North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Summer Camp
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· Friends of the Museum members received a $30 discount per camp!
· Partial scholarships are available: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2666dba609744c8fb1f48bb8c0a04378
· Questions? Email summercamps@naturalsciences.org
Rising K-1 grade camps:
The Great Signs of Life Rising K – 1st grade $360
The world around us is filled with a variety of wonderful things! Come explore with us as we investigate what is living verses non-living. Learn how animals and plants breathe and why they need shelter and food to survive. Come build a biome and watch the water cycle feed your plants. Investigate how everything is connected under the sun as we explore the life cycles of arachnids, mammals, and insects.
The week of: June 23, July 7, July 14
What is a Paleontologist? Rising K – 1st grade $360
Are you ready to become a paleontologist? Join us as we learn what it takes—meet a real paleontologist, learn how they study the past by looking at animals today, and explore our Museum’s fossil collections. We will look at teeth from different dinosaurs to determine what they ate. See how fossil skin and feathers are giving us better ideas about how dinosaurs looked, and even what colors they were! This is something you will not want to miss!
The week of: June 23, July 7
Things that Fly Rising K – 1st grade $360
Investigate with us what glides, hovers, flutters, and flaps! Glide with insects and flying squirrels as we look at how early flight evolved. We will look at wings to see how flying predators hunt, why honeybees swarm, and even build your own bird nest. You will engineer your own flying machine to see how plants can take flight. It will be a week of using scientific tools, games, and observing how animals today use their wings.
The week of: July 21, July 28, August 4
Rising 2-3 grade camps:
“Ology” Camp Rising 2nd – 3rd grade $360
Discover the wonderful world of “ologies”! Explore zoology (animals), entomology (insects), ichthyology (fish), and grossology (things that make you go eww). Each day we will explore a new ology with real specimens, models, live animals, and behind-the-scenes tours. Did you attend “Ology” Camp last summer? No worries, we have new topics and adventures planned!
The week of: June 23, July 7, July 14
Earth to Space and Beyond Rising 2nd – 3rd grade $360
Come fuel your curiosity with hands-on activities from Earth....and BEYOND! Design and build a Mars rover to navigate the Martian terrain! Defy gravity as you work to break the sun’s pull on Earth to launch your very own space shuttle. Each day you will explore a new theme and investigate topics in space exploration, engineering, rocketry, and more. This camp will be a sure-fire way to ignite your mind!
The week of: July 21, July 28, August 4
Rising 4-6 grade camps:
The Science Behind What You Eat Rising 4th – 6th grade $360
Have your science and eat it too! We will be using different experiments to see if you really are what you eat. Are you brave enough to eat slime, use a pickle to power a clock, or cook your own snack? If you are, then WE NEED YOU! Spurred on by a little friendly competition, this camp will inspire the budding cook or someone who just likes to eat to new levels of edible (and even buildable) creations.
The week of: June 23, July 7, July 14
Oceanology Project Rising 4th – 6th grade $360
Our oceans are a critical part of Earth’s ecosystem! Join us as we investigate its depths starting right off our coast. Become fully immerse as you explore videos from underwater robots and SONAR technology to see how life survives in the deep sea. Conduct hands-on experiments in the ocean’s water column, analyze core samples from the sea floor, design submersibles with neutral buoyancy, and more!
The week of: July 21, July 28, August 4
Rising 7-12 grade camps:
Ink the Museum Rising 7th – 12th grade $430
Come take a look behind the scenes of our Museum while you learn to draw. Local artist and educator Courtney Cappa will show you how to use ink to create drawings of the Museum’s exhibits, live animals, and architecture. Find unique locations to inspire your drawings as you learn new drawing techniques. A professional ink pen set and sketchbook are included in the camp fee. Did you attend “Ink the Museum” last summer? No worries, we have new topics and adventures planned!
The week of: June 23
Code Your Own Adventure Rising 7th – 12th grade $430
Start your journey learning computer science the fun way by building a fantasy adventure game completely from scratch using Processing, a powerful, cross-platform Java-based language. During this course, you will learn the fundamentals of coding, be introduced to 3D-modeling and 3D-printing, and create a custom video game limited only by your own creativity! Additionally, campers will receive a custom, 3D-printed flash drive holder to continue their programming adventure at home! No coding experience is needed but proficiency in typing is required. Slow typists will have difficulty keeping up.
The week of: July 7
The Art of Doing Science Rising 7th-12th grade $430
Do you love science? How about art? Join us as we find out how to bring them together! We will look at different scientific concepts to see how scientists use art (and artists use science) to express their passions. Learn how to make plastics out of natural materials or how 3D printing is helping researchers discover new things. Meet our exhibit team to see how they design our exhibits, and learn how natural objects are contributing to environmentally safe art. You will get to explore other art forms and more!
The week of: July 14
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.