List of Classes Offrered by Omsi
LIST OF CLASSES OFFRERED BY OMSI
Coastal Adventure
Format: Residential Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
The ocean is calling you. Answer it! Head to the Oregon coast and explore the diverse habitats only the West Coast can offer.
Cooking Camp at Zenger Farm 4-5
Format: Field Trip-based Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Get the dirt on what it takes to care for food from the field to your very own recipes.
Da Vinci & Da LEGO®
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Are you the world's next great inventor? Put your skills to the test as you use LEGOs to explore some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most curious ideas and inventions.
Flight School
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
You’re the captain as your summer takes off with this high-flying class that teaches the basics of pilot training and launches your very own rocket. Plus, test your skills on a flight simulator!
Fossils & Geology
Format: Residential Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Imagine what Oregon looked like 50 million years ago. Jungles! Volcanoes! Giant beasts! Study how our landscape has changed over millions of years and dig up fossils of your own.
FSI: Forensic Science Investigator
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Sherlock Holmes has some competition—you! Lift prints, examine DNA, and visit a real police department as you learn how modern forensic techniques are used to solve crimes.
Galaxy Adventurers
Format: Residential Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Take one giant leap to becoming an astronomy pro as you search the sky for galaxies, nebulae, and planets.
LEGO Engineering
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Turning LEGOs into more than just bricks!
LEGO Machines
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Heads up, LEGO lovers! Design and create an ancient catapult while you learn the physical forces at work in simple and complex machines—all with LEGO bricks.
LEGO Racing
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Do you feel the need for speed? LEGO fanatics go wild as the build souped-up machines using LEGO bricks.
LEGO X-Treme 4-5
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Ready to take your LEGO skills to the next level? LEGOs get extreme with moving gear trains and power transfers. Show us what you’ve got!
LEGO® Architecture & Cities
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
What does it take to build the world's strongest city? Take on this LEGO challenge with your new understanding of civil engineering and design.
Master Chemist
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Unleash your inner mad scientist as you combine chemicals to create explosive (and safe!) reactions!
Mission Through Space
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 4, 5
What would you do if you crash-landed on the moon? Find out as you explore the sun and its many layers, tour the planets in our solar system, and build a telescope to help navigate.
Natural Disasters Unlocked
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Somewhere the ground is rolling and a mountain is shaking—where are you? At OMSI! Learn all about the science behind avalanches, volcanoes, and earthquakes, plus a trip to Mt. St. Helens.
Ocean Floor Explorers
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Unlock the ocean’s secrets like a true marine biologist this summer with lab experiments and trips to the beach.
Ocean Odyssey
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Team up with OMSI marine biologists for a wet and wild coastal experience.
Note: This program includes an overnight.
OMSI Space Academy
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Suit up and strap in as you join OMSI’s Space Academy and try out training activities used by astronauts!
Note: This program includes an overnight.
Orca Camp
Format: Residential Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Keep your eyes open! Seals, porpoises, and orca whales are waiting.
Pacific Coast Adventure
Format: Residential Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
This summer, hike beaches, extinct volcanoes, giant sand dunes as you identify clues of the geologic processes that are shaping our coast line.
Pacific Coast Field Study
Format: Residential Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Are you a scientist in the making? Take a studied look at the estuaries, sandy dunes, and rocky tide pools of the Oregon coast.
Pacific Coast Scientists
Format: Residential Subject: Life Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Look at the world differently—with the keen eye of a scientist, observing ocean life and discussion concepts of interconnectedness like a true naturalist.
Paleontology Field Study
Format: Residential Subject: Earth & Space Science Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Dig deeper into your favorite subject as you take an up-close look at Oregon's plant and animal fossils with the eye of a true scientist.
Rocket Science
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
Prepare for blast off as you experiment with Isaac Newton’s laws of motion to build and test a variety of rockets!
Science School of Wizardry
Format: Classroom-based Subject: Physical Science Grade Level: 4, 5
No Sorting Hat needed here when you're with the best and the brightest young wizards exploring science's most magical experiments.