a pickle to power a clock, or cook your own snack? If you are, then WE NEED YOU! Spurred on by a little friendly competition,… Read More >
Code Your Own Adventure
- Week 2: July 7-11
- Grade Levels: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Start your journey learning computer science the fun way by building a fantasy adventure game completely from scratch using Processing, a powerful, cross-platform Java-based language. During this course, you will learn the fundamentals of coding, be introduced to 3D modeling and 3D printing and create a custom video game limited only by your own creativity!… Read More >
The Art of Doing Science
- Week 3: July 14-18
- Grade Levels: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Do you love science? How about art? Join us as we find out how to bring them together! We will look at different scientific concepts to see how scientists use art (and artists use science) to express their passions. Learn how to make plastics out of natural materials or how 3D printing is helping researchers… Read More >
“Ology” Camp
- Week 1: June 23-27, Week 2: July 7-11, Week 3: July 14-18
- Grade Levels: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Discover the wonderful world of “ologies”! Explore zoology (animals), entomology (insects), ichthyology (fish), and grossology (things that make you go eww). Each day we will explore a new ology with real specimens, models, live animals, and behind-the-scenes tours. Did you attend “Ology” Camp last summer? No worries, we have new topics and adventures planned! Questions:… Read More >
Things That Fly
- Week 4: July 21-25, Week 5: July 28-August 1, Week 6: August 4-8
- Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Status: Registration open in January
Investigate what flutters, flaps, hovers and glides! Discover how flying predators hunt, how honeybees swarm and how plants can take flight. Make your own flying machine while using scientific tools, games, and live animals to explore the world of wings. Questions: Please visit the Summer Camp Frequently Asked Questions page for more information or contact… Read More >