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Summer
Science
Blast
One Giant Leap
2019
One Giant Leap Registration Information Scholarships
A limited number of need-based partial scholarships
Registrations must be submitted by mail or online at: are available. Your completed registration form must
Thank you for choosing Summer Science Blast at the be submitted with the scholarship application.
slsc.org/camps. Online registrations will take priority.
Saint Louis Science Center! Our mission is “to ignite and The scholarship application is available online at
Mailed registrations will be processed in the order
sustain lifelong science and technology learning,” and slsc.org/camps or call 314.289.4439 (toll-free
received. No drop-offs or walk-ins will be accepted.
by enrolling your child in our camp, you are providing an 800.456.SLSC x4439).
exciting experience they will remember for a lifetime. Mailing Address:
Summer Science Blast The deadline for scholarship applications is April 1, 2019
Summer Science Blast offers unique and interactive at 5pm. Applications received after the deadline will not
5050 Oakland Ave.
learning experiences for campers to develop their be considered. No exceptions will be made. Final decisions
St. Louis, MO 63110
interest and passion for science. Our camp also helps will be made by April 19, 2019. All scholarship recipients
campers gain valuable process skills that support their Priority registration for Science Center Members opens
will be required to pay a portion of the cost of their
STEM career aspirations. February 4, 2019. Members receive priority registration
summer camp registration. Payment is due 3 weeks prior
until March 4, 2019. After March 4, general registration will
Whether learning about, astronomy, paleontology, to the registered camp session. Payments not received on
open. As a benefit, Plus and MAX level members save 20%
robotics, or game design, campers will be inspired to time will result in forfeiture of the scholarship.
on all camp sessions.
discover new facts, use new tools, and pose interesting
Camp pricing is for a one-week program. All registered Questions?
questions about the world around them. We aim to
campers are required to wear their 2019 camp shirts every Contact the Science Center's program coordinators at
provide a welcoming and engaging learning environment
day of Summer Science Blast Camp. Campers must be at 314.289.4439 (toll-free 800.456.SLSC x4439). During
that ignites and sustains critical thinking and creative
least 4 years old in order to participate or to register by camp hours, you will be able to reach the Summer Camp
problem solving throughout the summer.
May 1, 2019. No exceptions are allowed. supervisor by phone. This phone number will be given to
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s all parents/guardians at the time of registration.
historic trip to the moon, and our camp theme for the Extended Care
summer is “One Giant Leap.” This theme will drive how This option is available for busy parents who need
we approach topics related to exploration, discovery
and innovation. The first moon landing will be celebrated
supervision for campers outside of class time. Supervision Day of Camp
is available 7:30am – 9am and 3pm – 5:30pm. The fee
across the country, and we are thrilled to host a few is $45/week per supervised period. Pre-registration is Lunch & Snack
landing, and learning, parties of our own during Summer required 10 working days prior to each camp week. Lunch and snacks are not provided by the Science Center.
Science Blast.
Campers must bring their own lunch if enrolled in a full
20% OFF Camps for Science Center Members*
We look forward to an amazing camp filled with wonder, day of programs. There is a supervised lunch period in
PLUS Early Registration
curiosity, and of course, fun! the middle of the day. Snacks and a plastic water bottle
*All Family & Friends Plus and MAX level members save
Sincerely, are recommended for all campers. Campers will not be
20% on summer camps. Early registration for Plus & MAX
allowed to purchase lunch in the Science Center.
Christian Greer level members begins February 4, 2019. Membership must
Chief Officer for Science, Education & Experience be valid at the time of registration. Membership discounts Arriving Late & Leaving Early
do not apply to extended care. Please make arrangements for late arrivals or early pick-
For more information about becoming a member, what ups at least 24 hours in advance by 1) notifying your child’s
level membership you have, or to upgrade to Plus or MAX camp counselors, 2) by calling the on-site supervisor at
level, call our membership team at 314.289.4491 the phone number provided after registration, or 3) calling
(toll-free 800.456.SLSC x4491). our program coordinators at 314.289.4439.
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2019 Schedule
No Camp Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Week of July 4th June 3–June 7 June 10–June 14 June 17–June 21 June 24–June 28 July 8–July 12 July 15–July 19 July 22–July 26 July 29–August 2 August 5–August 9
There’s No Place
AM Energy Excitement What’s Under My Feet? Dino Discovery Science SmARTS Science FUNdamentals Eco-Explorers Science Makes Sense Science SmARTS
Like Space
Age 4–5
There’s No Place
PM Science SmARTS Eco-Explorers Science FUNdamentals Science Makes Sense Energy Excitement What’s Under My Feet? Dino Discovery What’s Under My Feet?
