Description
Design, build, and test fantastic flying creations including kites, planes, rockets, hovercrafts and more. Experiment with the laws of physics, gravity and motion.
The following are some topics you will explore during this fun five-day camp. These are only a sample of some of the activities that you will be doing each day. The topics will not necessarily follow this order. However, each of these topics will be included at some point in the camp.
The Milky Way - Take a trip into the galaxy! Discover the universe as you build your own planisphere to take home with you. Make your own sundial as you discover what the universe has to do with telling time.
The “Wright” Stuff - Learn all about the amazing Wright brothers as you build your own rubber band powered plane. Experiment with other flying devices in a wind tunnel. Discover that everything that flies doesn’t have wings.
Newton’s Loco-Motion - Fasten your seatbelt, for a day of motion! Learn how magicians can pull the tablecloth out from under dishes! Make your own inertia stick so that you can better understand just how stubborn inertia can be.
3,2,1 Blast Off - Gravity is acting on you and everything around you all the time! Learn what gravity has to do with everyday life. Defy gravity with miniature hovercrafts and balloon-powered helicopters that you make and race yourself.
Up, Up and Away – Design, build and fly your own kite using ancient flying machines as your guide. Discover why kites have tails. Have a radical resistance race with your fellow campers.
Schedule
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |