Summer Day Camps

Check out the 2025 summer day camp options!

Registration will open Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

All day camps are held in Jordan Hall on Clemson University’s campus

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

Mon-Thurs  June 16-19          9:30am-noon

Mon-Thurs  June 30-July 3    1:00pm-3:30pm

Cost: $170

• Investigate a crime scene to determine what happened and how
• Learn how your senses detect clues — or fool you!
• Identify criminals and victims using DNA, fingerprints, blood, and other forensic science

Electricity, Magnets, Robots, and Rockets (Physics)

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

**Tues-Fri     May 27-30            9:30am-noon

Mon-Thurs   June 23-26               1:00pm-3:30pm

Mon-Thurs   July 14-17             9:30am-noon

Mon-Thurs   July 21-24             1:00pm-3:30pm

Cost: $170

• Explore basic principles of electricity by building and manipulating electric circuits
• Investigate how magnetic and electric fields interact
• Build and test conductivity meters, electromagnets, and battle bots
• Experiment with Newton’s 3 laws of motion by designing and building compressed air rockets

Engineering Design

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

Mon- Thurs   June 2-5                1:00pm-3:30pm

Mon- Thurs   June 30-July 3      9:30am-noon

Mon- Thurs   July 28-31             9:30am-noon

Cost: $170

• Learn the engineering design cycle by engaging in hands-on design challenges
• Build, test, evaluate, and improve your prototypes based on scientific principles
• Design and build crash cars, pop rockets, lunar landers, and more!

Botanical Wonders

Age: 8-12 years old

Date:

Mon-Thurs    June 2-5        9:30am-noon

Cost: $170

• Examine plants using compound and dissecting microscopes
• Create art using plants and construct your own terrarium
• Explore the “superpower” of plants – photosynthesis
• Solve the mystery of the dead hemlock tree
• Thanks to a partnership with Clemson’s Herbarium, campers will be able to examine plants and seeds and learn all about their structure!

Weird & Wacky Food Science

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

Mon-Thurs     June 9-12     9:30am-noon

Mon-Thurs     July 7-10       9:30am-noon

Cost: $170

• Discover what makes pop rocks pop
• Experiment with coke and mentos to create eruptions
• Explore enzymes and sugars in our food
• Investigate how our senses impact taste

Elemental Adventures: Exploring Physical Properties

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:
Mon-Thurs      June 16-19      1:00pm-3:30pm

Mon-Thurs      July 21-24       9:30am-noon

Mon-Thurs      July 28-31       1:00pm-3:30pm

Cost: $170

• Experiment with air pressure using bottles, balloons, balls, paper airplanes and Cartesian divers
• Dig into density and surface tension by constructing your own density column and making a compass using surface tension
• Design and build some boats based on buoyancy.
• Discover why a gummy bear grows or shrinks by exploring the concepts of diffusion and osmosis

Chemistry Quest

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

**Tues-Fri       May 27-30          1:00pm-3:30pm

Mon-Thurs     June 23-26            9:30am-noon

Cost: $170

• Investigate the pH of different items using indicators
• Harness chemical and physical reactions to create art
• Create polymer models, and design a delayed release pill using polymers
• Discover the science behind chromatography

Note:  If your child attends a morning and afternoon camp in the same week, please bring a lunch they can eat with our counselors — lunch is not provided.

If you have signed up for only one day camp in a given week (AM or PM), drop-off starts 15 minutes before class start time (9:15 am or 12:45 pm respectively), and students must be picked up within 15 minutes of the class end time (12:15 pm or 3:45 pm respectively).

Cancellation Policy: Withdrawals prior to May 16th will be assessed a $25 processing fee; these withdrawals must be received in writing (an email is sufficient). There will be no refunds for withdrawals after May 16th.