Summer Day Camps

Check back Spring 2026 for summer options!

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

Note:  If your child attends a morning and afternoon camp in the same week, please bring 2 snacks and a lunch they can eat with our counselors — lunch and snacks are 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).

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

Age: 8-12 years old

Dates:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Cancellation Policy: Withdrawals prior to May 15th 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.