Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Smarty Pants Camp

It is estimated that students can lose up to 30% of their skills and knowledge during the summer! Smarty Pants Camps will help keep children reading, writing and problem solving during the summer to help prevent this Summer Brain Drain.

The Space Explorers Camp includes 8 missions, so it would cover 8 weeks. The first mission is getting ready, decorating your notebook and collecting all your supplies. The last mission is wrapping up with a travel brochure to Space project where kids showcase what they have learned.

Each mission is about 3 hours of "work". Families could break up that up over a few days or have one "Science Day" a week. It is designed to follow the inquiry learning process, so there are lots of hands-on activities to help students explore each concept. We also wanted to be sure to include effective writing activities. There are also a bunch of creative activities like holding a news conference after your rocket launch and writing a song.


Each student would need his/her own notebook. The three levels have the same core experiments. A family with the different ages could do one activity together, but then a 1st grader will answer different questions than a 5th grader. The idea would be for each family to have a set of the camp books and just get together with their friends/neighbors for the fun. It could be an option for friends/neighbors to share the Usborne Books too.

Space Explorers - Apollo Astronaut Camp Kit

Space Explorers - Discovery Astronaut Camp Kit

Space Explorers - Junior Astronaut Camp Kit

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