Gizmos, Gadgets and Goop – 20 hour program, sets of 5, $125/student
Science and imagination join forces as campers experience the thrill of building electronic gadgets while learning basic principles of electricity. They explore the science behind batteries, bulbs, and buzzers. Full-Day campers enter the Invention Dimension to design and create motorized K’Nex racers, roller coasters, planes, and more.

Static & Current
Children are introduced to energy and discover that electrical energy is caused by a movement of electrons. They experiment with static electricity and build an electroscope, a tool that can detect static electricity.

Bulbs & LEDs
Children learn about one of the most prolific inventors of the 20th century, Thomas Edison. They build a simple circuit and then used this circuit to test if various materials were conductors or insulators.

Buzzers & Horns
The children get loud and discover that sound is a form of energy that is caused by vibration. They investigate amplitude using an air horn. Then use their electronics kit to build a simple circuit and power a buzzer.

Electromagnets
The power of attraction was hard at work as the children build a magnetic field detector and explore the powerful forces behind magnets and electro-magnets. Electro- magnets are created by electricity.

Energy Motors
They put all of their knowledge about energy to work and designed and built a motor powered invention of their very own using items from their Electricity Kit.

Glow Slime
The children start a chemical reaction and mix up their very own slime polymer. They also explore the bright world of light energy and phosphorescence as they add a chemical that make their slime glow in the dark!

Helicopters
The children look at the helicopter, an invention that was first made as a toy and was then refined into the flying machine we have today. They build 2 types of helicopters as they learned the principles of lift and flight.

Pneumatics
The children look at moving forces with the power of liquids and air in hydraulics and pneumatics. They then use this knowledge to build a pneumatic dump truck, complete with a working dumper!

High Wire Giz
The children focus on a force all around them, gravity. They explore their center of gravity using various objects including their bodies. They then build two balancing toys and discover the importance of balance

Beat the Heat
Campers run hot and cold as they learn about temperature and how heat energy moves from place to place via conduction, convection and radiation. The children build a thermometer and use it to measure the temperatures around them.

Wheels No Wheels
The children learn that science is not a drag as they discover that friction is a force that resists motion. They build their first K’nex racer, a push car and experiment with wheels and the effects of friction.

Sail Racers
The children get things moving by experimenting with wind power. Children start with a sail racer and finish up with a rocket racer as they discover inertia and Newton’s three laws of motion that will blow you away!

Rubber Band Racers
It takes energy to put things in motion. The children use a leaping frog and build two different rubber band racers to investigate the difference between potential and kinetic energy, There’s excitement at every twist and turn!

Motor Racer
The children add some zoom and build a motorized K’Nex racer and discover how electrical energy can be turned into motion. Then using a pull-back car, the campers brainstormed ways to make their racers faster

Race Day
A machine is a device that makes work easier. Today the children improve their motorized racers by adding a simple machine called gears. It was then off to the races to add improvements and put the cars through their paces .

Roller Coasters
Bumps, jumps, loops and leaps keep kids on their toes as they learned the ups and downs of roller coaster science. The children test their very own mini coasters and experimented with the power of centripetal force!

Towers
Teamwork was the key as the children became structural engineers and design their very own tower using the forces of compression, gravity and tension. Then they compare designs to see which tower was the strongest.

LED Light Drop
Inventors united to learn about LED shock detectors and help Gizmo by devising a plan to build a cradle that would withstand a six foot ball drop. With the help of the Scientific Method as a guide to plan out and experiment with their design, children work with their LED lights.

Wright Flight
Today the children had the chance to glide back in time to the days of the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane. The children learn about the forces of flight and made three different styles of airplanes including an Aerobatic Flyer!

Invention Dimension
Campers enter the Invention Dimension by testing their knowledge with an exciting game of trivia that is mixed with puzzle solving that recaps their entire week of fun and showcases their knowledge!

For more information and prices regarding our Champions Science Adventures Classroom Kits, please contact Heather Sporrer, 303-526-3387 or hsporrer@klcorp.com