EDUCATION
YOUTH CLASSES
29
Taught by Mad Science staff
Supply fee payable to the instructor on the first day of class. Please make check or money order out to Mad Science of Sacramento Valley.
Crazy Chemworks
Radical Robots
Age 6 - 12 Get ready to lose your mind in the vast and exciting world of chemistry! This camp is full of reactions, observations, solutions, suspensions, explosions, concoctions, perplexions, digestions, reflections, and Dalmatians (kidding), just to name a few! You will challenge your friends in the labware game, combat evaporation, be amazed at the awesome power of glue technology and trigger some shocking chemical reactions. You’ll snoop out counterfeit money, launch chemical explosions and learn how and why the chemical world works.
Age 6 - 12 Robots are taking over! Learn all about robots and how they are used in our world. Perform experiments with cool robots including sound-sensing robots, line-tracking robots, light sensing robots and even robots that can play soccer. Discover the science of circuits and how robots use sensors to explore things around them. You will make your own robot (it’s a new one this year) and take it home at the end of the week. An additional materials fee of
Wackford Complex, Willow Room #71309 M-F
$170
$25 for a robot kit is due at the first day of camp. Wackford Complex, Willow Room #71304 M-F #71305 M-F
$170
6/19 - 6/23 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 7/24 - 7/28 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
7/10 - 7/14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Flight Academy Age 6 - 12 It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s...everything from the earliest flying machines to the first rocket flights. This hands-on program will let you learn all about aerodynamics and the world above us. Explore the basic principles of flight, build airplanes, test them in wind tunnels, ride a hovercraft and construct balloon copters. Discover the mysteries of the galaxy, learn about celestial navigation, and take home a rocket that you have built yourself. We’ll be moving at light speed throughout the high velocity week! Wackford Complex, Willow Room #71307 M-F
7/10 - 7/14
$170
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Spy Academy Age 6 - 12 Look out 007—the Mad Science Spy Academy is here! From message decoding to metal detectors and night vision, campers can check out spy equipment and even create their own edible message. Step into the shoes of a detective as you uncover forensics at crime scenes. Become a super spy and learn clever ways of performing tasks as we discuss the science that spies use. The take-homes for this camp were designed specially by Q himself! Wackford Complex, Willow Room #71308 M-F
7/24 - 7/28
$170
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Science Rockstars Age 6 - 12 Get ready to rock with science and wow the crowd with cool potions and chemical reactions. Grow your own crystals, make sidewalk chalk, and a chromatography t-shirt to keep. Picture yourself on stage as Sir Isaac Newton as we experiment with inertia and gravity and learn what football players, ballet dancers and scientists have in common. Explore how equipment and movement work together to help you enjoy your favorite sports. Then learn all about visual effects in photography and movie-making as we examine how cameras work, how film captures light and stores images, and how filmmakers make images move. Finally, go mad with structures and machines as you build a geodesic dome you can sit inside. Discover how simple machines such as pulleys, wedges, screws and levers make our lives easier and then build a catapult to keep. Wackford Complex, Poppy Room B #71310 M-F
Advanced Robotics Age 8 - 12 Great Scott! We need you to control our robots before they get the upper hand and take over the world! In this camp you will learn about robotic control and program the amazing Parallax ‘Scribbler 2’ robot with its Graphical User Interface programming language. A series of increasing challenges are designed to earn you mastery of this sinister mechanical menace! Wackford Complex, Willow Room #71303 M-F 6/19 - 6/23
$170
1:00 - 4:00 pm
6/5 - 6/9
$170
1:00 - 4:00 pm
EUREKA! The Inventor’s Camp Age 6 - 12 Be inspired by the most famous inventors in history - Ben Franklin, the Wright Brothers, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rube Goldberg! - and create your OWN inventions! Use their techniques to break through a series of modern day challenges. You will learn how to invent solutions to problems and make them come to life, just like these legendary innovators did. Construct catapults and forts, design underwater vehicles, build a miniamplifier, and assemble a working light saber to take home. Thomas Edison said invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, but this camp is 100% fun. Wackford Complex, Poppy Room A #71312 M-F 6/5 - 6/9* *6/9, Poppy Room B
$170
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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