2012 Summer College for Kids

Enrichment classes Monday - Thursday for students in grades K-8.
  The cost of most sessions is $50 per child.
**Sessions with daily field trips are $60 to help defray transportation expenses.

Lunch-time supervision available (bring lunch) $8 per week per student

** Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2012 **
Sign up by calling the Seaborg Center 906-227-2002.

June 25 - 28

Morning Sessions  9 a.m. - noon.
K - 2nd grade  Simple Machines with LEGOS^TM:  Make work easier with LEGO machines.
Grades 3 - 5  Motion & Design with Knex^TM:  Build and test a variety of K'Nex vehicles.
Grades 3-5  Cow-a-nomics:  Investigate the economics of making ice cream.
Grades 6 - 8  "Buggie" Genes:  Exploring DNA, genes, and inherited traits.

 Afternoon Sessions  1 - 4 p.m.
K - 2nd grade  Pop Bottle Science:  Discover science using pop bottles.
Grades 3 - 5   The Amazing World of Sound:  Investigate the production of sounds.
Grades 6 - 8  Surprisingly Common Chemistry:  Experiment with household and kitchen chemistry.

 

July 9 - 12

Morning Sessions  9 a.m. - noon.
K - 2nd grade Build It Festival:  Design and construct structures..
Grades 3 - 5  Beginning Robotics - with no Experience:  Build and program LEGO Mindstorms.
Grades 6-8  Build Yourself a Bridge:  Learn the physics/architecture of bridge building and compete in a weight bearing contest.

Afternoon Sessions  1 - 4 p.m.
K - 2nd grade  All About Magnets:  Explore the power of magnets.
Grades 3 - 5  Things that Fly:  Build and test things that take flight.
Grades 3 - 5   **Turtles & Toads - July 9:  Daily field trips to study amphibians/reptiles.
Grades 6 - 8   Rockin' Roller Coasters:  Learn the physics that makes roller coasters thrilling.
 

July 16 - 19

Morning Sessions  9 a.m. - noon.
 K - 2nd grade Terrific Trees:  Explore the fascinating trees around us.
Grades 3 - 5  Intermediate Robotics:  Design robots with more sensors to master more complicated challenges.
Grades 6-8  Stars Aren't Only There at Night:  Learn about constellations, how stars live & die, how some stars make black holes and the beauty of space.

Afternoon Sessions  1 - 4 p.m.
K - 2nd grade  You Rock!:  Investigate rocks and learn how they are the same and how they are different.
Grades 3 - 5  **Turtles & Toads - July 16:  Daily field trips to study amphibians/reptiles.
Grades 6-8  The Invisible Universe:  Explore the light that our eyes can't see.  Learn to see the invisible objects by looking with different eyes!
 

 July 23 - 26

Morning Sessions  9 a.m. - noon.
K - 2nd grade  Awesome Australian Animals:  Adventures learning about animals that live on the continent of Australia.
Grades 3 - 5   Mystery Festival:  Solve a mystery with science.
Grades 5 - 8  Advanced Robotics:  Serious challenges using multiple sensors and programming.

Afternoon Sessions  1 - 4 p.m.
K - 2nd grade  Mystery Festival:  Solve a mystery with science.
Grades 3 - 5  Science Experiments with Toys:  Investigate Energy, Physics, and Chemistry with experiments using toys.
Grades 6 - 8  **Advanced Turtles and Toads:  Daily field trips to study amphibians/reptiles.

 The Seaborg Center accepts credit cards or make checks payable to Northern Michigan University.

Mailing address:
Seaborg Center, Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle
Marquette, MI  49855
For information, phone (906) 227-2002