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Camps for children entering SIXTH, SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE
Information applies to: UNC | RTP
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PLEASE NOTE:
Camp spaces are assigned to campers in the order that the registration is received. Morehead's online registration system provides real-time status updates that show the spaces remaining in each camp as you register.
Morehead's SciVentures program, also for Grades 6-8, offers special lab and field activities in a full-day program. For more information, click the "SciVentures" link in the right sidebar. |
| Black Holes and Beyond |
Chapel Hill Site
June 10-14, 1-4 p.m.
June 24-28, 9 a.m.-12 noon
July 8-12, 1-4 p.m.
RTP Site
July 15-19 (p.m.) bundled with LEGO Lab Challenge (a.m.)
July 29-Aug. 2 (a.m.) bundled with LEGO Lab Challenge (p.m.)
Is time travel possible? What happens if you get close to a black hole? Campers investigate these and many other puzzles of the universe as they test real meteorites, make comets and travel into a black hole in the planetarium dome.
| LEGO Lab Challenge |
Chapel Hill Site
June 10-14, 9 a.m.-12 noon
June 24-28, 1-4 p.m.
July 8-12, 9 a.m.-12 noon
RTP Site
July 15-19 (a.m.) bundled with Black Holes & Beyond (p.m.)
July 29-Aug. 2 (p.m.) bundled with Black Holes & Beyond (a.m.)
Bring your skills from LEGO Lab to solve greater challenges! Using advanced LEGO bricks, design and build machines, robots and other creations to solve special engineering and design challenges. Test, evaluate and adapt your designs -- just like real designers, scientists and engineers. Are you ready for the challenge?
| Morehead Make |
RTP Site only
July 8-12 (a.m.) bundled with Wild Weather (p.m.)
July 22-26 (p.m.) bundled with Wild Weather (a.m.)
Tinker, fiddle, experiment, create, reuse, take apart, investigate, try, build, form, play! If any of these words describe your idea of fun, then Morehead Make is the camp for you. We will be doing all of the above with common and not-so-common materials. Your only limitation in this camp will be time!
| Nature's Market |
Chapel Hill Site only
June 17-21, 9 a.m.-12 noon
July 1-5, 1-4 p.m.
Scientists find new and exciting uses for plants and natural compounds every day, but the power of plants has a long history. In Nature's Market, campers will explore this history, identify local plants and discover that some flora have medicinal, therapeutic or delicious properties. Come hungry!
| Wild Weather |
Chapel Hill Site
June 17-21, 1-4 p.m.
July 1-5, 9 a.m.-12 noon
RTP Site
July 8-12 (p.m.) bundled with Morehead Make (a.m.)
July 22-26 (a.m.) bundled with Morehead Make (p.m.)
Ever want to change the weather? In this camp, you get the chance -- on a small scale. Create clouds, make lightning and predict upcoming weather. Also learn how to construct your own rain gauge. Move over, Greg Fishel and Chris Hohmann, our weather team is coming to town!
