Camp Kaleideum
SUMMER CAMP KALEIDEUM
Get messy, play, and learn with us this summer! Camps run May 27-August 8.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
Innovator’s Lab Workshop
July 28-30, 9 am-Noon
Step into the world of making and innovation in this exciting three-day workshop! Participants will explore circuits, 3D printing, and laser cutting, learning how to design and build their own tech-infused creations. A perfect experience for middle schoolers who love to tinker, invent, and bring ideas to life!
Pre-K and Rising Kindergarten
Members $250 | Non-members $300
(Must be 4 years old by May 1, 2025)
Campers need to be able to use the bathroom independently and have the ability to use a public restroom without immediate assistance from an adult.
Week of June 23-27
Out of this World: Learn what it takes to become an astronaut and discover what lies beyond the Earth. Explore all the planets in our solar system, make moon sand, launch rockets, and journey through the stars in our planetarium. Blast off for some out-of-this-world fun!
Week of June 30-July 3 (4 days)
Full STEAM Ahead: Play like a scientist with droppers, measuring spoons,flasks, and test tubes while creating explosive works of art! Experiment with robots, create the strongest structure, and make your own playdough. Get ready to experiment and create!
Week of July 7-11
Animal Antics: From flopping fish to furry mammals, explore the entire animal kingdom! Create your own animal habitat, compete in animal relay races, and experience close encounters with a few of the museum’s ambassador animals.
Week of July 14-18
Fizz, Bang, Pop: Measure and mix things up with us! Experiment with color change, make raisins dance, measure ingredients, and test chemical reactions while making fizzy brews and rubbery gloop.
Week of July 21-25
Masterpiece Makers: Unleash your imagination and discover your inner Picasso! Spend the week exploring art techniques such as painting, sculpting,
and more. With a paint brush in hand and a palette of creativity, campers will flourish while producing masterpieces of their own!
Week of July 28-August 1
Ms. Frizzle & Friends: Hop on board the magic school bus and take a fantastic voyage through the world of science! Observe worlds big and small. During this crazy adventure we’ll explore the layers of the earth, dive into the ocean, get swept away in a storm, and more!
Week of August 4-8
Summer Extravaganza: End your summer
with science! Meet some of our ambassador animals up close, experiment with robotics, make slime and end the week with some messy games. Make sure you dress for mess!
Rising 1st - Rising 2nd Grade
Members $250 | Non-members $300
(Must be 4 years old by May 1, 2025)
Week of June 23-27
Mini Makers: Join us for a week of creating
and building. Explore a variety of materials and tools while creating cardboard forts, bobbleheads, recycled material creatures, and so much more! Get ready to use your imagination to create your own unique designs.
Story Adventure: From enchanted forests to pirate ships, get ready to use your imagination as we venture into the world of storybooks. Work together to create your own setting, characters, and action to bring your story to life!
Week of June 30-July 3 (4 days)
STEMology: It’s a smorgasbord of science! Take a crash course in paleontology, zoology, biology, and more. Dig into dinosaur fossils, erupt your own volcano, explore DNA, create an animal habitat, and conduct hands-on experiments in various fields of science.
Week of July 7-11
Code & Create: Join us at the intersection of technology, art, and innovation! Experiment with ozobots and spheros to create unique works of art. Make brick creations come to life with Lego® WeDo and program Bee-Bot robots to follow your commands.
Gotta Catch ’em All: Are you ready to complete your own Pokédex? Master the skills you’ll need to become a trainer and create your own fantastic creatures. Design habitats for your characters, make your own Pokéball, and go on a fun scavenger hunt to catch ’em all! Pokémon is a registered trademark of Nintendo, which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this program.
Week of July 14-18
Mad Science Lab: Invent and test your own concoctions! Play like a scientist with droppers, measuring spoons, flasks, and test tubes, but watch out for fizzy, slimy, sticky reactions! Put on your lab coats and get ready for some messy fun!
Creature Creation: What do you get when you cross a snail and a butterfly? Use your imagination and recycled materials this week to create some crazy creatures! We’ll use Lego® robotics kits to create our own creature themed robots and meet some live ambassador animals to inspire imagination.
Week of July 21-25
Sea Beasts: Dive down into the deep and meet some of the most mysterious sea creatures of the past and present. Find out how many kids could fit inside a megalodon, investigate the movement of a giant squid, learn about bioluminescence, make hagfish slime, and invent some sea beasts of your own.
Mini Makers: Calling all mini makers! Join us for a week of creating and building. Explore a variety of materials and tools while creating cardboard forts, bobbleheads, recycled material creatures, and so much more! Get ready to use your imagination to create your own unique designs.
