Mad Science Camp

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND FOR SPRING BREAK!!

Sciencepalooza:  The following are some topics you will explore during this fun five-day camp.  These are only a sample of the activities that we will be doing each day.

Day 1 & 2 – Shutterbugs! – Explore the use of light to utilize more than one form of photography.  Make a cool kaleidoscope.  Apply your skills to make a camera obscura that will help you to understand how a camera works.  Get artistic with a diazzo paper and create a print to take home.

Day 3 – Crazy Chemical Basics (old Crazy Chemistry 2nd half) – Experiment with some chemistry concepts explored in Shutterbugs to better understand matter.  Understand color and chromatography with fizzers and making colorful camp T-shirts.  Discover the power of CLEAN and create a chemical reaction by making exothermic ice cream!  YUM!

Day 4 & 5 – Birds & The Beasts – With photography and chemistry under your belt, you are ready to study biology and become an ornithologist.  Discover the unique characteristics of birds:  investigate to see how birds fly, compare birds’ beaks and see how this helps them to feed and adapt to their surroundings, dissect owl pellets to find out what they eat.  Make you own bird feeder to attract your favorite species of birds to your own yard.

More information and online registration is available at http://greatertampabay.madscience.org.  Or, you can contact Mad Science at 727-895-5595.