Open Daily:
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Current Time:
10:13 PM
Directions:
727 W Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 561-6100
KSCInfo@LouisvilleKY.gov
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Open Daily:
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Current Time:
10:13 PM
Directions:
727 W Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 561-6100
KSCInfo@LouisvilleKY.gov
Kentucky Science Center is open 7 days a week from 9:30AM – 5:00PM. Tickets can be purchased online.
Programs & Camps

Summer Camp

Is your child ready for a fun experience at a place they love? At Kentucky Science Center’s School’s Out Science Camp, your child will develop skills and make friendships that will last a lifetime. Our camp encourages all campers to play, tinker, and investigate the world around them with plenty of time to explore their favorite science center.

Kentucky Science Center’s School’s Out Science Camp Team is ready to welcome your camper into a scientifically fun camp experience this summer. Camp provides kids with the opportunity to grow both socially and academically, supporting their mental readiness and helping them thrive as they return to school in the fall. Camp can build resilience skills that will continue to grow with our campers throughout their lives.”

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Benefits of Summer Camp:

  • Low staff-to-camper ratio
  • Professional staff of teachers or college education students
  • Extended camp hours (8AM-5PM) included for all campers
  • Content that meets Next Generation Science standards
  • Weekly interactive science demonstrations
  • Educational film in our 4-story digital theater
  • Exhibit time at Kentucky Science Center
  • Streamlined registration process
  • Variety of hands on experiences
  • Safe, secure camper pick-up procedure

Filter Camps by Grade Level

Click one or more grade levels to filter the camp list below. Note: Camps are based on the grade your child will be entering in the fall.

Pre-K to K

Grade K-1

Grade 1-2

Grade 2-3

Grade 3-4

Grade 4-5

Grade 5-6

Grade 6-8

Summer Camp 2023:

Week 1: May 29-June 2
Week 2: June 5-9
Week 3: June 12-16
Week 4: June 19-23
Week 5: June 26-30
Week 6: July 3-7
Week 7 July 10-14
Week 8: July 17-21
Week 9: July 24-28
Week 10: July 31-August 4

Camp Hours

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Drop-off: 8:00AM – 9:00AM
Pick-up: 4:00PM – 5:00PM

Camp Resources

Summer Camp FAQs

A Day at Camp

Why School’s Out Summer Camp?

Note:

  • There are no refunds for camp purchases.
  • Required camp registration age is 4+

Pre-K to K:

Dinosaurs

Step back in time to learn about the giants that once ruled the Earth.
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July 3-7

Step back in time to learn about the giants that once ruled the Earth. Become a paleontologist as you learn about all things dinosaurs. Dig for dinosaur bones, create a dinosaur fossil, and explore how dinosaurs become extinct in this dinosaur-sized adventure.

Note: Dinosaurs for the week of May 29th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Space Explorers

Do Science that is out of this world.
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July 10-14

Do Science that is out of this world. Instill a love of astronomy and lay the early foundations for engineering by designing constellations, launching your own rocket, and exploring the mysterious stars, planets, and meteorites that make up the universe around us.

Note: Space Explorers for the week of June 5th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Scales and Tails

Explore animal diversity as you discover why some animals have scales and others have tails.
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June 12-16, July 17-21

Explore animal diversity as you discover why some animals have scales and others have tails. Find out why animals live in such diverse habitats as we explore caves, the arctic circle, and sea marshes. Observe a variety of creatures as you check out the critters from some of our favorite community partners.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Ocean Voyagers

The ocean has "chosen you" to travel across the great ocean to restore your love of science.
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SOLD OUT

The ocean has “chosen you” to travel across its great expanse to restore your love of science. Can you engineer a boat that would take you across the open seas? Are you ready to use the constellations to help you navigate your way? Explore the creatures of the deep and tell your own stories to share the myths of the hero’s grand oceanic voyage.

Note: All sessions of this camp are sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Storybook Science

Turn the page to learn how tales from Eric Carle, Shel Silverstein, and Dr. Seuss can teach us about STEAM.
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June 26-30

Many tales begin with ‘once upon a time’, but stories have much more to tell than just a happily ever after. They can teach us SCIENCE! Enter the world of some of the most well-loved books of all time and unlock the science behind your favorite stories. Turn the page to learn how tales from Eric Carle, Shel Silverstein, and Dr. Seuss can teach us about STEAM.

