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Discover Mad Science Camps!
Mad Science Camps will help your child to touch, see, hear, smell and taste what science is all about. We offer a daily combination of in-class discovery, outdoor games, and hands-on application of scientific principles. Campers create a variety of take-home projects, and explore how science affects the world around us. Your children will have so much fun, they won't realize that they're learning.
Camps can be full-day, half-day or single-day. Single-day may be combined to make multi-day classes. Programs are offered during the Summer, Christmas Holidays, and at many “out of school” days throughout the year.
Currently Scheduled Camps are listed on our website, kansascity.madscience.org.
Camp Programs
Click on the titles below to see the description on the Mad Science web site.
3, 2, 1… Blast Off!
Ages 7-13 5 full days
This action packed week will focus solely on rockets and the physics of rocket flight and expand on many of the concepts learned in Rockin’ Rockets and Aerodynamics Week 1. After learning the model rocket safety code, campers will build ten different types of rockets and participate in the launching of 6 different rockets during the weeklong program. Children will be divided into three groups; altitude trackers, launch preparation and launchers for all rocket launches and will get the opportunity to try all three roles.
Topics: Rocket Basics, Rocket Flight, Mission Control, Rocket Propulsion and Recovery, Go for Launch!
Claws, Codes & Constellations
Ages 6-13 5 full days
Spend five days with Mad Science exploring the "awesomeness" that is science! Discover how to send secret messages to your friends using special codes. Learn about your surrounding environment and how science will help us protect our planet. Explore how Newton's laws are at work in your favorite sport. Become a young astronaut for a day while exploring the mysteries of the solar system.
Topics: Earth Awareness, Mad Messages, Nature, Science of Sport, Space
Super Science Lab
Ages 6-13 5 full days
Let Mad Science get you moving with this great five-day camp. Do you love to build, design, and fix things? Put on your engineer's hat to see how science is used to build skyscrapers, bridges, and tunnels. Use simple machines to help lift weights and even launch marshmallows. Spend a day being a true Mad Scientist as you learn about chemical reactions that you might encounter in your daily life. Ever wonder how a camera works? See how film captures light to store images and how filmmakers make images move. Take a walk on the wild side as you explore the nature of birds, beasts, and bugs.
Topics: Birds and Beasts, Crazy Chemistry, Junior Engineers, Machine Mania,Lights and Sights
Outdoor Adventure
Age 7 - 12, 3 hours/day x 5 days
Topics: Insects, Birds, Mammals, Trees and Plants, Earth and the Environment
The Wright Stuff
Age 7 - 13 3 hours/day x 5 days
From the earliest flying machines to the first rocket flights, this hands-on program will allow them to build many different flying devices, see how Newton’s Laws of motion help explain how things move and how rockets fly and show them how amazing our Milky Way is.
Rockin' Robots
Age 7-13 3 hours/day x 5 days
Learn about the history of robot design, how robots sense, decide and carry out tasks, program a robot to do a series of maneuvers and participate in robot relays. Build a working robot to take home.
Secret Agent Lab
Age 6-13 3 hours/day x 5 days
Step into the shoes of a detective—uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis. Become a super sleuth and learn clever ways of performing tasks in this hands-on view of the science that spies use. From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, campers will have the opportunity to check out spy equipment, and discover the technological tools of detection!
NASA Journey Into Outer Space
Age 8-13 3 hours/day x 5 days
From our Earth’s atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system, this hands-on program for children ages 5-12 sends them on a quest for exploration! Comets, planets, stars and more are all waiting to be discovered. Learn about the four forces of flight, the challenges of space travel, and participate in a rocket launch!
Topics: Earth & Beyond; Astronaut in Training; Solar Launch; Space Race
My First Science Lab (age 4-6)
Age 4-6, 2.5 hours/day x 5 days.
This camp offers young children ages 4-6 an exciting introduction to basic environmental science. Each session is devoted to different aspects of the Outdoors, allowing children to progressively enrich their understanding of how living things grow and how they interact with the environment around them. During the course of each 2 1/2 hour session, children will perform hands-on experiments, play themed games, and enjoy a story related to the theme for that day. A mural will grow through the course of the program as children illustrate their latest discoveries at the close of each session.
Topics: Soil & Seeds; Sun, Wind & Rain; Plants & Leaves; Flowers, Fruits & Vegetables; Butterflies, Ladybugs & Bees.
Camp Locations
For the current camp schedule click here
For scheduling, availability or more details, or contact
Call Kinetic Kathy, Mad Science of Greater KC at: 913.888.8877
Or email: info@madsciencekc.org
Camps are held at Partner locations, including Blue Valley Recreation Center, Johnson County Parks, Olathe Community Center, Leawood Parks, Longview College, Park Hill Community Education, Blue Springs Parks, KU Edwards Campus, Shawnee Civic Center, Longview Community College, Maple Woods Community College, Deanna Rose and more!
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