Science Camps for Ages 5 to 7

Our five to seven year olds enter the world of science in playful, theme based workshops.  Kids at this age have a natural genius for fantasy and roll playing. Our goal is to help them create (rather than buy) props and gadgets for their play based learning.  While doing this, our youngest learners are introduced to foundational science vocabulary and concepts.  Our five to sevens are introduced to the safe use of cutters, screw drivers, pliers, and hot glue guns.

Build-a-Beast 5-7 June 9-13 / August 4-8

Like Dr. Frankenstein (but much nicer) you will take a pile of old computers and electronic junk and piece it together into a motorized beast of your own design.  Will it be a hard drive horse?   A zombietron?   A unixacorn?  What will you create? 

Solar Animatronics 5-7 June 16-20

Back in the 1950’s Walt Disney created an amazing world of motorized animals. He called his creations Animatronics.  Come create a creature of your own and then get it moving in your solar electric powered Animatron Theatre.

Booms and Biospheres 5-7 June 23-27 / August 11-15

Did you know that you are a hairy bag a chemicals living on a fragile ball floating through space?  So, how about learning what it’s all made of?  Create concoctions, grow prehistoric creatures from eggs (for real), create explosions and implosions, and finally create your own self sustaining biosphere!

Future Town 5-7 July 7-11

Hard to imagine it, but you are the old folks of the future.  What kind of world do you want to live in?  Using parts that you find inside old computers you will design and create a miniature future city.  Will it light up?  Will you add motorized spinning wind turbines?  Will you make a working crane operated by a funny looking humanoid constructed from electronic circuits?  I think you will!

Fantasy Game Design 5-7 July 14-18

Humans are playful animals.  We love games.  At this camp you build a box full of classic games from around the world.  Then you get to design your own game with lights, motors, and buzzers.  Scientists do like to play!

Young Wizards Workshop 5-7 July 21-25

Join the hundreds of kids in Santa Fe who have graduated from the Big Sky School of Wizardry and Magic.  Make a motorized, spinning wizard crystal ball, a super bright wizard power ring, and an all new fiber optic wizard wand.

Race Cars 5-7 July 28-August 1

Do you love cars?  Do you love speed?  Do you love to invent things that actually work?  Come to the races and build a balloon car, an Alka-seltzer rocket dragster, a solar electric car of the future and a computer junk derby downhill racer of your own design.