Note: Storybook Science for the week of July 31st is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Grade K-1:

Messy Science

Science is always more fun when it's messy!
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June 5-9, July 10-14

Science is always more fun when it’s messy! Get hands-on with rain clouds, make mud slime, concoct your own take-home nebula, create with pendulum painting, and explore bioluminescence with our glow in the dark goo.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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LEGO® Engineering

Put your imagination to the test as you build, design, and engineer using these favorite construction tools – LEGOS®!
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June 12-16, July 17-21

Put your imagination to the test as you build, design, and engineer using these favorite construction tools- LEGOS! Use teamwork to tackle the challenges of free-standing structures, suspension bridges, buoyancy, and city planning.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Monster Makers

Bring to life a creature of your own as you delve into the world of monsters.
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June 19-23, July 24-28

Monsters shouldn’t always get a bad rap! Use science to shed light on what makes them smell, stomp, and growl. Bring to life a creature of your own as you delve into the world of monsters.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Pirates

Do you have what it takes to be a pirate?
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July 3-7

Yo Ho! Do you have what it takes to be a pirate? Test your pirate skills by building your own canon, designing a seaworthy ship, and creating a treasure map. X marks the spot as you discover hidden pirate treasures galore!

Note: Pirates for the week of May 29th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Waterworks

Make a splash as you use the power of water to problem solve.
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July 31 - August 4

Explore the wonders of water by experimenting with buoyancy, surface tension, and pH. Discover how water is so essential to Earth by examining the water cycle and weather patterns. Make a splash as you use the power of water to problem solve.

Note: Waterworks for the week of June 26th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Grade 1-2:

Jurassic Myths

Think like a paleontologist to discover how to read fossils and other clues from prehistoric times.
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May 29 - June 2, July 3-7

Think like a paleontologist to discover how to read fossils and other clues from prehistoric times as we work to bust some of the biggest myths from the Jurrasic period. Set the record straight by learning how fossils are preserved in time, creating your own fossil casts, and using chemistry to hatch some dinosaur eggs. Unearth the secrets of ancient dinosaurs by studying their tracks.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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LEGO® WeDo® 2.0 Robotic Earth

Will your robot design be the one that saves our planet?
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SOLD OUT

Can you help protect the Earth? Do your part as you build and program robots that recycle, pollinate plants, and even rescue endangered animals using LEGO® WeDo® 2.0 Robotics. Will your robot design be the one that saves our planet?

Note: All sessions of this camp are currently sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Journey into Space

Boldly go where no camper has gone before!
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June 12-16, July 17-21

Boldly go where no camper has gone before! Follow in the footsteps of astronauts and scientists who expanded our understanding of the solar system through spacecraft trajectory, dry ice comets, and constellations. Is your team up for the mission? Find out as you collaborate through a series of challenges inspired by our Challenger Learning Center.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Bunsens and Beakers

Get hands-on with fun and messy chemical reactions.
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June 19-23, July 24-28

Start a new journey into the world of atoms and molecules. Discover the unique properties of different fluids as you conduct experiments with slime and Oobleck. Get hands-on with fun and messy chemical reactions.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Minion Mayhem

Things are going to get a little mischievous — one could even say “despicable.”
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SOLD OUT

Listen up boys, “gorls”, and Minions of all ages: things are going to get a little mischievous– one could even say “despicable”. Get ready for a camp that will explore the science behind a freeze ray, use chemical reactions to make icky minion slime, and even test how to harness electricity with a banana.

Note: All sessions of this camp are sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Grade 2-3:

Aviation Academy

Spend the week navigating aerodynamics as you create, test, and fly your own designs.
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June 5-9, July 10-14

Soar into the world of flight from the Wright Brothers’ biplane to modern space crafts fabricated to withstand extreme conditions. Discover how engineering advancements affect everything from drones to satellites. Spend the week navigating aerodynamics as you create, test, and fly your own designs.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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LEGO® WeDo® Robotic Zoo

It’s the wild side of robotic engineering!
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SOLD OUT

It’s the wild side of robotic engineering! Learn about animal adaptations and robotics as you design and build an animal using LEGO® WeDo® Robotics to showcase at the end of the week.

