Camp Invention returns

The Camp Invention program returns to Minden Elementary School this summer.

Based on the concept that learning should be fun, the program provides children with opportunities to experience the joy of playing, creating, and inventing in ways that augment their traditional education, and show them that there's always more than one solution to a problem.

Designed for children entering first- through sixth-grade, the Camp Invention program presents a science-based curriculum taught through a series of hands-on, group activities designed to lead children in discovering the science behind their favorite super heroes, tracking down a lost Viking treasure, and building revolutionary safety devices for vehicles.

The program explores what are known as the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering and math. The program helps cultivate the ideas critical to STEM by encouraging exploration and curiosity during everyday activities so children understand that science is everywhere.

Experiences at Camp Invention immerse participants in action, experiments and challenges that allow imaginations to run wild. Children use ingenuity, trial and error, and a lot of tape, aluminum foil, and cardboard to build and create the necessary items for success.

By the end of the weeklong program, children will have learned about environmental and green science, laws of physics, and structural design techniques.

Since 1990, the Camp Invention program has provided curriculum to 500,000 children across the country at a local level. The program utilizes local teachers and staff members so that each week-long experience is unique to the area in which it is held.

This summer, the Camp Invention will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 20-24 at Minden Elementary.

For more information, visit www.campinvention.org or call (800) 968-4332.