Yearly Curriculum

Each summer, two grades, each with five classes of 20 students rotate through each of the projects throughout the 1-2 week camp.

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• Oil Spill Cleanup

  • Students learn about the damage oil spills can cause, how to prevent them, and how to clean up the environment in the event of a spill.​

• Chemical Reactions

  • In the lab, students will learn basic chemistry and test their knowledge by producing sugar crystals.

• States of Matter

  • Students learn how the states of matter are present in all objects, and how changes in energy can cause changes in state.​ They then apply these principles by creating ice cream without using a freezer.

• Extreme Weather

  • This project teaches students the science behind meteorology and extreme weather patterns, such as tsunamis and hurricanes, and engineering’s role in preparing for them.

• Bridge Building

  • Students learn about structural integrity and compete to build the strongest and most stable bridge.

• Earthquake Towers 

  • Students learn about civil engineering and geometry to understand how structures are strengthened to withstand natural disasters.

• Egg Drop

  • Students learn about physical principles like gravity and shock to protect an egg dropped from a substantial height using designs made by the students.

• Boats

  • Students learn about what sinks and floats, options for designs and how engineering takes "tweaking" a design to make a great, wind powered boat.

• Vincent Van Gogh

  • Students learn about Van Gogh and the Post-Impressionist period and gain the hands-on experience of recreating his masterwork, "Starry Night",  themselves. ​

• Pablo Picasso​

  • Students learn the history of Picasso and Cubism and create their own self-portraits in a Cubist style. ​