Unleash the creative genius in your child! Take things apart, create new inventions, make your own motorized pet, learn about green energy, rebuild a virtual world, discover "cool math", become an entrepreneur in the avatar marketplace.
Program Emphasis
Gender
Type Of Stay
Session Options (Weeks)
Academic Camp Science Camp
Coed
Day Camp
1
Age Range
Capacity
Average Cost
6 - 12
110
$100 - 200 (week)
More About Camp
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 five exciting, hands-on classes every day.
June 21-25, INNOVATE CURRICULUM:
I Can Invent: Fantasy Inventions and Complicated Machines III - Use real tools to take apart old appliances and see how they work, then create a model of your own invention. Older campers participate in a Rube Goldberg team challenge that starts a (safe) explosion.
Hatched! – Help save a virtual world and become an entrepreneur in the avatar marketplace.
SMArt: Science, Math, and Art – Explore "cool math" like tessellations, fractals, and more!
Power'd – Discover how to use natural energy sources and build your own motorized pet.
Global Games - Children explore cultures from across the world as they play games from far away lands, recreate history and are challenged to work together.
July 12-15, IMAGINE CURRICULUM:
I Can Invent: Fantasy Inventions and Complicated Machines III - Use real tools to take apart old appliances and see how they work, then create a model of your own invention. Older campers participate in a Rube Goldberg team challenge that starts a (safe) explosion.
Moving at Rocket Speed (M.A.R.S) – Design and build all the necessary equipment for a three-year voyage to Mars, including a Mars rover!
Art Park – Create a unique sculpture garden for an art museum using balance and motion
Saving Sludge City – Save a polluted city using the principles of environmental engineering
Global Games - Children explore cultures from across the world as they play games from far away lands, recreate history and are challenged to work together.
Directed and taught by qualified local educators, Camp Invention is a national, non-profit science enrichment program from Invent Now Kids in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Dates: June 21-25 or July 12-16, 2010
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
For children entering grades 1-6
Registration fee of $220 includes a camp T-shirt
Discounts of up to $25 off; check our current offer. Register online for extra savings!
Brought to you by RCTC Community & Youth Programs
Activities and Features
Religious Emphasis
None
Academic
General Academics Math Science History
Miscellaneous
Environmental
Other Activities
Physics Engineering Math Creative problem-solving
Camp Address
Winter Address
Rochester Community & Technical College, Heintz Center
1926 College View Drive SE Rochester MN, 55904 USA
800-968-4332 (tel.) 330-849-8528 (fax.)
16301 Hilltop Road
Eden Prairie, MN, 55347 USA
952-974-7960 (tel.)