Magic Tree House Adventure: Mysterious destinations await as campers join Jack and Annie on a magic tree house adventure. Let your imagination run wild as we battle pirates, run with the dinosaurs, and design your own mini magic tree house.
Week of July 28-August 1
Story Adventure: From enchanted forests to pirate ships, get ready to use your imagination as we venture into the world of storybooks. Work together to create your own setting, characters, and action to bring your story to life!
Bricks and Bots: Calling all Lego® enthusiasts — it’s time to level up! Conduct Lego® science experiments, design cars, and build mazes using bricks of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Test out your coding skills using Lego® WeDo kits to make your creations come to life!
Week of August 4-8
Summer Extravaganza: End your summer with science! Meet some of our ambassador animals up close, experiment with robotics, make slime and end the week with some messy games. Make sure you dress for mess!
Rising 3rd - Rising 4th Grade
Members $250 | Non-members $300
Week of June 23-27
Wizard Academy: Venture with us into the world of wizards through imaginative play and science experiments. Our academy’s core subjects include potions and charms,and extracurricular studies range from fantastic beasts to Quidditch. Muggles are welcome!
Mini Amusement Park: Get ready to build and create as we use Lego® Spike kits to construct and program our own mini amusement park! Then use recyclable materials, your imagination and engineering skills to design your own unique ride.
Week of June 30-July 3 (4 days)
STEAM’D Up!: Bring out your creative side, it’s STEAM week! We will be encouraging dirty, messy, explosive science! Create colorful slime, learn the physics behind pendulums while creating giant works of art, and use your math skills to create optical illusions.
Week of July 7-11
Biome Bonanza: Discover the many ecosystems of our world and learn how creatures like birds and bugs have adapted to them. Become an expert as we dissect owl pellets, meet some ambassador animals up close, and design our own animal habitats!
Cardboard Challenge:
Get ready to create! Use cardboard to make moving contraptions, design your own cardboard arcade game, and create life sized structures. From castles to rocket ships, use your imagination and engineering skills to create the ultimate cardboard fort!
Week of July 14-18
Wicked Reactions: Start your week with a BANG! Learn how to create a lasting impact with elephant toothpaste, experiment with acids and bases, and grow your own crystals! Prepare to have your mind blown as you experiment with hands-on chemistry activities and demonstrations.
Engineer It: Put on your thinking cap to engineer solutions to amazing challenges! Learn the engineering process as you build looming spaghetti towers, experiment with robotics, and even create your own Rube Goldberg machine.
Week of July 21-25
Slime Time: Get ready for sticky, stretchy, messy fun! Try out different slime recipes as we make magnetic, rainbow, and fluffy slimes, as well as explore slime in nature. Experiment with different ingredients to create your own super slime recipe!
Minecraft Mania: Explore the basics of coding! From cubes to creepers embark on an adventure through the world of Minecraft and bring it to life one block at a time. Complete daily challenges and design collaborative structures using Minecraft Education Edition.
Week of July 28-August 1
Gotta Catch ’em All: Are you ready to complete your own Pokédex? Master the skills you’ll need to become a trainer and create your own fantastic creatures. Design habitats for your characters, make your own Pokéball, and go on a fun scavenger hunt to catch ’em all!
Pokémon is a registered trademark of Nintendo, which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this program.
Cardboard Challenge: Get ready to create! Use cardboard to make moving contraptions, design your own cardboard arcade game, and create life sized structures. From castles to rocket ships, use your imagination and engineering skills to create the ultimate cardboard fort!
Week of August 4-8
Summer Extravaganza: End your summer with science! Meet some of our ambassador animals up close, experiment with robotics, make slime and end the week with some messy games. Make sure you dress for mess!
Rising 5th - Rising 7th Grade
Members $250 | Non-members $300
Week of June 23-27
Lego® Coding: Calling all Lego® enthusiasts, take your Lego® building skills to the next level! Use Lego® Spike robotics kits and your coding skills to put your creativity to work to complete a variety of challenges.
Week of July 7-11
Minecraft Coding: Explore the basics of
coding and learn the code behind Minecraft
Education Edition. Compete in code-based
challenges and use your coding skills to customize your Minecraft world while learning logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Week of July 14-18
Chemical Meltdown: Watch science in action through chemical reactions! Become a scientist and experiment with different slime recipes, create elephants’ toothpaste, freeze things in liquid nitrogen, and create some explosive reactions with a chemist.
Important Information
Camp Times
Before-Care
After-Care from 4-5:30 pm
Snacks and Lunch
Full-day Campers should bring two snacks, lunch, and a water bottle.
Please label your child’s personal items with their first and last name.
Camper Clothing
Please send your child in clothing that is comfortable for indoor and outdoor, hands-on, messy activities. Closed shoes with socks are preferred. Please, NO flip-flops.