Summer Day Camps

Check out the 2024 summer day camp options!

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

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)
Age: 8-12
Dates: May 28-31, 1 pm – 3:30 pm / June 10-13, 1 pm – 3:30 pm / July 1-2 9:30 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $150

• 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 tools

Chemistry
Age: 8-12
Dates: June 3-6, 9:30 am – 12 pm FULL / July 8-11 1 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $150

• Use indicators to investigate the pH of different items
• Harness chemical and physical reactions to create art
• Create polymer models and design a delayed-release pill
• Learn the science behind chromatography

Electricity, Magnets, Robots, and Rockets
Age: 8-12
Dates: June 3-6, 1 pm – 3:30 pm FULL / June 24-27, 9:30 am – 12 pm FULL / July 22-25, 9:30 am – 12 pm / July 29-August 1, 9:30 am – 12 pm FULL

Cost: $150

• 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 rockets

Engineering Design
Age: 8-12
Dates: June 24-27, 1 pm – 3:30 pm FULL / July 8-11, 9:30 am – 12 pm FULL / July 29-August 1, 1 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $150

• 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 roofs, towers, rollercoasters, bird beak prosthetics, and gummy bear parachutes.
• Thanks to a partnership with Clemson’s Natural History Museum, campers will examine beaks of specimens and learn all about the structure and function of bird beaks!

Plants Inside and Out
Age: 8-12
Date: May 28-31, 9:30 am – 12 pm
Cost: $150

• Discover how plants eat, drink, and breathe
• Examine plant parts using microscopes
• Build a terrarium
• Design art using plants
• Thanks to a partnership with Clemson’s Herbarium, campers will be able to examine plants and seeds and learn all about their structure!

Roots, stems, leaves, seeds, and flowers –

oh my!

Weird & Wacky Food Science
Age: 8-12
Date: June 10-13, 9:30 am – 12 pm FULL / July 22-25, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Cost: $150

• Investigate 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

Note: If you sign your child up for an AM and PM day camp in the same week, they can pack a lunch and eat it with our counselors! 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).

Note: If your child has already taken a camp offered, please do not sign them up for the same camp twice, as the learning content is the same. If you are looking for a new science summer camp, please see our Plants Inside and Out camp as it is new this summer and would provide your child with a fun new learning experience.

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.