Welcome! And thanks for your interest in the CREOL SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS at UCF
 

Summer science camps are geared toward highly motivated children who have a strong interest in science, mathematics, and technology. Each camp is conducted by certified Florida teachers and the curriculum is developed by a team of scientists and educators from the University of Central Florida. Camps are one week long. Daily hours are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. All activities are high interest, hands-on, and team based and includes enrichment activities. There are three grade levels for each camp: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12 (grade level is for the upcoming school year)
 

Optics and Photonics

From rainbows to laser light shows, learn about the different ways light carries and transmits information. At the end of the week, campers will create a laser light and sound show that will incorporate what they have learned about mirrors, lenses, primary colors of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, lasers and sound.

Cost:  $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  June 9-13, 2008
Click to Register:  Grade 3-5 || Grade 6-8  (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.)

History Comes Alive

Cost:  XXX per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  June 9-13, 2008
Click to Register:  Grade 6-8 || Grade 9-12 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.)

Amusement Park Physics

Having fun riding coasters is serious physics!  Campers will explore why they stay in their seats while going through vertical loops, why they get pushed into their seats on tight turns, and what causes the feeling of weightlessness in long drops.  They will take the science out of the classroom on the final day of the week as they go to a theme park and put science into action!

Cost:  $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  June 16-20, 2008
Click to Register:  Grade 6-8 || Grade 9-12 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.) 

Kitchen Chemistry

Who knew that there was so much science to be found right in your kitchen.  Using simple ingredients, campers will become chemists for the week and solve the riddle of why salt is added to cakes, what causes the fizz in sodas, explore the mystery of the ingredients in "science volcanoes" and have a touch of kitchen safety thrown in for good measure!   

Cost:  $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  June 16-20, 2008
Click to Register:  Grades 3-5 || Grade 6-8 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.) 

The Science of LOST and Found

It takes real science to find your way home and this camp will allow the campers to get "Lost" and learn the science of orienteering, GPS, map reading, and survival techniques.  Campers will also learn about the science presented in several hit television series and examine if the techniques work in real life.  Be prepared to be adventurous in this fun week!
 

Cost: $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  June 23-27, 2008
Click to Register: Grades 3-5 || Grade 6-8 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.) 

Myth-Busting Science

The claims are out there: Eating pop rocks and soda will make your stomach explode!  If you sneeze with your eyes open they will pop out of your head! The cardboard box is more nutritious than the cereal!  These myths and more will be explored as the campers turn into Myth Busting Scientists.  By the end of the week, students will explore and examine myths they have heard and design their own experiments to test!
 

Cost: $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  July 7-11, 2008
Click to Register: Grade 3-5 || Grade 6-8 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.) 

Severe Storm Science

What makes the wind blow hard in a hurricane?  How do tornadoes form?  What makes raindrops seem so big?  These mysteries will be solved as campers explore the science of severe weather.  Students will get to build a simple weather monitoring station and learn how TV meteorologists predict the weather.  In one facinating experiment, campers will capture and cook raindrops!  Campers will also tour the WESH2 television studios and meet an on-air meteorologist. 

Cost: $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  July 14-18, 2008
Click to Register: Grade 3-5 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.) 

YUCK! Science

Creepy crawly bugs, slime, gross and yucky science are all about this camp! Campers will explore the science of decomposition, polymers, life science, physics, and chemistry all disguised as some of the most disgusting bugs, materials, and compounds that all of science can offer!  If it stinks, oozes, or crawls, you will find it here! 

Cost: $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  July 14-18, 2008
Click to Register: Grade 3-5 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.)

Forensics

Find out "who dunnit" and along the way learn about the techniques that real forensics scientists use to solve crimes. Learn about data collection and analysis, blood splatter observation techniques, hair, fingerprint, and fiber analysis, and at the end of the week solve a crime that involves
all the techniques learned.
 

Cost: $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees)
Date:  July 14-18, 2008
Click to Register: Grade 6-8 || Grades 9-12 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.)

Science Olympiad

Get the leg up on the competition during this week in which the campers will get the 2008 rules and be able to prepare for the regional and state competition.  All 23 events in each division will be presented, as well as materials for student to construct towers, boomilevers, the basics of robots as well as tips on how to successfully prepare for the competition at all levels.  For elementary level, students will focus on events found in the the Elementary Science Olympiad Manual.

Cost:  $450.00 per child (20% Discount for UCF Employees) (Does not include housing costs)
Date:  July 21-25, 2008
Click to Register:  Grade 3-5 || Grade 6-8 || Grade 9-12 (New Browser Window will open.  Make sure you allow pop up windows.)