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Special Interest Camps Mechanical Wonders NEW! Age Date 6-12 Aug 7-Aug 11 Day Time M-F 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fee Code $120 8391 Minecraft Robotics Theme Camp Create sophisticated Minecraft characters and tools, from diamond swords to spawning sheep, using LEGO ® , and bring them to life through coding. Instructor: Sylvan Learning Center Staff Location: Sylvan Learning Center Age Date 10-13 Jul 17-Jul 20 Day Time M-Th 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Prehistoric Adventures Fee Code $159 8882 NEW! Kids innovate and create, exploring the world of forces and motion by building bots out of LEGO that grab, push, revolve, steer, sweep, and use motion and tilt sensors. A fun, engaging camp that will engage your engineer. Instructor: Sylvan Learning Center Staff Location: Sylvan Learning Center Age Date 6-9 Jun 19-Jun 23 Day Time M-F 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Secret Agent Camp Fee Code $109 8875 NEW! The Mad Science Secret Agent Camp is a fun journey into the world of detection, spy science, and forensics. Campers will examine the science behind the spy tools made famous by the world’s greatest spies! We will reconstruct activities using scientific methods and use the science of cryptology to send and decode secret messages. Kids will get a chance to see what can’t be seen by the naked eye and will follow in Sherlock’s steps to learn what tracks can tell us! Join the Mad Science Bureau of Investigations to help foil a burglary using state-of-the art security techniques! Instructor: Mad Science Staff Location: Las Flores Classroom Age Date 6-12 Jul 3-Jul 7 Day Time M,W-F 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Fee Code $171 8302 Space the Final Frontier Journey with us 65 million years into the past to learn about tyrannosaurus rex, brachiosaurus, triceratops, plesiosaur, and many more in our “Prehistoric Adventures” camp! We will learn about dinosaurs: how they lived, how they died, and how archaeologists can learn about them now. Through a variety of engaging activities, entertaining lessons, and educational and interactive games, your children will be able to pursue their passion for paleontology in our week-long camp. Instructor: Scientopia Discovery Center Staff Location: Las Flores Classroom Have you ever wanted to voyage on the Starship Enterprise or jump into hyperdrive with the Millennium Falcon? In our space camp, you can learn all the essentials you’ll need for when our technology advances to the point when faster-than-light space travel is finally possible. Our lessons will journey through our solar system and beyond, through the Milky Way, and to the outer reaches of the 13 million light years that make up the observable universe. We’ll cover astronomy and constellations, and maybe a little bit of science fiction! Instructor: Scientopia Discovery Center Staff Location: Las Flores Classroom Age Date 4-10 Jun 12-Jun 16 Age Date 6-12 Jul 31-Aug 4 Day Time M-F 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Fee Code $120 8315 Day Time M-F 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. E In the age of technology, sometimes it’s nice to go back to the basics. In our “Mechanical Wonders” camp, kids will have an opportunity to build and work with their hands, exploring movement with traditional mechanical construction techniques. This camp will introduce kids to a variety of skills and concepts, many of which will encourage creative thinking and have useful applications in the real world. Join us for this week-long camp to imagine, plan, explore, communicate, tinker, and create! A materials fee of $15 payable directly to Friends of Scientopia is due on the first day of this camp. This fee covers materials used in the projects that the student will be able to take home. Instructor: Scientopia Discovery Center Staff Location: Las Flores Gym Robotics Factory 101 Fee Code $120 8293 15