Techno Science Supersite: Science Camps

Science Camps

Here is our list of camps devoted entirely to science and science only.

See also our All-Purpose Camps, Math Camps, and Technology Camps.

Audubon Society Summer Camp

If you love getting out into nature, and I know you do, then Audobon Society's Summer Camp is your ticket out of the summer doldrums. Choose from any number of week-long experiences, excursions, and Mobile Adventures. Some of the programs to choose from are: Junior Wildlife Vet, Waterfallers, Caves and Canyons, Stayin' Alive, Tidepool Biology, and much much more!

Ages: 1st - 12th Grades
Contact: Visit the registration page, Email: general@audubonportland.org, or Phone: 971-222-6120 to reserve a space

Hatfield Marine Science Center Summer Camps

Is your Science textbook uninteresting? Is taking a trip to an Aquarium not quite exciting enough? How about getting your hands wet and conducting research sound to you? From taking core samples in order to study the impact of the last tsunami, to constructing remotely operated vehicles, to conducting an autopsy on a seal, you will never be bored at a summer science camp through the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Take your pick of one of these four exciting day camps:

• Coastal Adventures I
• Coastal Adventures II
• Oceanography
• Marine Biology

Ages: 8 – 17
Contact: Email Maureen Collson or Phone: 541-867-0100

Mad Science Summer Camps

Mad Scientists are not just a thing of the past in campy movies. In fact, you too can become a mad scientist at a Mad Science® Summer Camp near you. Learn about robotics, forensics, rocketry, the science of sports, and astronauts, just to name a few.

Ages: K - 8th Grades
Contact: Email: info@madscienceportland.com or Phone: 503-230-8040

OMSI Science Camps

You could either learn about volcanoes, oceans, deserts, wildlife, and the stars by reading, surfing the internet, listening to your science teacher, or even visiting an exhibit at a museum somewhere, but if you really want learn, nothing beats getting outside and exploring for yourself. OMSI Science Camps are located all around the Pacific Northwest, so you can be right in the heart of what you want to stu10:24 PM 4/23/2008dy—from the ocean beaches, to the Cascades, to the high desert, and more.

OMSI camps are each one week long and include a variety of opportunities to explore and play. See the list of camps below:

• Junior Naturalist Camps for Ages 7-9 & 8-10: camps include Blast from the Past (studying volcanoes in the Cascades), Coastal Explorers (exploring tidepools and more), Reach for the Stars (studying the stars in the John Day Fossil Beds monument), just to name a few
• Naturalist Camps for Ages 10-12: camps include Desert Survival (learn invaluable survival skills in the desert), Cascade Lakes Canoe (identify and observe plants and wildlife through drawings and journals by canoe and on foot), Lewis & Clark Expedition (follow in the footsteps of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition), and more
• Adventure Camps for Ages 12-14: camps include Discover the Deschutes (explore the Deschutes river from its source in the Cascades to its mouth in the Columbia river), Director's Cut: Making a Redwoods Documentary (learn how habitat biologists determine the health of an ecosystem and learn how to create a film about it), San Juans Field Study (assist professional researchers as they conduct activities in marine biology, intertidal zones, and terrestrial ecology), and others
• Adventure & Research Programs for Ages 14-18: camps include Canadian Rockies Backpack (journey by foot through the majestic mountains and glacial lakes of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta), Research Team: Climate Change Indicators (conduct cutting edge research to collect data on climate change indicators for the National Park Service), OMSI Ambassadors (join OMSI naturalists and Japanese students from the Labo International Exchange Foundation on a two-week journey through Oregon and northern California), and many others
• Family & Adult Programs for All Ages: camps include Coastal Close-up (explore sand dunes, tide pools and the Peter Iredale shipwreck), Hancock Family Weekend (witness the natural history and wonders of central Oregon, which comes alive as summer approaches), Redwoods Labor Day (experience the old-growth redwood groves and beaches at the Redwood National Park), and much more

Ages: 2nd - 12th
Contact: Email camps@omsi.edu or call (503) 797-4662

Oregon Coast Aquarium Camps

If the heat is getting to you, then you need to make a break for the Oregon Coast Aquarium for a week and go to one of their many sea camps. Get an opportunity to get your hands wet by interacting with creatures, exploring tide pools, or even by dissecting a shark. There is something for every age and interest (aquatically speaking).

