Category Archives: Science

Welsh Hills Summer Camp

Welsh Hills School in Granville, Ohio offers summer camp for children ages 3-11 from June 14-August 13.  Half and full-day programs are available.  Each week we explore a new theme which allows campers to learn, make new friends, and have fun.  Examples of some of our themes are:  Bike Riders, Gardening, Art, Creepy Crawlers, Mad Scientists, Culinary Masters, Imagination and Lights, Camera, Action!  Visit our website for a complete list of all themes, dates, prices and brochure.   www.welsh-hills.org

Want more information?  Contact Mary Gordon at whscamp@laca.org or call 740-522-2020 Ext: 18.

Mansion Day School Summer Camp 2013

Sponsor: Mansion Day School

Phone: 614-258-4449

Fax: 614-258-7001

Web: www.mansiondayschool.org

Email: johnsonc@mansiondayschool.org

Contact Person: Christie Johnson

Subject/Content: Academics – Reading, Writing, Math, Multicultural Themes, Art, Music, Woodworking, Robotics, Martial Arts, and much more!

Grade Level: Preschool-5th Grade

Type: Academic Day Camp

Length of Program: June 17, 2013 – August 9, 2013

Hours: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Program Description:

Mansion Day School is committed to providing your child with an academic summer camp program taught by certified teachers.  In addition to reading, writing, and math instruction, your child will experience eight countries as we “travel” the world.  Each week, we will explore a new country through art projects, musical performances, storytellers, and ethnic foods.  While the mornings are filled with academics, the afternoons are an opportunity for swimming, field trips, and cultural events.  Our travel day runs from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.  Childcare (which is included in the cost of tuition) begins at 7:00 AM and ends at 6:00 PM.  Enrichment Academies are also offered to provide students with a more intensive study of math, writing, robotics, woodworking, music, art, and other areas.

 

Women in Engineering Summer Camp for High School Girls

A six-day residential program sponsored by the University of Dayton that introduces high school women to the wide range of career opportunities available to them in the various fiels of engineering. Participants experience a total immersion into the world of engineering with classroom activities taught by School of Engineering faculty and/or practicing engineers. The young women enjoy an evening of Dinner with an Engineer and hear from professional women engineers who are willing to share and ready to encourage. One day of camp is spent at a sponsoring industry observing engineers. See http://www.udayton.edu/engineering/hs_programs/women_in_engineering_summer_camp.php for more information.

Science Adventure Camp

  • Camp/Activity Name — Science Adventure Camp
  • Sponsor: — 4-H Camp Clifton, Yellow Springs, OH 
  • Phone: 937-408-3741
  • Web: http://scienceadventurecamp.webs.com
  • Email: judysteritz@yahoo.com
  • Contact Person: Judy Steritz, Camp Director
  • Subject/Content: Science – Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Space/Earth Science and Technology. Teamwork Leadership Skills with Science Adventure in High and Low Rope Team Initiatives, Orienteering, Rock Climbing, Swimming, and Repelling.
  • Age/Grade level:  Middle School – students entering grades 7-9
  • Type: — Co-Ed Overnight
  • Length of program: August 1-6, 2010
  • Cost: $500.00
  • Financial aid?: — Partial Financial Aid Available
  • Notes:   Join us this summer and share in science discovery while being introduced to hands-on experiments and activities. SAC reinforces the 5 core knowledge areas of science: Life Science, Physics, Chemistry, Space/Earth Science and Technology along with adventures in High and Low Ropes, Rocket Science, Orienteering, Rock Climbing, Swimming, and Repelling, in a positive, teamwork atmosphere. The Camp is held at 4-H Camp Clifton, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Camp Fees are $500 which includes Food and Housing, Camp Activities and Supplies, Camp Insurance and Science Explorer T-Shirt. For more information contact Judy Steritz, Camp Director at 937-408-3741 or email judysteritz@yahoo.com. Visit our website at http://scienceadventurecamp.webs.com. Become a Science Explorer taking science education beyond the classroom to spark interest in the world of science through exploration and discovery!

    • Wright State University Pre-College Programs

    Residential Camps and Institutes for incoming 6-12 grade students.

    • Camps (6-9 grade) include: Writing, Television Production, Structure and Design, Dramatic Theatre, Science of hte Solar System, Busted: Physics Facts, Amazing Flying Machines, Leadershiop
    • Institutes (10-12 grade) include: Law, Engineering, Writing, Performance Theatre, American Culture and COmic Books, Forensic Science, Social Psychology, Leadership

    Additional information at (937)775-3135 or www.wright.edu/academics/precollege

    • Cost of camps varies
    • Coed Residential Programs
    • One week programs

    Franklin Park Conservatory Summer Camps

    Franklin Park Conservatory

    Summer Camps

    With nature as the touchstone for each workshop, the Conservatory’s summer programs allow children to gain hands-on experiences exploring the natural world through the lens of science and the arts.  Each workshop is planned around a theme and includes age appropriate and enriching activities. 

    Several new topics/experiences are planned for camps this summer, including a glass blowing workshop for 16-18 year old students and a special camp to accompany the Conservatory’s exhibition Savage Gardens, opening July 10, 2010!  Popular half-day camps for preschool and kindergarten students are again available as well as full-day camps for 1st-8th grade students. 

    For additional information call the Registrar at 614.645.5923
    or the Education Desk at 614.645.5863
    http://www.fpconservatory.org/programcamp.htm

    Camp’s start at $80/participant.

