Summer Science Day Camps 2012
Ages 3-7; Fee: $65 members; $80 nonmembers
2012 Day Camps Registration Form
Science for the Birds!
Monday–Friday, June 25–29, 2012
Ages 3–5 meet 9:30 a.m.–noon
Ages 5–7 meet 1:30–4 p.m.
Spend the week learning about these winged wonders. Explore how birds are designed to fly, to sing their songs and to eat their foods as we play games and craft models. “Wild Music” will help us sound out our explorations!
Science in the Air
Monday–Friday, July 9–13, 2012
Ages 3–5 meet 9:30 a.m.–noon
Ages 5–7 meet 1:30–4 p.m.
Learn ways humans and other animals use the invisible air around us. See how it takes up space in a balloon, makes things move with a blowing race, and makes a perfect home for birds and insects. Experience how sound travels through the air in "Wild Music!”
Science on the Ground
Monday–Friday, July 16–20, 2012
Ages 3–5 meet 9:30 a.m.–noon
Ages 5–7 meet 1:30–4 p.m.
We will play in the dirt as we learn about the different kinds of soil, collect rocks and examine the animals that make their homes on and under the ground. How many animals you can identify just by listening to their sounds in "Wild Music?”
Science in the Water
Monday–Friday, July 23–27, 2012
Ages 3–5 meet 9:30 a.m.–noon
Ages 5–7 meet 1:30–4 p.m.
Did you know that Earth is the water planet? We will spend this week in search of water and explore the many uses of this liquid that so many creatures call home. Listen to some of the Earth's largest animals sing in their ocean home in "Wild Music."
Summer Science Adventure Camps 2012
Ages 8-13; Fee: $75 members; $90 nonmembers
2012 Adventure Camps Registration Forms
The Great Outdoors
Monday–Friday, June 25–29, 2012
Ages 8–13 meet 9 a.m.–noon
It’s a week of outdoor adventure. Learn about animals that inhabit the fields and forests around Virginia and discover how they survive in their environments. Through games and nature hikes, campers will spend the week exploring nature.
Rocket Science*
Monday–Friday, July 9–13, 2012
Ages 8–13 meet 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
Become a rocket scientist. Building on Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion, campers spend the week learning how rockets work and get a chance to apply their new knowledge designing and building their own rocket to launch. *This camp has an extra $7 materials fee.
A Week to Win It
Monday–Friday, July 23–27, 2012
Ages 8–13 meet 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
Campers hone their science and math skills as they compete in all kinds of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) challenges designed to test both the mind and body!