St. Louis County Parks Activity Guide - Spring/Summer 14

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Comedy Camp

It’s funny how much fun you can have when you’re learning to be funny! You’ll master the secrets of stand-up, sketch, and improvisation comedy. Take home a new gag each day such as a rubber chicken, squirt rings, gag glasses and more. At week’s end you’ll display your newly enhanced confidence, creativity, performance skills and sense of humor in a show for family and friends. Register online @ abrakid.com/register/ or call (314) 615-8822. Age

Fee

Location

6-12

$95/person $75 if also registered for Circus Stars Camp

ACC

Day

Date

Time

M-F

7/14-7/18

12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Freedom Schools Summer Program The Beyond Housing - Children’s Defense Fund Freedome Schools Summer Program seeks to combine study, positive self-imagery and lots of time-on-task to broaden horizons and prevent summer learning-loss. For six weeks every summer, local youth are treated to a nationally recognized literacy program. Our young Freedom School Scholars read at least 60 hours of culturally relevant literature and participate in hands-on literacy activities along with fun, active activities. Call Beyond Housing at (314) 862-0639 for more info and to register. Age

Fee

Location

Grades K-8

$200/household

STV

Day

Date

Time

M-F

6/16-7/25

TBA

Look out 007…The Mad Science Spy Academy is now in session! Become a Super Spy by using the powers of observation and your Inspectikit. You’ll learn clever ways of performing tasks in this hands-on view of the science that spies use. From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, campers will have the opportunity to check out spy equipment and step into the shoes of a spy in action! To register call Mad Science of St. Louis at (314) 991-8000. Fee

Learn how to build and launch your own model rocket. Participants will learn how rockets are built, launched and recovered. Model rocket kit, supplies and launch equipment will be provided. Students will build their own rockets the first day and launch the rockets the second day. Students should bring a lunch for the first day only. Advance registration is required by calling (314) 615-4386. Age

Fee

Location

7-12

$25/person

Lone Elk Park - Visitor’s Center (day 1) Buder Park Airfield (day 2)

Day

Date

Time

Thursday

6/5

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Friday

6/6

8 -10 a.m.

Mad Science Boot Camp Enlist in Mad Science Boot Camp and brush up on your science skills! Hang on for a week of non-stop science fun as we conduct over 40 different activities. Use Morse code to send secret messages to your friend. Get a taste for space as you launch a “bottle rocket”, test soil for “Martian” life and experiment with space suit design. Discover pollution solutions by baking nachos with solar power. Test what your toes have to do with tennis. Grow jaws and claws to feed your beastly stomach. Call Mad Science of St. Louis at (314) 991-8000 for more information or to register. Age

Fee

Location

5-12

$190/person

Queeny Park

Day

Date

Time

M-Th

6/30-7/3

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Mad Science Inventors Camp

Secret Agent Lab

Age

Blast Off For Fun!

Creative Contraption Warning! This is a camp designed by you -the Inventor! Each day you’ll be given a series of challenges which must be overcome using basic materials, simple machines, tips from world famous inventors and the most important thing of all-your mind. With a little bit of ingenuity you’ll construct catapults and forts and ten lay siege, fabricate a winning Egg Drop design, construct a dancing robot and assemble a working light saber to take home. Call Mad Science of St. Louis at (314) 991-8000 for more information or to register.

Location

Age

Fee

Location

$240/person

St. Louis Carousel

6-10

$240/child

St. Louis Carousel

6-11

Day

Date

Time

Day

Date

Time

M-F

7/14-7/18

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

M-F

7/28-8/1

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Age

Fee

Location

7-12

$240/person

Queeny Park

Day

Date

Time

M-F

8/4-8/8

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Did You Know? July is the month where most ice cream is sold in the US. That’s why it’s National Ice Cream Month. Americans eat about 5.5 gallons of ice cream per year on average.

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