Ages 6-11 Camps

Prospectors Mystery Rock  (Ages 6-11) 
You are going to be a Prospector (you know those people who were always looking for gold).  In this workshop you will get to excavate for valuable gems, fascinating rocks, and some ancient fossils.  All are yours to keep.  What hidden wonders will you find?  The identities of the 10 specimens found in your Mystery Rock have been kept a secret from you.  You will experience the thrill of discovery, much as prospectors did.  You will be able to identify each one.  Your specimens are in a hard clay material the same as prospectors found.  You will have to get them out without breaking or scratching them.  That’s not that easy.  You will get an excavation tool, specimen brush, log book, sorting trays and labels.  You will, as a Prospector, record the color, both wet and dry texture, and its ability to float for each of the 10 specimens you dig out.  Make an educated guess with our help to whether each one is a rock, gem, or fossil.  See how good you are.  You will learn from us the exact name and classification.  We give you hands-on science...Prospectors style - fun - educational - exciting! 

Summer 2013 / San Luis Obispo Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jun 10-13, 1:15-5pm

Course# CFK06S.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

San Luis Obispo Campus-Room TBA

Make It and Take It Home  (Ages 6-11) 
In this hands-on, fun, and exciting program, you will discover how amazing science is. You will make and take home a wide assortment of toys designed to teach you science concepts in a hands-on way. Grow and take home a crystal tree. Make an energy bead bracelet and watch as those amazing beads turn from white to a rainbow of colors before your eyes. Build a working electric motor. Make your own sharpie pen T-shirt and learn some cool chemistry (student supplies a 100% cotton T-shirt). Make your own bubbling blobs and explore the properties of a density tube. Make silly putty—glowing goo—green flubber and other cool projects. By the way...we will make ice cream in our own amazing, different, Sciensational way!

Summer 2013 / North County Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jul 29-Aug1, 9am-12:45pm

Course# CFK03N.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

North County Campus-Room TBA

Can You Dig It?(Ages 6-11) 
Archaeology and Paleontology seem like big words to kids.  Now Sciensational Workshops for Kids makes them come alive. Each child will partake in a simulated fossil excavation, uncovering the different bones of a dinosaur. Each child will then assemble the bones to form a completed 3-dimensional dinosaur to be taken home. We will bring the excavation tools, labels and specimen bags. We will use our geological time and fossil charts. You will make a plaster fossil replica of an ammonite, Tyrannosaurus rex tooth or choose from other molds. You'll identify 20-million year old shark's teeth and see other fossil replicas such as, a cave bear tooth, an ammonite, a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth or a dinosaur egg etc. See and work with our rock and mineral collection. Be a rock hound and identify different rocks and minerals. See and hold our giant pumice rock specimen - it?s from Mt. St. Helens. 

Summer 2013 / San Luis Obispo Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jul 29-Aug1, 9am-12:45pm

Course# CFK03S.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

San Luis Obispo Campus-Room TBA

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Hover Craft: Design Your Own Egg Drop Car

(Ages 6-11) 
Do you want to design and build things that you create- not just a model you purchase?  Well this is the place for you.  Build and keep an air powered Hover Craft.  You make it defy gravity.  Once it's up and moving, then using your creativity, control its direction. Get to build and take home your own car.  The purpose is to build a super car powered by more than one source of energy.  This can be one crazy looking vehicle.  We provide you with many materials for that dynamic vehicle that you will build. Also get to build a Egg Drop Car.  The purpose is to build a gravity vehicle that can cushion a raw egg as the car holding the egg is dropped from a high height.  We provide you with the material to cushion the fall.  You have to be creative. In these three challenges in one workshop, you will learn about Laws of Motion, Energy, Air Pressure, Friction, Lift, Speed and Acceleration.

Summer 2013 / San Luis Obispo Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jul 29-Aug1, 1:15-5pm

Course# CFK05S.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

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Ages 7-12 Camps

The All-Terrain Tracker Workshop (Ages 7-12)

How about some land rover excitement?  Build and take home your very own All-Terrain Tracker Vehicle!  It travels the rough terrain overcoming objects in its path.  Sciensational Workshops will bring its own course for you to conquer.  Sand, stones, twigs, and balls will all be part of the challenge.  How about a timed race?  You will also learn about gears.  Work in a group with your new friends as you design a robot you can control.  Build a Sumo wrestler and be part of our battle box events.   
Summer 2013 / San Luis Obispo Campus Only

Magnetic Levitation for Future Transportation

(Ages 7-12) 
 Build your own “futuristic Maglev” car to race and take home.  In 1999 a Japanese five-car maglev train set a record of 345 miles/hour.  Yours won’t go that fast, but we will have fun building it and learning how it operates.  Learn about the relationship between magnetism and electricity.  You will also get to build a simple maglev track as well as a cool electromagnet.  Learn how motors work, as well as generators.  Build and take home the world’s simplest motor.  Make your own compass and take part in many other magnificent magnetic activities!  Yes, Sciensational Workshops again starts with the Maglev car (magnetism - electricity - levitation) and goes in all directions to have fun and learn while doing hands-on activities.

Summer 2013 /  North County Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jun 10-13, 1:15-5pm

Course# CFK02N.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

North County Campus-Room TBA

Robotic Arm Science  (Ages 7-12) 
 Learn the science of robotics as you have fun building, commanding and taking home your own 5 motor arm!  With your Robotic Arm you can command your gripper to open and close, move your robotic wrist, elbow, base and command vertical and horizontal reaching moves.  Your robot will be equipped with 100 grams of lifting capacity.  Additional features include a search light on the gripper for night operation.  With your Robotic Arm you will have total command and visual manipulation using the five switch wired controller.  Plus, have fun building a wide range of additional robotic designs with the robotic building system.  Participate in our robot Olympic style challenges, robot battles and more!

Summer 2013 /  North County Campus Only

1 Mon-Thurs., Jun 10-13, 1:15-5pm

Course# CFK04N.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

North County Campus-Room TBA

Ages 8-12 Camps

Summer 2013 / North County Campus

1 Mon-Thurs., Jun 10-13, 9am-12:45pm

Course# CFK01N.213; Fee: $175 (includes materials)

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