Summer Camps for Kindergarten and 1st Grade: Hands-On Activities
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| Dino-Mite
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Ready to dig into dinosaurs? Use music, games, art and reading to investigate dinosaurs: their size, what they ate, and where they lived . Plus, visit our Paleo Lab! |
Week 1 June 9 - 13 9:00 - Noon
Week 5 July 7 - 11 1:00 - 4:00
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| Magic Potions
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Eye of newt, hair of toad—we really hope you don’t explode! Create slime, explore bubble solutions, conduct experiments with light, and much more! |
Week 1 June 9 - 13 1:00 - 4:00
Week 6 July 14 - 18 9:00 - Noon
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Insect Introductions
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Meet insects face-to-face while learning about their amazing variety. Investigate insect life cycles, create bug-catchers and insect crafts while meeting experts in the field of entomology. |
Week 2 June 16 - 20 9:00 - Noon
Week 9 August 11 - 15 1:00 - 4:00
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Legends and Lifestyles
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Try your hand at grinding corn, weaving, dying wool, and creating pottery while listening to Native stories and legends.
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Week 2 June 16 - 20
1:00 - 4:00
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Body-ology
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Find out what makes you, YOU! Explore the mysteries of the human body, your senses and more through projects and activities
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Week 3 June 23 - 27 9:00 - Noon
Week 7 July 28 - August 1 1:00 - 4:00
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Weather and Seasons
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Investigate clouds, weather patterns and growing seasons while discovering how tornadoes and hurricanes are created through group projects and experiments.
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Week 3 June 23 - 27 1:00 - 4:00
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Rock Hounds
Week 4/Short Week
$96 per person
$80 for UMNH Members
Week 8/Regular Week
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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We have a landslide of activities and experiments to polish your rock study! Identify, classify and sort rocks and minerals while studying examples throughout the Museum. Week 4 is a four-day week due to the July 4th holiday.
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Week 4 June 30 - July 3 9:00 - Noon
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Science Explorations
Week 4/Short Week
$96 per person
$80 for UMNH Members
Week 9/Regular Week
$120 per week
$100 for UMNH Members
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Our week will be spent exploring the world around us. We’ll investigate everything from chemical reactions, earthquakes, and static electricity to color, sound, and light. Week 4 is a four-day week due to the July 4th holiday.
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Week 4 June 30 - July 3 1:00 - 4:00
Week 9 August 11 - 15 9:00 - Noon
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Spaced Out
$120 per child
$100 for UMNH Members
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Launch into an outer space adventure…to infinity and beyond! Investigate the Solar System, make and launch your own rocket, create models, and enjoy other spaced-out activities.
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Week 5 July 7 - 11
9:00 - Noon
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Wild About Water
$120 per child
$100 for UMNH Members
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From the water cycle, oceans and drinking water to rainbows, bubbles and water rockets—we’ll have a blast discovering the wonders of water…one drop at a time.
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Week 7 July 28 - August 1
9:00 - Noon
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Animal Interactions
$120 per child
$100 for UMNH Members
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Join us for an amazing week dedicated to animals. We’ll investigate food webs, predator and prey interactions, habitats, defenses and much more. Plus, meet our Museum animals.
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Week 8 August 4 - 8
9:00 - Noon
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Second and Third Grade: Experiments and Exploration
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Light and Sound
$135 per child
$115 for UMNH Members
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We’ll investigate how is light created, what it’s made of, and how colors are formed. We’ll also determine how sound is created, how to measure it and how we hear it while visiting a sound studio.
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Week 1 June 9 - 13
9:00 - Noon
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Junior Explorers
$135 per child
$115 for UMNH Members
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Explore the University campus! We’ll investigate the Utah Museum of Natural History, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Marriott Library’s Red Butte Press, and many, many more locations. Each day will be a new adventure.
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Week 1 June 9 - 13 1:00 - 4:00
Week 6 July 14 - 18 9:00 - Noon
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Kids in Nature
$135 per child
$115 for UMNH Members
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Examine the outside through observations and discussions with the guidance of an expert Entomologist. More than bugs, we’ll be talking birds, plants, dirt and anything else that come across our path! Come prepared to be outside and get dirty!
