Camp Description
In the You Be the Chemist Camp, developed by the Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF), campers will have the opportunity to work with common materials and everyday situations, and find that chemistry explains much of the world in which we live. By understanding chemistry, the participants can begin to answer for themselves many of the "why" questions they've pondered in the past. Each day will have a theme and be balanced between discussion and hands-on activities and experiments.
Camp Overview*
Monday Activities
Measuring and graphing, scientific notation, measuring volume and appropriate tests...M&M evaluations, Tums vs. Rolaids, which insulated cup is best?
Tuesday Activities
Temperature, test kits, turbidity, flow rate, macroinverebrate identification, perk tests, and activities include measuring the height of a tree without climbing it, floating paper clips and boat races.
Wednesday Activities
Introducing the case of the missing significant figures, arson investigation--cooling curves of VOC's, who killed Barney, the purple dinosaur? and the exploding bag--measuring sound intensity.
Thursday Activities
Kitchen chemistry include making slime, iron in cereal, fountain of soda, puffed rice fleas, milk rainbow, buoyant butter, rubber eggs.
Friday Activities
Chemistry competition and celebration--soda bottle rocket launch, student developed experiments, gummy bear lab, candle investigation, making ice cream.
* The camp activities shown are based on last year's camp and are subject to change at the instructor's discretion.
Camp Details
FEE: $260
June 24-28, 2013
Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4 PM
Parents/guardians are responsible for dropping off their charges in the classroom and picking them from the classroom up 15 minutes before the camp starts and within 15 minutes of the camp ending time.
Campers must provide their own lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Registration
Registration form for You Be The Chemist Camp
Penn State Berks
Continuing Education
P.O. Box 7009
Tulpehocken Road
Reading, PA 19610
610-396-6220
OR
1-800-BERKS-CE