Who should attend? High school students thinking of a career in geology, geological engineering or paleontology, as well as students interested in earth systems science!

Camps are available for grades 6-8 and 9-12.

Through daily field trips, participants will learn about:

Minerals, rocks and fossils
Basic geology
Oil and gas exploration and production
Using topographic maps
Understand geologic maps
Water, landslides, and earthquakes
Volcanoes and magmas
Geology of the Black Hills
The creation of mountains and landforms

Live the life of a field geologist for five days!

Geology Field Camp gives students a chance to experience college life in an outdoor setting. Campers will have roommates in tents, eat outdoor cooking, visit the Museum of Geology, library and research labs, and go on field trips to see geologists in action! This is truly a field camp experience!

Campers will arrive Sunday night. This is an overnight camping activity and tents will be set up for the entire camp.

This camp is a taste of what a geology-focused career will be like!

Scholarships for this camp may be available.

Explore the fascinating world of Chemical and Biological Engineering in this hands-on camp! Learn what it's like to be a chemical engineer and the types of work they do!

Students will learn what Chemical and Biological Engineering is, as well as the following:

• Chemical process design
• How to convert biomass into products
• Biofuels
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Other Bio-based products
• Chocolate processing for consumption
• Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials

This hands-on program will give students experiences to help them make decisions about pursuing Chemical and Biological Engineering in college. This is a great pre-college experience!

Scholarships for this camp may be available!

Explore the exciting world of forensics engineering and material analysis through this hands-on camp!

Participate in hands-on laboratory experiments including:

Introduction to Materials
Metals
Polymers
Composites
Nanomaterials

Building a Samurai Sword
Minerals and Metals Processing

Metal Working
Heat Treating
Blacksmithing
Welding
Casting

Materials Testing
Impact and Tensile Strength Testing

Materials Characterization
Optical and Scanning Electron Microscope

Forensic Engineering
Investigate how materials fail

Students will also go on field trips to visit a local metals mine as well as to local industries to learn about material applications in industry.

This hands-on program will give students experiences to help them make decisions about pursuing Forensics and Materials Engineering in college. This is a great pre-college experience!


Scholarships for this camp may be available.

Camps are available for both boys and girls, grades 6-8 and 9-12.

STEPS Camp for grades 6-8 is a one-week introduction to the world of technology and engineering.Campers participate in hands-on activities that give them an understanding of what engineers do.

Students will explore science and engineering topics such as:

Materials/metallurgy
CAD/CAM
Clean manufacturing
Computer integrated manufacturing
Chemical engineering
Team building

STEPS Camp for grades 9-12, is a one-week introduction to the world of technology and engineering. Campers participate in hands-on activities that give them an understanding of what engineers do.

Students will explore science and engineering topics such as:

Robotics
Mechanical design
Programming languages
Bridge building
Making biofuels
Multi-disciplinary projects
And more!

Of course there is time for fun! The camp also includes a number of activities that may include swimming, pizza parties, a field trip, etc. Participants will experience dorm life, cafeteria food and learn what it is like to be on a college campus.

This is an overnight residential camp. A room will be provided in a residence hall on the School of Mines campus for the entire week. There will be 2-4 campers per room. The camp will provide all meals.

Scholarships may be available for academic performance or financial need!

Inspire a passion for science in your child! New activities every year, over 40 locations and four different kinds of Camp Invention programs in Minnesota!

Kids participate in each of these activities every day:

Magnetropolis – Design a magnet-powered city and build a maglev train.
Inventeureka - Join Team Inventeureka and mash up ideas to build wacky and humorous
widget inventions that morph into amazing, new prototypes!
I Can Invent: Balloon Burst - Work with real tools to take apart a small mechanical device, use the parts and other materials to build a Rube Goldberg machine!
Action and Adventure Games – Use upcycled materials and teamwork to create your own exciting new games!