Like Space
AM Design & Demolish Bugs! Icky Sticky Science Hungry Scientist Cool Contraptions Jr. Astronaut Academy I Can Dig It! RAWWR! Dinosaur Jr. Astronaut Academy
Age 6–7
PM Cool Contraptions I Can Dig It! Jr. Astronaut Academy RAWWR! Dinosaur Design & Demolish Icky Sticky Science Bugs! Hungry Scientist Bugs!
Full The Science
Age 8–9 Day
Design It! Build It! Secret Agent Science Shoot for the Stars! Robots Jr. XPerience Gaming Robots Jr. Chemistry Catalyst
of Superpowers
Full
Age 10–12 Day
Electrify & Energize Zombie Survival Camp Out of This World! Robots Rewired Rocked to the Core Robots Rewired Level Up! Mars or Bust
Full
Age 13–16 Day
Flight Academy Vet Voyage Flight Academy Flight Academy
Camp Hours:
Before Care: 7:30am–9am
AM: 9am–11:30am
Lunch and Recess: 11:30am–12:30pm
PM: 12:30pm–3pm
Full Day: 9am–3pm
After Care: 3pm–5:30pm
20% OFF Camps For Plus & MAX Level
Science Center Members PLUS Early Registration
Call Membership Services at 314.289.4491 for information
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Ages 4–5 Ages 6–7
Non-members Members* Non-members Members*
Half Day $150 $120 Half Day $150 $120
Full Day $300 $240 Full Day $300 $240
Camp price per week Camp price per week
*Plus & MAX Level Science Center Members *Plus & MAX Level Science Center Members
Energy Excitement There's No Place Like Space Design & Demolish Icky Sticky Science
Get energized! Discover different ways to create and 3....2....1....Blast Off! Get ready to rocket into orbit and Build a bridge and watch it break. Construct a tower and Investigate physical and chemical changes that will make
harness energy, and how to conserve this valuable explore things that are out of this world. Learn why our watch it topple! Investigate the art and science behind things pop and ooze. From making slime to uncovering
resource. Explore thermal, wind, solar, and kinetic energy Sun is so important and discover each unique planet in constructing buildings and wonders of the modern world. the strange behaviors of non-Newtonian fluids, you’ll find
through hands-on experiments and demonstrations. our solar system. Visit the Science Center’s McDonnell Test your structures to see how much stress and strain science can be messy and fun!
Planetarium for a stellar show. they can handle. It’s controlled destruction!
Science SmARTS Jr. Astronaut Academy
Get messy while making masterpieces! Investigate the Science FUNdamentals New Cool Contraptions Get ready to blast off as we learn what it takes to be
science behind pigments, perspective, and paper. Make Get ready to have fun with science! Witness amazing Gears that spin, gadgets that twirl, don't machines an astronaut and live and work in space. Build rockets,
your own works of art from amazing science experiments. chemical reactions that create bubbles, slime, and strange make a wonderful world? Become an engineer, maker, explore the planets, learn about the stars that twinkle
You can't be smart without art! color changing liquids. We will also develop our scientific and tinkerer by using simple machines to design and above, and make a visit to the Science Center’s
process skills as we make observations, measure develop unique inventions. Collaborate with and challenge McDonnell Planetarium!
What’s Under My Feet? New ingredients, and try to guess what happens next! your classmates to manipulate and build marvelous
Hidden gems, ancient artifacts, prehistoric fossils, and mechanisms. Hungry Scientist
creepy crawly bugs are waiting to be uncovered. Dig up Dino Discovery From sugar crystals to chemical reactions, discover how
the scientific secrets behind archaeology, paleontology, Prepare for a prehistoric adventure! Explore ancient Bugs! tasty science can be! Explore the science that goes on in
and entomology, and get some dirt under your fingernails worlds and unearth what it takes to be a paleontologist as They creep, crawl, and fly, but are all bugs pests? Join your kitchen. Cook up the chemistry of baking, make your
in the process. Use science to decode clues and piece we examine fossils and dinosaurs. From mini excavations us as we explore all the delicate critters we call bugs! own butter, and enjoy ice cream that freezes in seconds.
