K – 1st Grade Camps

Week 1: June 20-24 | NASA Robotics I |

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Enter the robot revolution! Robots galore for young scientists to explore and use. See how robots are everywhere in our daily lives. Find out what a robot really is when you build your own in our NASA Robotics Lab. Experiment with different types of robots. Enjoy programming robot races, while also learning about NASA’s latest and coolest space tech. Discover the interesting ways robots are used in our world and in space!

Week 2: June 27-July 1 | NASA Air Academy I |

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s the science of flight! Take an aviation adventure as you explore the world of flight. Our Mysteries of Flight demonstration will show you first hand the forces of flight. Learn about Bernoulli’s principle and explore the effects of thermals on natural flight and learn how to overcome coastal winds. Investigate aviation careers such as pilots, air traffic controllers, and discover the anatomy of an airplane. Engage in aviation fun while learning about some of the coolest aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems being developed by NASA engineers and scientists.

Week 3: July 5-8 | Wild Weather |

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Member: $215 | Nonmember: $235 | Before Care: $40 | After Care: $80

We all see the weather every day but let’s explore all the wonderful things the weather can do. Why is observing the weather important create; and your own weather book log. Campers will go wild with the wind by building windsocks. Where does the wind come from and what are the pressure systems that form all over the Earth. Create tornadoes and track hurricane movement. Explore renewable resources by building water wheels and windmills. Come on out and explore our Wild Weather camp.

Week 4: July 11-15 | NASA Moon Base Alpha I |

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Pack your bags for a trip to the Red Planet! What do you need to survive in space? Find out what Curiosity has taught us about the Red Planet and learn the challenges of exploring a planet with a rover. Train to be an astronaut as you explore living, working and playing in space. Learn more about the Earth, Moon, Sun, and beyond. Outer Space, here you come! Space may be the final frontier, but getting there requires rockets!  Experiment with different types of fuel to see which causes the biggest blast, create edible rockets, and build your own stomp rockets to challenge friends for the highest lift-off! 

Week 5: July 18-22 | Build It I |

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Discover the world of simple machines by using them to design and create amazing contraptions. Build a marble run while being introduced to Rube Goldberg and chain reactions. Gear up your imagination as you explore the world of force and motion. Perform science experiments to investigate gravity and friction. Predict and test how gravity will make objects move as you conduct experiments with ramps. Construct a simple machine with teammates that will perform a task using rolling balls, domino bricks, catapults, weights, levers, water wheels, and more! Experiment with forces to observe Newton’s Laws of Motion in action. Delve into engineering with bridge design, implementing design processes as you create and test your ideas.

Week 6: July 25-29 | NASA Robotics I |

Sold Out. Please email camps@vasc.org to be placed on the waiting list. 

Enter the robot revolution! Robots galore for young scientists to explore and use. See how robots are everywhere in our daily lives. Find out what a robot really is when you build your own in our NASA Robotics Lab. Experiment with different types of robots. Enjoy programming robot races, while also learning about NASA’s latest and coolest space tech. Discover the interesting ways robots are used in our world and in space! (*Really LOVE robotics?! Great! The principles of robotics haven’t changed, but we’ve expanded on our activities from Week 1.)

Week 7: August 1-5 | NASA Air Academy I |

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s the science of flight! Take an aviation adventure as you explore the world of flight. Our Mysteries of Flight demonstration will show you first hand the forces of flight. Learn about Bernoulli’s principle and explore the effects of thermals on natural flight and learn how to overcome coastal winds. Investigate aviation careers such as pilots, air traffic controllers, and discover the anatomy of an airplane. Engage in aviation fun while learning about some of the coolest aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems being developed by NASA engineers and scientists. (*Really LOVE flight?! Great! The principles of flight haven’t changed, but we’ve expanded on our activities from Week 2.)

Week 8: August 8-12 | Moon Base Alpha I |

Sold Out. Please email camps@vasc.org to be placed on the waiting list. 

Pack your bags for a trip to the Red Planet! What do you need to survive in space? Find out what Curiosity has taught us about the Red Planet and learn the challenges of exploring a planet with a rover. Train to be an astronaut as you explore living, working and playing in space. Learn more about the Earth, Moon, Sun, and beyond. Outer Space, here you come! Space may be the final frontier, but getting there requires rockets!  Experiment with different types of fuel to see which causes the biggest blast, create edible rockets, and build your own stomp rockets to challenge friends for the highest lift-off! (*Really LOVE space?! Great, us too! The principles of space exploration haven’t changed, but we’ve expanded on our activities from Week 4.)

Week 9: August 15-19 | Build It I |

Sold Out. Please email camps@vasc.org to be placed on the waiting list. 

Discover the world of simple machines by using them to design and create amazing contraptions. Build a marble run while being introduced to Rube Goldberg and chain reactions. Gear up your imagination as you explore the world of force and motion. Perform science experiments to investigate gravity and friction. Predict and test how gravity will make objects move as you conduct experiments with ramps. Construct a simple machine with teammates that will perform a task using rolling balls, domino bricks, catapults, weights, levers, water wheels, and more! Experiment with forces to observe Newton’s Laws of Motion in action. Delve into engineering with bridge design, implementing design processes as you create and test your ideas. (*Really LOVE building things?! Great! The principles of engineering haven’t changed, but we’ve expanded on our activities from Week 5.)