Crash, Boom, Plunk! Sounds Like Percussion and Keys! June 25–29 Sounds are made when something vibrates. Why do wind chimes stop making sound when touched? Let’s create a wind chime with recycled things! How distant is thunder and how can it be measured? Let’s use drums to mimic nature sounds and talk across the yard in a make believe language! Let’s draw a repeated pattern that reads like a song! What sounds makes our song seem happy? Help solve these questions and more as Super Sound Detectives!
Acadiana Center for the Arts & Lafayette Science Museum team up to bring your kids The Art & Science of Sound.
Hum, Pick, Toot! Sounds Like Strings and Wind! We believe that learning is most effective when it’s hands-on. When children actively participate and experience something firsthand, their learning comes alive! That’s why the Acadiana Center for the Arts and the Lafayette Science Museum have teamed up to offer your child a funfilled and educational summer camp experience. Each five-day session is packed full of hands-on activities and opportunities that inspire campers to create and explore. With only 20 campers per session, you can be sure that your child is nurtured in his or her learning experiences!
The Theme
Sound—it’s almost impossible to imagine a world without it. It’s the first thing you notice when you wake up in the morning and the last at night. CitySmarts campers will become “Super Sound Detectives” as they listen to, imagine and create sounds. Art and science activities are designed to help campers develop an awareness and understanding of the many kinds of sound and sources of sound that surround us. Activities will be approached through the eyes and ears of scientists and artists, blending their experiences into a creative and challenging adventure.
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July 23–27 Vibrations make sounds. Let’s use things like string and wind instruments to make the sound of dripping water, the howl of a dog, or an approaching tornado. How can a hose and a funnel sound like a tuba? Now see how that tuba works just like our ears. Let’s create a sound symphony from recycled things. What is that strange sound and how can we measure its distance? Help solve these questions and more as Super Sound Detectives! DETAILS AGES: 6–12 WHERE: Campers spend part of their day at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, where they are immersed in the visual and performing arts. The other part of the day is spent at the Lafayette Science Museum, where campers are challenged in the world of science. WHEN: Each morning at 9:00 am, campers start their day at the morning campsite. At noon, CitySmarts staff members escort campers to the afternoon campsite, where they eat a bag lunch (provided by you). Campers are picked up at 4:00 pm from the afternoon site. LUNCHES/SNACKS: Bag lunches must be sent with campers each day. Snacks are provided. FEE: Each session is $180 per child, and includes all supplies, snacks and a CitySmarts t-shirt. AcA and LSM members: $160. All supplies and material costs included.
The Lafayette Science Museum presents science, technology and math through exhibitions, Planetarium shows, hands-on interactive experiences, films, workshops and other programs for children, families and adults.
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