Grades: K – 1st 2008 Photos Students will have lots of fun learning about themselves and their bodies. Through games and crafts, they will be exposed to “the senses” and our basic human body systems: Circulatory, digestive, etc. Instructors: Jodi Vyas – Community Kaya Vyas, Student – UC Berkeley
Grades: K – 1st 2008 Photos Have you ever seen raisins dance? What about a rainbow in a bowl? Come have fun with us all day long! You’ll love our fun approach to science with hands-on experiments as we become “scientists” in the classroom. You will even get to make friends with Mr. Capacity Man. [...]
These are a special set of workshops which run before our regular workshop schedule. Early Morning Math is a free additional service at Summer Science Camp for anyone from 2nd to 5th grade. Each Grade level will focus on the needs for the coming school year as well as reflect on the past year’s subject [...]
Grades: 2nd – 3rd 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos In this workshop, you will build and erupt a volcano. We’ll learn about the Earth’s forces which form amazing sedimentary and igneous rocks. We’ll make mold and cast fossils. You will start your own rock and mineral collection and will make crystals. We’ll play games, eat [...]
Grades: 2nd – 3rd 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Through science experiments, gardening, games, role-playing, crafts, and other activities, we will explore the Plant Kingdom. We will have fun learning about the characteristics and life processes of plants as well as how the plants interact with each other and their environment. Depending on the degree [...]
Grades: 3rd – 5th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Satisfy your curiosity about your natural surroundings! We will voyage into our different ecosystems: the oceans, the different kinds of forests, and explore the animal inhabitants in each ecosystem. We will also investigate the stars & heavens and do map work to learn navigational skills. Also [...]
Grades: 4th – 6th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos During this workshop you will grow plants and microbes, perform chemical reactions, and construct ecospheres to learn how interdependent we all are with our natural surroundings. Subjects Covered: Chemistry, Botany, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geology, Physiology, and Food Science. Instructor: Eric Eichinger – The Boeing Company
Grades: 4th – 6th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos In this fun workshop, students will learn about Mars, and actually plan a Mars mission. Also, the students will build a spacecraft, robots, a Mars colony, and small water rockets. Student projects will be performed in both small teams and as individuals. Emphasis will be on [...]
Grades: 4th – 5th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos In this workshop students will be introduced to the basic concepts of magnetism, static electricity, current electricity, and circuit components ranging from the resistor to the DC motor. Subjects Covered: Electronics and Physics. Instructor: Oscar Ceron – The Boeing Company
Grades: 4th – 5th Ever wonder what is up in the sky? Find out how the universe works with this workshop, and see some of the visual splendors of the universe. Learn about the Sun, planets, moons, stars, star clusters, nebula, galaxies, asteroids, and comets. This workshop includes plenty of hands on projects to learn [...]
Grades: 5th – 6th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos What is energy and how do we use it? You will learn about different alternative energy sources and understand how you can use energy wisely through the use of innovative hands-on activities. Activities will expose you to water power, wind, gas, solar power, hydrogen, food power [...]
Grades: 5th – 6th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Guess what? Science can be fun! Find out just how fun by taking this workshop. You will learn about, collect, identify, and categorize rocks and minerals. We will even examine and prepare fossils. Then, during the second part of the workshop, we’ll explore Newton’s laws using [...]
Grades: 6th – 8th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Ever wonder what’s inside a computer and how it works? How about the Internet? Starting with the internal components of the computer, we will learn from the ground up how hardware and software interact to make the Internet work. You will even learn to make your [...]
Grades: 6th – 8th How do we come to invent things? How do we learn to build planes to fly thousands of feet above the earth? How do we create new technology? You can learn all this and more in this inventive new workshop. The students will have to use their creativity to find ways [...]
Grades: 6th – 8th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Have fun while being introduced to electricity and basic circuits! In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use a soldering iron by first learning to make clip-heads. Next, you will construct a 9V power supply. You will learn about Ohm’s law through experiments and projects such [...]
Grades: 6th – 8th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Students will explore ‘how things work’ through discussion and hands-on activities using materials commonly found in the house. You will perform experiments demonstrating various aspects of the Law of Conservation of Energy, including transfer of kinetic energy, conservation of kinetic energy and momentum in collisions, and [...]
Grades: 7th – 8th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Everybody loves a mystery! Here you will learn what forensics, the science of solving mysteries, is all about. Students will be exposed to the importance of physics and biology in Forensic Science. You will learn and practice skills of observation, measurement, inductive and deductive reasoning, and [...]
Grades: 7th – 9th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos With an emphasis on FUN, you will enjoy performing many simple experiments that demonstrate the fundamental principles involved with both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air flight. For example, you will build and fly a Rogallo-wing hang glider, as well as paper and balsa-wood airplanes, while learning about control [...]
Grades: 6th – 8th Join us at the “Tinkers Corner” this summer. Here you will discover the fun and excitement of learning how things work. You will learn about nature’s inventors, you will work with tools and build what you can dream. During the first week we observe and explore the materials in our curious world. [...]
Grades: 6th-8th Prerequisite: Laptops How would you like to edit your own photos just like an professional photographer? Returning this year is our Photo Editing workshop where you can learn to do just that. You will learn your way around Microsoft Picture It or any other photo editing software you prefer. Instructor: Lety Pedroza
Grades: 9th – 12th 2008 Photos This workshop focuses on many aspects of math we use and are imprinted all over nature. Prepare to be amazed when studying the golden ratio or the many uses of Pi! If anyone need help in their algebra or would like to learn the true fun behind math join [...]
Grades: 9th – 12th 2009 Photos | 2008 Photos Robotronics is about Robots and Electronics. You will use your basic electronic skills to design and program your Boebot to find its way through mazes and other challenges. Working in teams you will construct a working robot, write computer programs to control it and work with [...]