Calling all Lego lovers! Do you like to build? Have you ever dreamt of making your creations come alive? If so, this is the class for you.

This class is designed to ignite students’ curiosity in science, engineering, technology and coding. Come spend a week learning some basic engineering principles, while collaborating with others. Then together we’ll make your creation(s) come alive while learning some basic coding.

Aquatic life is fascinating!  In this camp, you’ll learn all about life in the water, how to keep your fish as healthy as possible and how to keep their environment healthy too.  You camper will design and create their very own aquarium to take home with them, as well as learn the key tasks which will keep the tank and the fish happy and healthy.

Reuben "Rube" Goldberg was an engineer in the early 1900s with a passion for drawing. Goldberg later went into sketching comics for local papers, many of his most famous comics featured crazy contraptions to help carry out simple everyday tasks. In this camp, we will learn how to incorporate our creativity into science and engineering through studying simple machines and designing our own contraptions!

Using Pokemon and other imaginary creatures as models, students will learn about what features make something an animal, what animals need to survive, and how animal life has adapted to live in various environments!

Have a curious and creative mind on your hands? In this week-long science camp, kids will combine their inner budding scientist and their artistic side to learn, explore, create and have fun! In addition to working on arts and crafts, kids will learn and experiment with different materials to learn why some materials are used more than others and why some just don’t make the cut. Kids will also learn how to make their own chalk, watercolors, and other items to discover the chemistry - the how and why - behind the art.

Water!  Explore our lakes and what lives in them this summer as we get up close and personal with fish, frogs, water chemistry, plant life and much more!  We will be working closely with Lake Wingra and the life around it while also taking time to do some experiments in a science lab.

Campers will learn the basics of Geoscience through games and activities. They will briefly learn about an area of geoscience each day. Some topics that will be covered are weather, space, geological processes, fossils and Dinosaurs.

 

Our world is changing!  There are issues impacting how plentiful (or scarce) our food supplies can be.  In this camp, your student will explore food production problems related to population growth. They will then engineer a model vertical farm as a potential solution to current food production limitations. They will also incorporate green energy into their designs.

Campers will dive right into the world of an actual medical professional, learning just how incredible our human bodies are and how they function. Campers will engage with hands on simulations, participate in dissections, practice suturing techniques, demonstrate their proficiency in CPR and splint setting, as well as cooperative team work to diagnose a “patient" and more!

Join us as we explore the engineering and design process! Campers will become chemical engineers as they work to design their own plant-based biodegradable bioplastics (designing mini catapults, testing ingredients to create the best bouncy balls) and then using what we learned from the design process to develop bioplastics as a possible solution to current plastic problems. 

Calling all Lego lovers! Do you like to build? Have you ever dreamt of making your creations come alive? If so, this is the class for you.

This class is designed to ignite students’ curiosity in science, engineering, technology and coding. Come spend a week learning some basic engineering principles, while collaborating with others. Then together we’ll make your creation(s) come alive while learning some basic coding.

Students will learn about the properties of matter while creating chemical concoctions! Students will explore various types of slime, compare densities of liquids to create rainbows, try their hand at making candy crystals, and more!

Join us for a physics adventure as we explore the mysteries of light, the thrill of forces and the wonder of motion! This camp will have you engaging in interactive experiments and fun activities that teach you about how physics controls the world around us. 

Our world is SO big!  Realistically, your camper will be confronted daily with an engineering problems that need to be solved. In this camp, campers will work in teams to solve these everyday problems. Some topics we'll explore are bridges, earthquakes, bubbles, air pollution, robots, waterslides and boats.

Join us as we hop in a canoe and dissect all that Lake Wingra has to offer!  Campers will paddle out into nature and discover the unique ecosystem this area provides.  Adventure and science await as you collect numerous samples from the lake to study and catalog.

Campers will learn basic computer science and why it's important.  This camp will include these concepts through game playing, stories and hands on activities.  Campers will have a chance to work with a robot and program it to solve tasks throughout the week.

Our canvas will be beautiful Lake Wingra as we head out into nature and discover the unique ecosystem this area provides. Canoeing and exploring await us!  Learn all about what lives in our lake - plants, fish and more!

People have found ways to build games using dice, cards, art, trivia, and anything else within reach, and this camp will explore how to build a game using a computer. In this camp, students will learn the key concepts needed to build a computer game and have the freedom to build and write their own story for a text-based adventure game. Students will learn how to design a game, develop a plan for creating their design, and how to use the Python programming language to build their game. This course will help students explore areas such as logic, critical thinking, and computer science.