Weeklong Camps: F-Z
FENCING
Fencing: Introduction to Olympic Sport Foil, Sabre and Epee
No previous training needed. Known as the “physical game of chess,” Olympic sport fencing provides a tremendous physical and mental workout for students of all ages and athletic abilities. As one of the safest sports, fencing makes fitness fun! It builds muscle strength, provides greater cardiovascular workouts, endurance, coordination and speed. Campers learn the fundamentals, footwork, handwork and strategy, using safety-tipped swords, protective jackets, masks and gloves. A registration form must be completed and signed by a parent/guardian.
Instructor: Virginia Academy of Fencing.
9 years+
5 lessons @ 3 hrs, $275/$210 MCC district residents. A $49 equipment rental fee is included in class registration.
Week 1: 1650.123 6/26-6/30 1-4 p.m.
Week 2: 1651.123 7/10-7/14 1-4 p.m.
Week 4: 1653.123 8/7-8/11 1-4 p.m.
ROBOTICS
LEGO Robotics: Wild Safari
Explore the animal kingdom in this WeDo 2.0 LEGO Robotics Camp where campers build and code swinging monkeys, fierce silverback gorillas, cute koalas and more robots that climb, move, bite and roll! At the end of the week, campers receive a T-shirt.
Instructor: Curious Minds Enrichment.
6-13 years
Session I
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $530/$450 MCC district residents
1253.123 M-F, 6/26-6/30 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Session II
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $530/$450 MCC district residents
1256.123 M-F, 8/7-8/11 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
LEGO Robotics: Bot vs. Bot
Take the WeDo 2.0 LEGO robot challenge with Magnus Academy in this fun camp. You’ll build and program Sumo wrestling bots, bots that play ball and bots that compete in a demolition derby! At the end of the week, campers receive a T-shirt. Campers should bring a lunch, snack and drink each day.
Instructor: Curious Minds Enrichment.
6-13 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $530/$450 MCC district residents
1254.123 M-F, 7/10-7/14 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
LEGO Robotics: Extreme Machines
Explore the world of mega-machines in this WeDo 2.0 LEGO robotics camp. Build and program robots that get the job done! Build over-the-top vehicles and real-world engineering marvels in this fun camp. At the end of the week, campers receive a T-shirt.
Instructor: Curious Minds Enrichment.
6-13 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $530/$450 MCC district residents
1255.123 M-F, 7/31-8/4 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
SCIENCE
Mad Science: Flight Academy
Calling all pilots! As a Mad Science flight cadet in training, you will discover how airplanes fly. Test your airplane’s performance in a wind tunnel. Build your own kite, stunt plane and model rocket. Ride the air on a Hovercraft. Discover how hot air balloons, blimps and parachutes work.
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
4 lessons @ 7 hrs, $380/$304 MCC district residents
1102.123 Tu-F, 6/20-6/23 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Eurekas! The Inventor’s Camp
Children will overcome a series of challenges using basic materials, simple machines, tips from famous inventors and most important of all—their minds. With a little bit of ingenuity, children will create catapults and forts, construct working light sticks to take home and assemble a set of circuits with batteries and light bulbs. While Thomas Edison said, “Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration," this camp is 100% FUN!
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $460/$380 MCC district residents
1103.123 M-F, 6/26-6/30 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Crazy Chemworks
Shake up a flask of fun in the lab and become a junior chemist! Learn to recognize chemical reactions and mix up a few reactive ingredients for some sensational results. Check out the colors of chemistry with the power of PH paper and create a stopper-popping reaction. Probe the properties of light and discover some unusual applications of glow-in-the-dark technology. Campers have a blast as they make crazy concoctions and step inside a real cloud created by dry ice.
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
3 lessons @ 7 hrs, $304/$228 MCC district residents
1104.123 W-F, 7/5-7/7 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Science in Motion
Discover how things move with science. Take apart pellets to see what an owl cannot digest! Join a team of camper engineers and build bridges, domes, cubes and pyramids. Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults and simple machines. Make your own sidewalk chalk, crystal gardens and chromatography-dyed T-shirt!
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $460/$380 MCC district residents
1105.123 M-F, 7/17-7/21 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Dinosaurs & Ancient Worlds: Underground Explorers
Dig up dinosaurs and the ancient past! Solve real-life mysteries! Kids learn about archaeology and the techniques scientists use to excavate fossils and long-lost cities! They also study bone fragments, pottery shards, amber deposits and fossils to understand what they can tell us about history. What’s more, each class includes a make-and-take-home project, like a fossil reproduction, an amber time capsule and coins from around the world!
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $460/$380 MCC district residents
1106.123 M-F, 7/24-7/28 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
NASA: Academy of Future Space Explorers
Blast off with the only camp designed and created specifically by NASA engineers! Set your future space explorers on a trajectory from our earth’s atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system. This hands-on program will bring children closer to the stars, planets, comets and more. Learn about living in space, getting away from gravity, looking for space phenomena and participate in a rocket launch!
Instructor: Mad Science Staff.
6-11 years
5 lessons @ 7 hrs, $460/$380 MCC district residents
1107.123 M-F, 7/31-8/4 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Date
- Monday, June 26 - Friday, August 11
- Expired!
Time
- 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
- 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA 22101