together the puzzles of the past. to exploring real dinosaur bones, we'll dig into the past to Examine creepy crawlers, spindly spiders, and beautiful
find out all about those great creatures that once walked butterflies. Once we dig in, you’ll be buzzing about bugs! RAWWR! Dinosaur
Eco-Explorers the Earth. Attention dinosaur lovers! Become a junior paleontologist
Reveal the science in nature! Grow an ecosystem in a jar, I Can Dig It! New as we uncover the mysteries of these amazing prehistoric
find patterns outside, and start your own garden. Discover Science Makes Sense Dig deeper as we look at the science of what’s under creatures. Dig for fossils with scientists and learn how to
how different cultures use natural materials to create Our senses are amazing! Mystify your eyes with optical our feet. The Earth holds many hidden wonders: fossils, identify different types of dinosaurs. Through fun, hands-
practical and beautiful treasures. illusions, test the basics of balance and put your nose worms, roots, and caves. What’s living below the surface on activities, discover how dinosaurs ruled the Earth
to the test. See how our brain and body work together and how does soil help us grow our food? Uncover hidden millions of years ago.
through our senses! Get a first-hand look at what life minerals, prehistoric artifacts, and bugs with the help of
is like when one of our senses is impaired and how our our underground experts.
bodies help us to adapt.
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Ages 8–9 Ages 10–12
Non-members Members* Non-members Members*
Full Day $300 $240 Full Day $325 $260
**Robots Jr. $325 $260 **Level Up! $400 $320
Camp price per week **Mars or Bust $400 $320
*Plus & MAX Level Science Center Members
** Some of our premium camps include special pricing due to additional programming costs. Camp price per week
*Plus & MAX Level Science Center Members
Design It! Build It! New XPerience Gaming New ** Some of our premium camps include special pricing due to additional programming costs.
Become a Master Builder by using electricity, physics, Log-in to the world of gaming! Learn about character Electrify & Energize! Mars or Bust
and engineering! Design and build fantastic contraptions and level design. Match your creativity with technology
Explore the science of energy and electricity by designing, The "Red Planet" beckons! Join us as we explore
inspired by Rube Goldberg. Consult the Science Center's to play your own games and test them out on your
building, and racing your very own electric car! What is astronomy concepts and what it is like to prepare for a
engineering experts as you apply the not-so-simple friends. Explore the past, present, and future of gaming
electricity and how do we generate it? Put static and space mission. Interview experts that regularly work on
mechanics of simple machines. in the Science Center’s newest interactive exhibition:
current electricity to work, experiment with circuits, and real-life space missions, then plan your own. Build and
GameXPloration.
see a Tesla coil in action. design your own rockets to launch at the end of the week.
Robots Jr.
Enter the revolutionary world of robots! Design, build, and The Science of Superpowers!
Robots Rewired Rocked to the Core New
program your own robot. This camp features problem- Strengthen your science skills by exploring the gifts of
Build a bot and put your programming to the test! Discover Volcanoes! Earthquakes! Tsunamis! Oh My! Experience
solving for students new to robotics. At the end of the various superheroes: powerful spider webs, glowing fish
the ways computer codes help machines communicate. the power of the Earth and feel the forces that shape it.
week, put your robot to the test by participating in a series and frozen breath. Create fire without matches! Engineer
Compete and collaborate with your teammates by Design, build, and test an earthquake proof tower. From
of fun engineering challenges. your own super-gadgets and gizmos during our STEAM
responding to real-world robotic challenges. satellites to submarines, learn how scientists study the
challenges as you create a secret identity. POW!
Earth. Visit Pompeii: The Exhibition to see evidence of a
Shoot for the Stars! New
Level Up! real volcanic eruption. You’re gonna LAVA this camp!
We have lift off! Join our stellar adventure by exploring Chemistry Catalyst New
Program an epic 2D adventure game using professional
concepts about the moon. Investigate celestial objects in Engross yourself in experiments! We'll share the tricks Zombie Survival Camp
video game development software. Create heroes, villains,
our universe and figure out what it might take to explore of the trade so you can design and test your own
and storylines for your own virtual world. Take your game Are you prepared for a zombie apocalypse? To survive,
space. Launch into the world of an astronaut by designing, experiments. Beginning with simple safety procedures,
home and put your friends to the test. you will need to understand the walking dead. Discover
building, and testing your own rocket and rover designs. this week will build as you experiment with real chemistry!
where real-life zombies live on Earth, and learn about their
Out of This World! New creepy behaviors. Engage your grey cells by dissecting a
Secret Agent Science
Rocket to the moon and beyond! From space suits to real animal brain. Join us as we investigate these strange
Are you ready to begin on an undercover assignment? beings together. This camp includes dissections.
space food, learn how the humans adapt to living and
Your mission: become a spy kid! Code and decode secret
working in outer space. NASA building challenges will
messages, analyze evidence and solve problems, then
require you to think outside the box to solve real-world
go on a top-secret scavenger hunt using all the tricks of
problems. Do you have what it takes to design something
the trade.
truly out of this world?
