Camp Description:


Camp Invention, a nationwide, nonprofit summer enrichment day camp sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame, integrates science, math, history and the arts. This one-week program takes place in local schools, with hands-on activities led by local teachers. A day at the Camp Invention program is packed with hands-on activities, brainstorming, experimentation, and unbelievable action! Although daily activities are widely diverse and depend upon the module of curricula being taught at a camp, below is a schedule for a typical day of fun at Camp Invention.


9 a.m. Children are signed in by a parent and then they meet with their counselor and other children in an age-appropriate group called base camp. They might build a newspaper tower, learn the Camp Invention cheer, or create projects such as marshmallow sculptures during this gathering period each morning.


9:15 a.m. Children move to their first class during which they may hear about a spaceship crash on Planet Zak or they may begin talking about ocean creatures in Sea Worthy.


10:20 a.m. Morning snack.


10:30 a.m. Children move to their second class. They may begin taking apart their small appliances, while wearing safety goggles and using real tools. Or, they may begin discussing the carnivals and amusement parks that they’ve been to.


11:40 a.m. Half of the children gather in a common area to have lunch, while the other half of the group has fun with AMAZing Games in the gymnasium or outdoors.


12:10 p.m. Those who were having lunch now have AMAZing Games, and vice versa.


1:05 p.m. Children move to their third class of the day, during which they may visit the recycle pile to gather items that they will use for a hands-on activity.


2:10 p.m. Children move to their final class of the day, during which they may begin brainstorming about how to discover lost treasure with Ivana Dig It or how to build a roller coaster.


3:15 p.m. Final snack of the day and continue base camp activities with their counselor until parents arrive.


3:30 p.m. Campers are signed out by one of their parents or another person who has permission to take them home.

Age of Campers: Entering 1st – 6th grades

Location:

 565 White Pond Drive
 Akron, Ohio 44320

Phone: 800 – 968 – 4332

Age: For children entering grades 1 – 6

Website: http://www.invent.org/camp/default.aspx