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The following are some examples of activities that have been used in GAS camp:

Grade 7

Grade 8

Biology

  • Make Your Own Lungs
  • Mystery of the Bloody Stain
  • ReeBops
  • Sheep Heart Dissection

Chemistry

  • Does Sunscreen Really Work?
  • Glow Chemistry
  • Kidnapping She Wrote
  • Properties of Gases
  • Simply Sublime
  • What Causes the Heat?

Environmental Education

  • Acid Rain in a Bag
  • Aquifers
  • Building a Water Filter
  • Recycled Paper
  • Testing for Water Pollution

Physics

  • Effervescent Launchers
  • Hovercrafts
  • It's Electric!
  • Pinhole Cameras
  • Properties of Light
  • Protect Your Brain

Other Activities

  • Bottle Rockets
  • T-Shirt Chromatography

Biology

  • DNA Extraction
  • Firefly Bioluminescence
  • Making DNA Jewelry
  • Quantification of Extracted DNA

Chemistry

  • Flame Spectroscopy
  • Pale Powers
  • Polymers
  • Gems

Forensics

  • Crime Scene
  • DNA Fingerprinting

Physics

  • Balancing Nails
  • Bed of Nails
  • Crystal Radio
  • Effervescent Launchers
  • It's Electric!
  • Solar Vehicles
  • Striking it Rich!

Summer 2011 Camp Info

7th Grade*: July 11 - 15, 2011

8th Grade*: July 18 - 22, 2011

Times: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Cost: $175 for the 5-day session

* Level is based on the grade completed before the summer starts.

How to Register

The 2011 camps have concluded.

Information for camps in the summer of 2012 will be available on this website, on Facebook, and on Google+ in late February 2012.

There is no pre-registration or waiting list available.