Summer Science
hosted by Cama Beach Foundation
All programs at Cama Beach State Park are cancelled until further notice
Summer 2021 schedule:
TBD
Meet in front of the Cama Beach Store
Cama Beach State Park
Please check the "Events Calendar" for last minute updates.
Summer 2021 schedule:
TBD
Meet in front of the Cama Beach Store
Cama Beach State Park
Please check the "Events Calendar" for last minute updates.
Flying Contraptions
TBD
Using table wind tunnels, participants can design and test different flying contraptions using basic household materials. Participants can investigate how changing design and materials can affect the flight of an object. Best for kids 7 and older.
Robot Garage
TBD
Participants use lots of robots parts and their imagination to design and build moving robotic creations in this robot workshop. Best for kids 9 and older.
Suited for Space
TBD
You'll work in small groups to design and build “space suits” from household materials to protect a marshmallow astronaut to discover what happens to the human body in space. Participants will test their designs in the vacuum chamber and evaluate their success. Best for kids 11 and over.
Cool Chemistry Concoctions
TBD
Your house is full of all sorts of chemistry experiments just waiting to take place! Learn about and explore basic chemistry with everyday household items. Create a secret message and use chemistry to reveal it. Make and experiment with litmus paper, boil a liquid with your hands, learn how to put out a candle with an invisible gas. Measure the speed of molecules with a homemade thermometer and create your own concoctions!
Kitchen Science
TBD
In this hands-on session, playing with food in not only encouraged, it's required! Behold the science you have right in your very own kitchen cabinets! Participants will use everyday kitchen ingredients to explore density, salinity, freezing, basic chemistry, acids/bases and more!
Wacky Water Science
TBD
Using water in every experiment, we will cover some basic scientific terms (e.g., pressure, salinity, buoyancy, density, absorption, evaporation) and put them to the test with fun, hands-on science experiments. After a short presentation everyone will be able to visit each station to explore hands on, ask more questions, share observations and enjoy some great water science!
Bubble-ology
TBD
Experiment with different objects to make bubbles: tiny bubbles, giant bubbles (up to 40' feet long), bubbles you can hold and even square bubbles! Learn how to create your own bubble maker to take home and learn a few secrets for super bubble solutions you can make at home.
Very Cool Dry Ice Science
TBD
Dry ice is so very cool! Really, it is! Explore the wonders, mist, and mystique of dry ice! In this hands-on session participants will learn what sublimation is, launch a rocket, witness a bubble growing by itself before their very eyes, hold a bubble and then watch it turn to smoke.
TBD
Using table wind tunnels, participants can design and test different flying contraptions using basic household materials. Participants can investigate how changing design and materials can affect the flight of an object. Best for kids 7 and older.
Robot Garage
TBD
Participants use lots of robots parts and their imagination to design and build moving robotic creations in this robot workshop. Best for kids 9 and older.
Suited for Space
TBD
You'll work in small groups to design and build “space suits” from household materials to protect a marshmallow astronaut to discover what happens to the human body in space. Participants will test their designs in the vacuum chamber and evaluate their success. Best for kids 11 and over.
Cool Chemistry Concoctions
TBD
Your house is full of all sorts of chemistry experiments just waiting to take place! Learn about and explore basic chemistry with everyday household items. Create a secret message and use chemistry to reveal it. Make and experiment with litmus paper, boil a liquid with your hands, learn how to put out a candle with an invisible gas. Measure the speed of molecules with a homemade thermometer and create your own concoctions!
Kitchen Science
TBD
In this hands-on session, playing with food in not only encouraged, it's required! Behold the science you have right in your very own kitchen cabinets! Participants will use everyday kitchen ingredients to explore density, salinity, freezing, basic chemistry, acids/bases and more!
Wacky Water Science
TBD
Using water in every experiment, we will cover some basic scientific terms (e.g., pressure, salinity, buoyancy, density, absorption, evaporation) and put them to the test with fun, hands-on science experiments. After a short presentation everyone will be able to visit each station to explore hands on, ask more questions, share observations and enjoy some great water science!
Bubble-ology
TBD
Experiment with different objects to make bubbles: tiny bubbles, giant bubbles (up to 40' feet long), bubbles you can hold and even square bubbles! Learn how to create your own bubble maker to take home and learn a few secrets for super bubble solutions you can make at home.
Very Cool Dry Ice Science
TBD
Dry ice is so very cool! Really, it is! Explore the wonders, mist, and mystique of dry ice! In this hands-on session participants will learn what sublimation is, launch a rocket, witness a bubble growing by itself before their very eyes, hold a bubble and then watch it turn to smoke.
Updated February 15, 2021