Note: All sessions of this camp are sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Pokémon Science

Are you ready to begin Pokémon Science Training?
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June 19-23, July 24-28

Are you ready to begin Pokémon Science Training? Learn about the properties of water in our water-type Pokémon lab, discover how Pikachu uses electricity in our circuits lab, and explore forces and motion as you learn how Blaziken could jump over a 30-story building. Put it all together as you design a new Pokémon based on real-life examples.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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ChemArtistry

Explore science behind works of art.
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July 3-7

Explore the science behind works of art. Use the power of polymers to create a shrinking piece of artwork. Unveil the chemistry behind making clays, pigments, and paper, as the foundations for your own unique artistic creation.

Note: The ChemArtistry camp for the week of May 29th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Science Sleuths

Jinkies! We have a mystery on our hands, and we need your help.
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June 26-30, July 31 - August 4

Jinkies! We have a mystery on our hands, and we need your help. Join a team of fellow sleuths who are ready to examine fingerprints, decode clues, and solve the mystery with a little help from science.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Grade 3-4:

Prehistoric Past

Dig deep to uncover ancient dinosaurs and explore real fossils.
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May 29 - June 2, July 3-7

Dig deep to uncover ancient dinosaurs and explore real fossils. Become a paleontologist as you learn how to set up a dig site and safely excavate artifacts and specimens. Finish out the week talking “all things dinosaurs” and create your own prehistoric beast.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Spy Science

Join an elite group of recruits to become agents-in-training.
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June 5-9, July 10-14

Join an elite group of recruits to become agents-in-training. Learn about forensics, making and breaking codes, surveillance techniques, and solving logic puzzles. Receive your top secret mission this week at camp!

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Make it!

If you can think it, you can make it!
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June 12-16, July 17-21

If you can think it, you can make it! Harness your creative side and learn the science behind amazing inventions and artistic masterpieces. Explore a variety of textile materials as you engineer with paper circuits, design wool creations with felting, and sculpt with clay. Build with out of the box materials as you create found object bird houses and mason jar terrariums. Even get a behind the scenes look at how professional makers utilize a variety of tools in their work.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Minecraft™

Get a look inside everyone’s favorite game.
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July 24-28

Get a look inside everyone’s favorite game. Explore engineering, program with Redstone, and build to your heart’s content in a limitless world. Use teamwork to complete design challenges to survive in different biomes.

Note: Minecraft™ for the week of June 19th is sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Kaboom!

Be prepared to fizz, pop, and boom in this explosive, hands-on chemistry-filled camp.
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June 26-30, July 31 - August 4

Turn up the volume with Science! Be prepared to fizz, pop, and boom in this explosive, hands-on chemistry-filled camp. Chill out with some endothermic reactions and turn up the heat by creating exothermic reactions.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Grade 4-5:

Engineering Marvels

Build on the fundamentals of the engineering design process as you create your own spacecraft landers and compete in team challenges.
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May 29 - June 2, July 3-7

Build on the fundamentals of the engineering design process as you create your own spacecraft landers and compete in team challenges. Test your blueprint expertise and design skills to see if you can engineer a marshmallow launcher. Do you have what it takes to catapult building designs into the future?

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Marine Biology

Dive into the ocean to meet creatures of the deep.
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June 5-9, July 10-14

Dive into the ocean to meet creatures of the deep and explore technologies being used to uncover how these amazing animals flourish in the darkest depths. Investigate animals that glow in the dark using bioluminescence. From beaks, to tentacles, and ink sacks, get to know Architeuthis, the giant squid, by dissecting aquatic specimens of their cousins.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Candy Chemistry

Get hands on with the gooey, sticky, and delicious side of science!
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June 12-16, July 17-21

Get hands on with the gooey, sticky, and delicious side of science! Experiment with your favorite candies and try to make edible creations of your own. We’ll even tour one of the oldest local candy factories and get to meet some local candy confectioners.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Hollywood Special FX

Learn how science can impact special effects used in some of Hollywood’s coolest films in our very own Foley sound lab!
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June 19-23, July 24-28

Learn how science can impact special effects used in some of Hollywood’s coolest films in our very own Foley sound lab! Campers will analyze age appropriate films and use chemistry, physics, and more to recreate Hollywood’s stunts and special effects.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Roblox ™

Take a deeper look at one of the most popular computer games out there.
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SOLD OUT

Take a deeper look at one of the most popular computer games out there. Develop your engineering skills, code with Lua, and create to your heart’s content in an open ended world. Gain skills in building and scripting while working as a team to design your own video game in the Roblox Studio.