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    Young Women’s Summer Institute

    • Camp/Activity Name — Young Women’s Summer Institute
    • Sponsor: — Ohio Supercomputer Center
    • Phone: 614-688-8300
    • Fax: 614-688-3184
    • Web: www.ywsi.org
    • Email: stong.3@osu.edu
    • Contact Person: Elizabeth Stong
    • Subject/Content: Science, Math, Technology, Engineering
    • Age/Grade level: Middle School
    • Type: — overnight
    • Length of program: Sunday, July 7 – Saturday, July 13
    • Cost: approximately$260 for room/board
    • Financial aid?: — available: Yes
    • Notes: The Young Women’s Summer Institute is a weeklong program for middle school girls that is full of hands-on activities to provide a foundation for girls’ pursuit in science and technology, engineering and math (STEM).  The projects are interlaced with science and engineering education and career opportunities.  During YWSI, students learn about: the importance of the scientific method using real environmental science data, the fundamentals of computational science, and building a community among themselves and female mentors, including naturalists and computer technologists.  After a week of project-based learning, the students present their findings to their parents and sponsors.  YWSI also recruits teachers as project mentors, developing their confidence to undertake similar projects in their own classrooms.  More information is available at www.ywsi.org.

    Summer Institute

    • Camp/Activity Name — Summer Institute
    • Sponsor: — Ohio Supercomputer Center
    • Phone: 614-688-8300
    • Fax: 614-688-3184
    • Web: www.osc.edu/si
    • Email: stong.3@osu.edu
    • Contact Person: Alan Chalker
    • Subject/Content: Computational Science and Computer Programming
    • Age/Grade level: High School
    • Type: — overnight
    • Length of program: Sunday, June 16- Friday, June 28
    • Cost: approximately $500 for room/board
    • Financial aid?: — available: Yes
    • Notes: For over 22 years, Ohio Supercomputer Center has prepared future technology leaders through the Summer Institute. OSC offers a unique two-week residential program that provides talented Ohio high school students entering their sopho­more, junior or senior class and teachers the opportunity to work collaboratively with a team of peers to resolve complex, real-world science and engineering challenges using supercom­puters and cutting-edge research technologies.  After students are selected through a competitive process, they learn about supercomputers and their practical applications such as conducting network forensics to catch hackers, studying the spread of the bird flu and designing computer games.  They gain a competitive edge in future educational and professional pursuits and develop friendships with other with similar interests.  SI also recruits a teacher to participate in the program and mentor students.  More information is available at www.osc.edu/education/si.

    Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship (Ages 11-13)

    A Distinguished Merit Scholarship Program for Ohio Residents Ages 11-13

    Sponsor: Culver Summer Schools & Camps
    1300 Academy Rd #138
    Culver, IN 46511
    Phone: (800) 221-2020 Fax: (574) 842-8462
    Web: www.culver.org/foster
    Email: rymane@culver.org
    Contact person: Emily Ryman
    Subject/content: making this information available to you
    Age/grade level: Ages 11-13 who are residents of Ohio
    Type: 6-week leadership overnight camp
    Length of program: 6-weeks
    Cost: Free with Awarded Scholarship, Discounted with Financial Aid, or basic tuition is $4,950
    Financial aid?: Yes

    Notes: The Foster Scholarship provides campers, ages 11-13, with the summer opportunity of a lifetime.

    The Foster Scholarship is a full-tuition, merit scholarship that includes room and board, required fees, and uniforms. Preference will be given to those candidates qualifying for financial aid and those residing in Ohio.

    The scholarship is renewable annually. Recipients who continue to excel academically, as a camp leader, and in activities will realize a total value in excess of $15,000 over three summers at Culver.

    To be considered, applicants must have previously demonstrated excellence in academics, citizenship and character.

    Each scholarship recipient is expected to exemplify leadership in his or her cabin and to be in good citizenship standing while attending Woodcraft Camp and to report in September to the Foster family on his or her Woodcraft experience.

    A special added component of the Foster Scholarship will be the opportunity for recipients to attend a designated leadership conference during the school year to be determined on an individual basis for each recipient. The Foster Scholarship is open to campers who have displayed academic, citizenship, and character excellence, and who have been admitted to the Cardinal or Beaver level (ages 11-13) of Culver Woodcraft Camp.

    Culver’s Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship is open to outstanding students. Competition for the Foster Scholarship will be keen. It is recommended that students apply for admission to Woodcraft Camp and submit their Foster Scholarship application well before the deadline. Applicants must be accepted for admittance to Woodcraft Camp before they will be considered for the Foster Scholarship. The Foster family’s generous gift to Culver will provide scholarship recipients the opportunity to learn, grow, and mature in an international educational environment with campers from around the world.

    Camp GEMS

    Date:  July 14-17, 2013
    Sponsor:  Ohio Northern University, College of Engineering, 525 South Main, Ada, OH 45810
    Phone:   419.772.2421
    WEB:  http://campgems.onu.edu/
    E-mail:  l-laird@onu.edu
    Contact Person:  Laurie Laird
    Subject/Content:  Math, Science, Engineering
    Age/Grade Level:  Middle School (7th, 8th)
    Type:  Overnight
    Length of Program:  Four days
    Cost:  $300
    Financial Aid:  Limited partial funding

    Notes:  Camp GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) is designed for young women entering the 7th or 8th grade in fall 2013. This four-day, residential camp for up to 72 young women will be held July 14-17, 2013 and features hands-on activities in math, science and engineering. The camp is designed for the all-around student, not just those who excel academically. A class ratio of 12 students per teacher is emphasized to encourage interaction. All classes and activities are designed and conducted by faculty of Ohio Northern University (ONU) and camp counselors are female college students majoring in engineering, pharmacy, math or the sciences. All sleeping, eating and instructional activities are located on the ONU campus in Ada, OH.