9:00 am Children are signed in by their parents and join their counselor
and age-appropriate group at the Base Camp area. During this
gathering period each morning, they might build a newspaper
tower or learn the Camp Invention cheer.

9:15 am Children move to their first module, during which they might be
crash-landed astronauts on an alien planet! After assessing their
strange new surroundings, children might be challenged to design
shelters and spacesuits that are able to withstand the planet’s harsh
conditions and acid rain.

10:20 am Children enjoy a morning snack.

10:30 am Children move to their second module, during which they might
find themselves in safety goggles and using real tools to take apart
and investigate small appliances.

11:40 am Half of the children gathers in the common area for lunch, while
the other half indulges in high-energy games and activities in the
gymnasium or outdoors.

12:10 pm Children who ate lunch earlier now work off that energy by
switching with the other group, who now gather in the common
area for lunch.

1:05 pm Children move to their next module of the day, during which they
might explore Newton’s first law of motion by conducting an
experiment based on a magician’s tablecloth trick or participating in
a relay race that demonstrates the concept of inertia.

2:10 pm Children move to their final module of the day, during which they
might clean up a simulated landfill that is leaking toxic chemicals
into groundwater.

3:15 pm Children gather in the Base Camp area with their counselor, where
they might create a marshmallow sculpture or create soda pop
fountains until their parents arrive.

3:30 pm The fun comes to an end, and children are signed out by
their parents.