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Week 2 June 16 - 20
9:00 - Noon
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Science Sampler and
Backyard Diversity
$220 per child
$200 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Red Butte Garden!
From the fizzing and popping of chemistry and physics to slithering reptiles and fascinating fossils, participants develop a variety of science skills. Campers will also be examining vertebrates and invertebrates, along with a wide variety of plants and endangered animal species that live inside the Garden.
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Week 2 June 16 - 20
9:00 - 4:00
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Drop campers off at Red Butte Garden at 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at UMNH at 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites is provided. |
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Native Culture and Art
$220 per child
$200 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Bad Dog Rediscovers America! Join UMNH and Bad Dog Rediscovers America for a week of investigations into the legends and lifestyles of several Native American tribes—both past and present. Campers will grind corn, create pottery, dye and weave wool, create animal totems, make instruments and more!
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Week 3 June 23 - 27
9:00 - 4:00
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Drop campers off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at Bad Dog Studio at 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites is provided. |
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Girls Only!
$110 per child
$90 for UMNH Members
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Four-Day Camp with Just the Girls!
Girls, exercise your problem solving skills and independent thinking while meeting woman who have chosen science careers.
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Week 4 June 30 - July 3
9:00 - Noon
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Geology Rocks!
Week 4/Short Week
$110 per child
$90 for UMNH Members
Week 9/Regular Week
$135 per child
$115 for UMNH Members
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Identify and classify rocks, minerals and crystals while examining samples throughout the Museum. Create your own stalactites and stalagmites while investigating how mountains, canyons and caves are formed. Week 4 is a four-day week due to the July 4th holiday. |
Week 4 June 30 - July 3 1:00 - 4:00
Week 9 August 11 - 15 9:00 - Noon
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All About Flight
$220 per child
$200 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Tracy Aviary! From airplanes, balloons and rockets to kites, birds and insects: join UMNH and Tracy Aviary for a week of flight study! Campers will become acquainted with the forces of aerodynamics, buoyancy and flight through hands-on activities, live bird studies and model making.
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Week 5 July 7 - 11
9:00 - 4:00
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Drop campers off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at Tracy Aviary at 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites is provided.
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Science Chef
$135 per child
$115 for UMNH Members
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We’ll be exploring all sorts of ingredients found in the kitchen while investigating pH levels and chemistry. Extract pea DNA and discover how bread rises while experimenting with fizzing and popping. |
Week 6 July 14 - 18 1:00 - 4:00
Week 9 August 11 - 15 1:00 - 4:00
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Science Theatre
$220 per child
$200 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with The Children's Theatre & School of the Arts! Become a science detective and uncover the mysteries of DNA, polymers and chemical reactions while brushing up on your observation and logic skills at UMNH. Children's Theatre staff will assist campers in creating an original play that will be performed using science as their backdrop.
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Week 7 July 28 – August 1
9:00 – 4:00
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Drop campers off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at UMNH Monday - Wednesday and at Children's Theatre Thursday - Friday. Mid-day transportation between sites will be provided. |
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Investigating Ecosystems
$135 per week
$115 for UMNH Members |
Take a closer look at Utah’s ecosystems discovering the amazing adaptations that native plants and animals have made in order to survive. Take field trips to conduct water tests and to study the native flora and fauna.
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Week 8 August 4 - 8
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MarsBots
$135 per week
$115 for UMNH Members
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New This Summer! Get ready for spaced out fun as we explore all things Martian! Investigate NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander missions, design and launch a spacecraft and a Mars Lander. Plus, talk to scientists and engineers at mission control while exploring careers in space.
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Week 8 August 4 - 8
1:00 - 4:00
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Fourth and Fifth Grade: Skills and Tools
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Science Sampler and
Backyard Diversity
$220 per child
$200 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Red Butte Garden! UMNH and Red Butte Garden have teamed up again to offer a week of science diversity! From the fizzing and popping of chemistry and physics to slithering reptiles and fascinating fossils, participants develop a variety of science skills. Campers will also be examining vertebrates and invertebrates, along with a wide variety of plants and endangered animal species that live inside the Garden.