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Summer Space Adventures
Ages 13–16 At Challenger Learning Center
Non-members Members*
Challenger Learning Center The Challenger Learning Center, located just north of
205 Brotherton Lane I-70 in St. Louis County, offers campers ages 8 to 18
Flight Academy $425 $340 Ferguson, MO 63135 opportunities to get in touch with their inner astronaut,
314.521.6205 engineer, and innovator. For registration and more
Vet Voyage $325 $260 information, visit challengerSTL.org.
challengerSTL.org
Camp price per week All camp times are 9am–3pm
*Plus & MAX Level Science Center Members
Young Astronaut Training Camp Innovators’ Workshop
Flight Academy
Budding astronauts will go on simulated space missions, build Creativity and technology collide in this camp for young
Get ready to pilot a REAL airplane! After four mornings of and launch rockets, create their own spacesuits, make robots, innovators. Campers will learn to combine shop tools with
training on our state-of-the art flight simulators, YOU will and more. high-tech gadgetry like Arduino microprocessors and 3D
Ages: 8–9 printers. Then, they will take their new maker skills to the
take off, fly, and land a real airplane under the supervision next level with two days at a makerspace, culminating in
Dates: Session 1: June 3–7
of a Certified Flight Instructor from Elite Aviation. Our Session 2: June 10–14 making anything their imaginations and new-found skills
expert Science Center staff and licensed pilots from Elite Session 3: June 17–21 will allow.
Aviation will train you on the same kind of flight simulators Cost: $225 Ages: 12 and up
Date: June 10–14
used by professional pilots. Astronaut Training Camp Cost: $375
Astronauts in training will prepare for their space travels by
building and inhabiting a lifesize lunar colony, designing and Girls Save the World – NEW!
Vet Voyage
launching rockets, making robots, and taking part in simulated When disaster strikes, girls come to the rescue! Campers
Get set to be a vet! Do you have what it takes to care space missions. will bring their curiosity, creativity and problem-solving
Ages: 10–12 skills and combine them with our robots, rockets, and
for animals? Learn what makes worms wiggle, dissect drones. Together, these heroes will use technology and
Dates: Session 1: June 24–28
a crayfish, and examine the insides of a shark! Talk with engineering to save the day!
Session 2: July 8–12
animal care experts from the Saint Louis Zoo and get Cost: $250 Ages: 10–13
plenty of hands on experience performing dissections to Date: July 15–19
Advanced Astronaut Training Camp Cost: $285
learn the inner workings of an animal's body. This camp Our advanced astronauts will build and launch rockets, make
includes dissections. and program their own robots, participate in simulated space Aquatic Robotics
missions, and conduct an underwater training mission using Aquanauts will each build a SeaPerch ROV (an underwater
SCUBA gear just like NASA astronauts! robot) from scratch, then join their robot in an underwater
Age: Ages 11–13 mission using SCUBA gear.
Dates: Session 1: July 15–19 Ages: 12 and up
Session 2: July 22–26 Date: July 8–12
Cost: $285 Cost: $375
Rocket Lab Advanced Aquatic Robotics
Rocketeers will build and launch several types of rockets Campers who have already attended Aquatic Robotics or
and make their own electronic launch system and platform to Underwater Expeditions will have an opportunity to give
reuse at home. (Rocket rookie? No problem. Rocket whiz? Our their previously-built SeaPerch a complete tune-up and/or
experienced instructors will help you reach new heights!) makeover. Lights, cameras, and special controllers will make
Ages: 10 and up their ROV one-of-a-kind.
Date: June 3–7 Ages: 12 and up
Cost: $290 Date: July 22–26
Cost: $285
Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis partnership AM extended care: 7:30am–9am, $25/week
PM extended care: 3pm–5pm, $50/week
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Expand your curiosity. Connect with your museum. Become a Science Center member today! 20% OFF all Summer Science Blast Camps for Plus & MAX members PLUS early registration. As a Saint Louis Science Center member, you’ll have access to exclusive programs created for curious minds to explore topics in science and technology. You’ll also be the first to see everything—including special invitations to preview films, exhibitions and events. You can visit again and again and enjoy free tickets, discounts and more. Plus, your membership helps make our mission possible by supporting our continued development of innovative exhibits, educational programs and events that ignite and sustain a passion for science and technology throughout our community. 3 Easy ways to join. Online Call In person slsc.org/membership 314.289.4491 Oakland Building lobby
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