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.
How to Register for Summer Camp
Near the top of this page is a button that says Register HERE. (Circled in purple on the screenshot below.)
Click to go to our registration page.
Accessing the registration system:
- If it is your first time accessing the site:
- Select “Community Login”.
- Select “Create a New Account”.
- Under “About You”, Select “I am the parent or guardian”. Continue. Enter Parent/Guardian name and a valid, frequently accessed email address. The information provided will be the primary method of contact prior to program start. Continue and follow the prompts.
- If you have accessed the site previously:
- Select “Community Login”.
- Use the credentials you previously created to log in to your account.
Once logged into the registration site, select your week, and course, and complete all forms fully and accurately.