PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Camp Invention, the nation’s premier summer enrichment day camp program, supported by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a product of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, will return this summer to the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
This year’s camp is slated the week of Aug. 1, 2016, and for students entering grades 1-6, it is a weeklong adventure that will turn the summer from ordinary to extraordinary through hands-on problem solving, using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The session provides an opportunity for inventive young minds to exercise their creativity and use their imagination in ways they don’t normally get to in the classroom. Program participants do not realize they are learning and developing new skills as they build prototypes, take things apart, explore different types of technology and so much more.
This year’s Camp Invention curriculum is called Epic, inspired by some of the nation’s most brilliant minds including experienced educators and inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and developed in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The curriculum features hands-on modules like CrickoBot, where students construct and personalize a solar-powered cricket and a unique habitat; Epic Park, where campers work in teams to design an eco-adventure park; I Can Invent: Maker Studio, where participants brainstorm product ideas and build original prototypes using real tools and components found in everyday devices; and The Lab: Where Pigs Fly, where children can discover the science of slime, demolition, electronic sound, giant squid and coding.
The UMPI program will be facilitated and taught by local educators.
For further information, visit www.campinvention.org.