Directed and taught by qualified local educators, Camp Invention is a national STEM enrichment program from the nonprofit Invent Now. Activities also focus on developing 21st Century learning skills such as teamwork, critical thinking skills, decision-making, creative problem-solving, and working through failure.

Dates: August 13 - 17, 2012
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
For children entering grades 2-6

Registration fee of $220 includes a camp T-shirt
Discounts of up to $35 off; check our current offer.

Camp available to students in grades 10-12.

Students participating in this camp will learn about the science behind explosives and how engineers apply explosive forces to break rock to unearth precious minerals from the ground.

Students will explore the world of math, physics, and chemistry through explosives and will be given a truly unique experience - an up close and personal view of mining and explosives engineering by trained explosives experts.

Field trips to watch blasts will be included in this exciting camp experience!

There will be an outdoors classroom component to this camp, so students must be able to stand for up to four hours at a time. Students must also provide sun protection (sunglasses, sun screen, a hat, and appropriate clothing).

Students must be able to follow written and verbal directions
and instructions in order to participate in this camp.


Scholarships for this camp may be available.

Camps are available for both boys and girls in grades 7-10.

Wanna know more about PCs, electronics, gaming and robots?

Come to Socket to Me Camp!

Some things you will learn:

Computer engineering careers
Computer science careers
The importance of becoming computer literate
Computer basics
Computer disassembly and reassembly
PC maintenance
Basic programming
Web programming
Basic electronics
Hardware
Software
Robotics
Cell phone applications


Socket to Me! gives students a chance to experience college life.
Campers will have a roommate, eat in the cafeteria, work in the computer labs and go on field trips!

Join us for "a week of geek"!

Scholarships for this camp may be available.

Inspire a passion for science in your child! New activities every year, over 40 locations and four different kinds of Camp Invention programs in Minnesota!

Kids participate in each of these activities every day:

Magnetropolis – Design a magnet-powered city and build a maglev train.
Inventeureka - Join Team Inventeureka and mash up ideas to build wacky and humorous
widget inventions that morph into amazing, new prototypes!
I Can Invent: Balloon Burst - Work with real tools to take apart a small mechanical device, use the parts and other materials to build a Rube Goldberg machine!
Action and Adventure Games – Use upcycled materials and teamwork to create your own exciting new games!

Directed and taught by qualified local educators, Camp Invention is a national STEM enrichment program from the nonprofit Invent Now. Activities also focus on developing 21st Century learning skills such as teamwork, critical thinking skills, decision-making, creative problem-solving, and working through failure.

Dates: July 16 - 20, 2012
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
For children entering grades 1-6

Registration fee of $215 includes a camp T-shirt
Discounts of up to $35 off; check our current offer.

For about the same price that you would be paying for summer daycare, your child can step into the world of imagination at Excel Achievement's summer camps! As they walk through the doors, boredom will be a thing of the past as many surprises will be lurking in the hallways. From the giant cupcake and castle, to Extreme sports, space craters, and a live time line--children will be immersed in wonder and won't even realize that they are learning math, science, history, and geography!

Inspire a passion for science in your child! New activities every year, over 40 locations and four different kinds of Camp Invention programs in Minnesota!

Kids participate in each of these activities every day:

Magnetropolis – Design a magnet-powered city and build a maglev train.
Inventeureka - Join Team Inventeureka and mash up ideas to build wacky and humorous
widget inventions that morph into amazing, new prototypes!
I Can Invent: Balloon Burst - Work with real tools to take apart a small mechanical device, use the parts and other materials to build a Rube Goldberg machine!
Action and Adventure Games – Use upcycled materials and teamwork to create your own exciting new games!

Directed and taught by qualified local educators, Camp Invention is a national STEM enrichment program from the nonprofit Invent Now. Activities also focus on developing 21st Century learning skills such as teamwork, critical thinking skills, decision-making, creative problem-solving, and working through failure.

Dates: June 4 - 8, 2012
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
For children entering grades 1-6

Registration fee of $215 includes a camp T-shirt
Discounts of up to $35 off; check our current offer.