Longway Summer Camps & Programs
Title: Level 2 Science Camp
Dates: July 19th – July 23rd, 2010
Times: 9:00 – 12:00pm
(limited to 10 participants, another session will be added if necessary)
Grade Levels: Entering 4th – 6th Grades
Cost: $85
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description:
From Here to There – Meet at the Longway Science Classroom for some warm-up activities and then walk to Sloan to visit “From Here to There”. We’ll make a mini hovercraft, design a sailboat and investigate a maglev train. Use a block and tackle pulley system to lift yourself up. Walk back to Longway and work together to create a Rube Goldberg contraption (a complicated system built to do an easy task).
Dissections – See how things work! “Dissect” some appliances, old toys, radios and other old objects and see if you can put them back together again. Dissect owl pellets while investigating food webs. Explore the structure and function of the eye, heart and lung while dissecting these organs.
Planetarium Garden – Spend some time in the garden! Harvest some seed pods, dissect a flower and make a flower model while learning the structure and function of plant parts. Use dried flowers and leaves to make a piece of art to put in a frame that you decorate. Set up the plant presses to dry flowers.
Space – Make a Star Finder that will help you find seasonal constellations, make a star frame with your favorite constellation, and build and launch a water-powered R2K rocket. Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Opposite Day
Date: July 21st, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm
Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Cost: $7
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Experiment with opposites! Use balances to sort heavy and light rocks, play with objects that sink or float, make a balloon that goes up and a balloon that falls down, feel smooth and rough surfaces and see how each surface effects motion. Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Solar Power
Date: July 22nd, 2010
Time: 9:00 – 10:30am
Grade Level: 5th – 8th Grades
Cost: $15
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Explore how energy from the sun can be harnessed to do work! Make and take your own solar powered car using the supplied parts and instructions.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Science and Art
Date: July 26th, 2010
Time: 9:00 – 10:30am
Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Cost: $7
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Explore color mixing while making blotter bugs to take home. Use an ice cube and tempera paint to explore melting while making a colorful butterfly. Investigate evaporation while making a project with water paints.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Astro Camp
Dates: July 26th – July 30th, 2010
Times: 9:00 – 12:00pm
Grade Levels: Entering 6th – 8th Grades
Cost: $85
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Learn about the Planets, Sun, Moon and the Stars with hands-on activities and planetarium shows! Enjoy daily snacks like the astronauts eat while living in space. Students will design their own mission patches for their T-shirt, build rockets, hunt for meteorites, engineer a solar oven, and make a spectroscope. At the end of the camp, grown-ups will enjoy a personal guided tour from their own child of the History of Space Museum featuring exhibits built by the students. At Noon on the final day, students will launch their rockets for all to see!
Guest Teacher: Tammy Edwards
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: What’s Bugging You?
Date: July 28th, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Grade Level: 1st – 3rd
Cost: $8
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Go on a bug hunt in the Planetarium garden. Use craft materials to make models of insects and spiders. Work together to build a spider web. Get up close and personal with Longway’s classroom pets; Madagascar Hissing Roaches!
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Geology Rocks!
Date: August 2nd, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 3:30pm
Grade Level: 4th – 6th
Cost:$12
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Calling all rock hounds! Explore igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and the rock cycle. Investigate weathering, erosion and the impact of acid rain. Make a piece of mineral jewelry and take home some rock, mineral and fossil samples to add to your collection.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Rocket Science – 2 Day Class!
Date: August 2nd and 3rd, 2010
Time: 9:00 – 12:00pm each day
Grade Level: 5th – 8th
Cost: $22
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Build and fly your own model rockets! On day 1 we will learn what makes a successful model rocket and construct “Alpha” and “Viking” rockets. On Day 2, we will launch our rockets; first with a smaller “test” engine, and if everything checks out, a second launch with a much more powerful engine. No prior model rocket building experience needed.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Garden Crafts
Date: August 4th, 2010
Time: 9:00 – 10:30am
Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Cost: $7
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Explore the Planetarium garden while making beautiful crafts to take home. Learn about the parts of a flower while making a flower mask. Use dried flower petals and leaves to make a piece of art. Mix up cement to make a small stepping stone.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Fabulous Flowers
Date: August 4th, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Grade Level: 1st – 3rd
Cost: $8
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Go on a garden scavenger hunt while learning why flowers are so important. Make a flower model while dissecting a real flower. Use dried flowers to make a piece of art to take home.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
Title: Take Apart!
Date: August 9th, 2010
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Grade Level: 1st – 3rd
Cost: $8
Location: Longway Planetarium
Description: Ever wonder what the inside of a toaster looks like? Grab a screwdriver and investigate the insides of small appliances and electric devices.
Pre-registration required. Click here to register!