Ages: From 2 to 18
Contact: Call 541-867-3474 ext 5301

Oregon Zoo Day Camps for Kids and Families

What better way is there to explore the zoo than to visit the animals, play games, do crafts, listen to stories, and do other activities related to zoo animals? There are three separate programs to choose from depending on the time of year:

• Winter Break Zoo Venture - Details will be posted in November
• Spring Break ZooVenture - Details will be posted in February of '07
• Summer ZooCamp

Ages: 4 years old - 3rd Grade
Contact: Email Tracy.Modde@oregonzoo.org or call: (503) 220-2781

Outdoor Science School (OMSI)

You provide the group, and OMSI provides the facilities, instructors, and schedules in the best science lab of all: the outdoors. Camps specialize in one of the five following subjects: Arid Lands Ecology, Coastal Ecology, Forest & Stream Ecology, Fossils & Volcanic Geology.

Ages: All ages
Contact: sciencecamps@omsi.edu or call (503) 239-7824

Summer Science Camps

Kids! Join one of four amazing science camps: Extreme Sports Science, Science Detective, Gizmos, Gadgets, & Goop, and Space & Rocketry. All four camps are offered in five locations around the Portland Metro area.

Sea Camp of Oregon

Get your hands and feet wet taking classes in marine biology. Have fun hiking, whale-watching, exploring tidepools, crabbing, viewing seals and sea lions, and much much more. Sea Camp typically happens in August. Be sure to sign up as soon as possible.

Psst! hey girls! Note: There's also a Sea Camp that's strictly for girls. It's called Sea Camp for Girls

Ages: 10 - 13
Contact: Cathy Council (541) 552-8259

Summer Science Adventures Camps

Eugene's famed Science Factory is the place to be when the summer heat starts to get to you. Each week from July until September, the Science Factory will crank out pure science fun (that's nutritional for the brain too). Whether you are learning about the engineering behind bridges and buildings, the weather, web design, or computers, you are sure to learn through all kids of fun experiments, challenges, and activities.

Ages: K - 8
Contact: Email: info@sciencefactory.org or Phone: 541-682-7888

Summer Science Camps

OSU is looking for 48 exceptional future scientists who will be entering Middle School this fall, and they're willing to pay for the two exceptional weeks of science camp this August. You'll learn all kinds of topics on science, engineering, math, and more as you work in labs, visit professors, travel to the coast and the Cascades. Apply by May 25th, 2007 if you wish to go. OSU will select students who are committed to academics with teacher recommendations. They are particularly looking for women and those whose populations are not typically represented in science as well as students from rural areas.

Ages: Middle School (entering 6-8 in the Fall)
Contact: Email Robin Galloway or call (541)967-3871

Urban Nature Overnight

Here's your chance to get out of the city and get a taste of life in the great outdoors. If you've never gone camping before, then you'll really love this camp. Not only do you get to camp overnight, but you learn to set up tents and tent sites, prepare meals with camp stoves, appreciate and respect nature, and learn how to find your way when in the wilds.

Ages: 3rd - 5th Grades
Contact: Visit the Oregon Zoo Contact Page or call: (503) 226-1561 ext 5312

Evergreen Aviation Museum Summer Camp

Attention all future pilots and rocket scientists and anyone else who is as thrilled at flying and planes as I am. If you want to visit Seattle's Museum of Flight or build your own RC aircraft and model rocket, then you must head over to McMinville's very own Evergreen Aviation Museum - home of the Spruce Goose - this summer and check out own of their summer camps

Ages: 5th - 12th Grades
Contact: Email education@sprucegoose.org or call: (503) 434-4005

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