White Lake Math and Science Camp

June 6, 7 & 8, 2001

Presented by Ms. Jan Riter

Wednesday, June 6 / Thursday, June 7 / Friday, June 8
Physical Science Day / Math Day / Natural Science Day

Wednesday, June 6

Physical Science Day

Activity Set 1

Density

Part 1

Density Jar

Each participant needs:

Jar

1 Ziploc per pair

2 oz mineral oil

2 oz water

2 oz cooking oil

Part 2

Dancing Raisins and Jell-O

Each participant needs:

Clear glass

1 soda

Raisins

Jell-O (maybe salt)

Activity Set 2

Electricity and Magnetism

Each participant needs:

1 Ziploc with materials

1 piece of paper

Dab of iron filings on paper

1 stick pin

Part 1:

Gum wrapper trick

Part 2:

Ions in Action:

Part 3:

Make a magnet

At home: make a compass with a needle and a glass of water

Part 4:

Break a chemical bond in the basement

Activity Set 3

Silly Putty

Each participant needs:

Paper towel

2 glasses

Wooden stirrer

Borax solution

Glue solution

Stir borax solution into glue solution

Pat dry and play with it

Store in egg

Activity Set 4

Interactive online activities if time allows: (Moved to Friday)

Spacecraft online dot-to dot:

Space Maze:

Memory game:

Space crosswords:

Comet word find:

Infrared match the faces:

Make a sound cone:

Thursday, June 7
Math Day

Activity Set 1

Graphing candies

Each participant needs:

Bag of candies

Paper

Activity Set 2

Frog leap

Each participant needs:

Cotton “frog”

2 eyes

Wooden flipper

Paper clip

Calculator (1 per group)

Measuring tapes

The game:

Set up your flipper for the longest jump

When everybody has his or her flippers set up—

3 trials per frog

Average your trials

Make a bar graph on your board

Report to front board

Top frog in each group gets 3 more trials

Winning frog gets the prize.

Activity Set 3

Straw structures

Each participant needs

Ping-Pong ball

Per pair:

Tape

Box of small paper clips

Bag of straws

Clay or pins if structure mounted on carpet

Activity Set 4 (Move to Friday or take home)

Triangles using toothpicks

Number of possible triangles from 1-10 toothpicks

Each participant needs:

10 colored toothpicks

Chart for number of possible triangles

Friday, June 8
Natural Science Day

Activity Set 1

Prepare for nature walk

Part 1
Thermometer
Each participant needs:
Water bottle
Clay
Clear straw
Food coloring /

Part 2

Make nature folder

Activity Set 2

Nature Walk

Links for ideas to add for your nature folder:

Space links:

If time allows, makeup of missed activities.

Vote for favorite activities.

Happy Summer!