SCHEDULE SUMMER FUN AT THE HEALTH ADVENTURE’S
DISCOVER SCIENCE CAMP

ASHEVILLE – It may be chilly outside, but it’s not too early to start looking for fun, educational activities for your kids this summer. At The Health Adventure’s Discover Science Summer Camp, children don’t just learn about science, they experience it! Spaces always fill up fast, so be sure to start making your plans soon.

Camps for 2008 include:

Family Robotics Workshop
Monday June 30 and Tuesday July 1, Rising 4th graders – Adults
Kids: bring your parents and grandparents.  Parents and grandparents: bring your kids.  In this one-day workshop, you’ll be working together.  Discover the exciting world of robotics as you work as a family team to build and operate a robot.  Design, test, and redesign your robot to accomplish tasks and meet challenges.  Make your robot carry objects, navigate obstacle courses, and maneuver up steep ramps.  Build, play, and explore—parents, kids, and robots together!

GIRLS Quest: Girls Investigating Real Life Science
July 28-August 1, Rising 6th- 8th Grade Girls
Learn what it’s like to be a scientist in the real world!  Design and test a marshmallow catapult. Tour Mission Hospital to discover the world of microbiology. Build a robot, test water in a local stream, and visit an animal hospital to explore veterinary science.  Each day will combine lab experiments at The Health Adventure with field trips to visit female scientists at work in our community.  Limited to 13 girls!
Young Adventurers Around the World
June 9-13 and June 16-20, Rising 1st and 2nd graders
Grab your passport and join us for a week of continent hopping. We’ll make paper in China, dance an Irish jig, and explore life as penguins. Experiment with mummification, blubber, and more.  Enjoy games, songs, and crafts from a variety of cultures. 
 
Young Adventurers Make a Splash
June 9-13 and June 16-20, Rising 1st and 2nd graders
Water, water everywhere—and so much stuff to do!  Explore the wonders of water: freeze it, melt it, boil it, and float things in it.  Investigate salt and fresh water and explore what lurks beneath. Water balloons, anyone?

Design Challenge
July 7-11 and July 14-18, Rising 3rd-6th graders
Design a vehicle that can travel across a room to pop a balloon.  Create a strategy to hit targets using balls and ramps.  Construct a catapult, build a square-wheeled vehicle, and make a boat to transport cargo.  Can your egg survive the obstacle course?  Use your engineering skills to make it happen!

Mystery Science
July 7-11 and July 14-18, Rising 3rd-6th graders
Solve a baffling crime! Science has the key to unlock this mystery, and it’s up to you to uncover the clues. Use fingerprinting, chromatography, chemical analysis, blood typing, and other forensic tools to find the culprit.

To register, or for more information, call (828) 254-6373, Ext. 316.

The Health Adventure is a nonprofit family health and science attraction for today’s families with a mission to improve health awareness, promote wellness lifestyles, and increase science literacy through programs and exhibits. For more information, visit www.thehealthadventure.org.

Also available for summer 2008:

Pack Place Potpourri
June 23-27, Rising 3rd-5th graders
Spend a week sampling the greatest hits of Pack Place.  Campers will visit three museums each day. Make robots, catapults, parachutes, and slime as you investigate the science of TOYS at The Health Adventure.  Mine for gems, hunt for fossils, blast off into space, explore dinosaurs and more at the Colburn Earth Science Museum.  Draw, paint, sculpt, and more at the Asheville Art Museum.  It's a Pack Place world of fun!
Register through the Asheville Art Museum. Phone: (828) 253-3227.