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Week 2 June 16 - 20
9:00 - 4:00
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Drop campers off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at Red Butte Garden at 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites will be provided. |
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Great Salt Lake Field Camp
$230 per child
$210 for UMNH Members
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Discover how the Great Salt Lake serves as both restaurant and hotel for over five million birds each year. We’ll be off-site the entire week, so come prepared to be outside rain or shine.
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Week 3 June 23 - 27
9:00 - 4:00
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Campus Exploration
$200 per child
$180 for UMNH Members
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Four days, all day! Explore the University campus! We’ll investigate the Utah Museum of Natural History, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Marriott Library’s Red Butte Press, and many, many more locations. Each day will be a new adventure. |
Week 4 June 30 - July 3
9:00 - 4:00
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Microbiology
$230 per child
$210 for UMNH Members
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Become a microbiologist, spending your days investigating microbes in and around our environment. Make pizza and root beer while discovering how microbes help to keep us healthy as well as why they may make us sick.
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Week 5 July 7 - 11
9:00 - 4:00
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Sound Bytes and
Claymation
$250 per child
$230 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Spy Hop Productions! Buzz, crackle, bang — sound is everywhere! Join us at the Museum where we’ll learn all about sound. While at Spy Hop, campers will write, produce and direct a short Claymation piece involving their own hand-build clay figures. Campers will bring home a completed DVD to share with friends and family.
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Week 6 July 14 - 18
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Drop campers off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at Spy Hop Productions by 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites is provided. |
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Museum Mystery
$230 per child
$210 for UMNH Members
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The perfect combination of mystery and hands-on forensic investigations. Our camp-detectives will conduct fingerprinting tests, master Morse code, use paper chromatography. Plus, a visit to the Salt Lake Crime Lab!
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Week 7 July 28 - August 1
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Simple Machines and
Kinetic Art
$230 per child
$210 for UMNH Members
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All-Day Partner Camp with Bad Dog Rediscovers America! At UMNH we'll investigate the lever, the inclined plan, the wedge and the screw—to name a few. While at Bad Dog Studio, campers will create movable art inspired by simple machines—anything that moves, wiggles, hops or bounces will be up for grabs in this camp! Drop camper off at UMNH by 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at Bad Dog Studio at 4:00 p.m. Mid-day transportation between sites is provided.
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Week 8 August 4 - 8
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MarsBots
This camp is FREE! Space is limited.
We are able to offer this camp session free of charge due to a grant from the Phoenix Mars Scout Mission, NASA, and the University of Arizona.
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New This Summer! Get ready for spaced out fun as we explore all things Martian! Investigate NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander missions, design and launch a spacecraft and a Mars Lander. Plus, talk to scientists and engineers at mission control while exploring careers in space. |
Week 9 August 11 - 15
9:00 - Noon
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Teen Science Camps for 10th - 12th Grade
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When Gastropods Attack
Free program. Space is limited.
This free program is made possible due to a grant from the National Science Foundation
This camp is for 10th-12th graders
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Roaming beneath the ocean's surface, venomous marine snails use an assortment of toxins to hunt fish, worms and even other snails! What can scientist learn by investigating these avengers of the deep? Join us for hands-on exploration, working with scientists while investigating the physical and chemical mechanisms that allow these marine snails to catch and eat their prey. Participants will also take home their own freshwater aquarium to share with family and friends. For more information, visit http://www.neogastropodtol.org/programs.php
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Weeks 2 and 3
June 16 - 27
1:00 - 4:00
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DNA Crime Camp
This camp is for 10th - 12th graders
FREE program. Space is limited.
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Join us for a week of forensic science and super sleuthing. We’ll investigate a mock homicide, extract and examine our own DNA, visit cutting-edge laboratories, meet and talk with scientists and more!
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Week 5 July 7 - 11
1:00 - 4:00
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| This teen program is offered free of charge due to a grant from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the State Science Advisors Office. |
