MYSTERY SCIENCE Ages 6 - 9 and 9+
Enjoy the YPW forensic team!. Learn the science behind forensics as you and your team attempt to solve a crime mystery.After collecting evidence from a mock crime scene students will analyze the forensic evidence and ultimately present their findings in a trial where they are the expert witnesses, judge and jury. Also, young people will create their own mystery!. You will learn how to identify fingerprints,perform hair and fiber analyses, study blood spatter patterns, and perform DNA fingerprinting in an effort to solve the crime.

MATH-MACHINES Ages 6 to 8
Young people solve fun challenges like helping Katie the Cat get across the river by building a bridge out of Legos. Math skills such as measuring, sorting, counting, sequencing, and weighing are used to solve the weekly challenges. Students gain an understanding of physical science while developing stronger math abilities.

BLAST OFF - ROCKET SCIENCE - Ages 9+

Designed by a team of scientists at the University of CA, Berkeley to specifically appeal to girls and boys, this workshop takes future rocket designers through all stages of rocket experimentation from planning and conducting controlled experiments to graphing and interpreting data to design modification. Young people work in teams to assess the variables that affect rocket flight. Emphasis is placed on experimentation, analysis and teamwork.

The following activities will be done during the workshop/camp:
* Build instruments to measure the altitude of large or distant objects. These instruments will be later used to track the altitude of rockets launched.
* Inspect model rocket kits, discover what each model part does, design experiments.
* Begin model rockets and prepare for launch.
* Launch team rockets and measure altitude.
* Teams report results and discuss possible future experiments.

MAKE IT MOVE Ages 8+
Learn physics by building models! Construct about 10 to 12 models and then conduct experiments with them to learn about forces and simple machines. Each model demonstrated a fundamental idea in mechanical physics. For example, your young people can build a balance scale to learn about lever arms, a freight elevator to learn about pulleys, a bicycle to learn about wheels, a motion picture machine to learn about centripetal and centrifugal forces, and a transmission to learn about gears. Each activity requires students to identify a problem related to a simple machine and its principles, and then design, implement, and evaluate a solution.

We'll build any or all of the following using LEGO like pieces:
Gravitational motor, force meter, catapult, balance scale, fixed pulley, movable pulley, combination pulley, bicycle, helicopter launcher, movie machine, waterwheel crane, dragster, and landsailer.

CONGRATULATIONS CAMPERS and STAFF For a successful CAMP Season

Pictures
Mystery Science June 26 - 30
Mystery Science July 10 - 14