Note: All sessions of this camp are sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Grade 5-6:

Animation Creation

See what it takes to bring life to a storyboard and collaborate with a team of animators to create your own short film.
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May 29 - June 2, July 3-7

Dive into the world of animation as you build your own thaumatrope, recreate hand drawn cels, and produce your own stop motion animation. Harness appreciation of the art of Japanese Anime as you develop Genga and Douga animations. See what it takes to bring life to a storyboard and collaborate with a team of animators to create your own short film.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Exploding Science

Prepare to have your mind blown as you experiment with the chemistry, physics, and tools behind some of our favorite explosions.
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June 5-9, July 10-14

Prepare to have your mind blown as you experiment with the chemistry, physics, and tools behind some of our favorite explosions. Learn how to create a lasting impact with elephant toothpaste, build suspense with Mentos Geysers, and end with a bang using marshmallow shooters to cap off an explosive week of camp.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Advanced Minecraft™

Are you ready to take your Minecraft experience to the next level?
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SOLD OUT

Are you ready to take your Minecraft experience to the next level? You may be familiar with world building, utilizing Redstone, and surviving mobs, but did you know that you can also code within the game? In this advanced version of your favorite camp, get ready to level up and code your own Mods within the world of Minecraft.

Note: All sessions of this camp are sold out.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330

Escape Room Design

Do you accept the challenge to design a series of complex puzzles using cyphers and other tools from our scientific toolbox?
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June 19-23, July 24-28

Escape rooms often are a challenge of your skills, but the true test is whether you can work as a team to design one of your very own. Do you accept the challenge to design a series of complex puzzles using cyphers and other tools from our scientific toolbox? End the week by creating an escape room experience for others to solve.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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STEAM Tank

Welcome to the Tank, where science, teamwork, entrepreneurship, and innovation go hand in hand.
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June 26-30, July 31 - August 4

Welcome to the Tank, where science, teamwork, entrepreneurship, and innovation go hand in hand. Delve deep into the engineering design process, harness your maker skills, and generate a next level idea. Develop critical 21st century skills as you work as a team to develop a new invention that will go before our very own panel of STEAM Sharks.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Grade 6-8:

Maker

The Maker Movement blends together skills from art, to technology, and everything in between
Discover  
June 19-23

The Maker Movement blends together skills from art, to technology, and everything in between. Discover the power of chemicals in the making process as you try your hand at glass etching and wood burning. Utilize soldering irons as you create your own kintsugi keychain. Meet with professionals in the field of making to widen your making toolbox and gain essential 21st century skills.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Biomedical Innovations

Join a team of elite innovators as you develop a prototype of your own future biomedical solution.
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July 10-14

Medical advances have continued to grow exponentially in the past few years and yet we are still in need of people who will change the world of medicine for the better. Scrub in for a brain dissection, discover the medical team as you stream into the operating room for open-heart surgery, and even engineer your own prosthetics. Join a team of elite innovators as you develop a prototype of your own future biomedical solution.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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Into the Upside Down

Journey into the strange world of the Upside Down in this mind-blowing camp.
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July 17-21

Journey into the strange world of the Upside Down in this mind-blowing camp. Delve into neuroscience as we explore the hive mind and discover if there is any scientific backing for telepathy. Examine the adaptations that allow creatures from demogorgons to water bears to live in areas that seem uninhabitable. Develop communication skills as you decode ciphers and decrypt circuit messages. Even create your own D&D style game using tech tools such as 3D pens and laser cutters.

  • Member Price
    $300
  • Non-Member Price
    $330
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