Montville Recreation

The Montville Recreation Department will be sponsoring MAD SCIENCE SUMMER CAMPS - Sparking Imaginative Learning for Ages 6 to 10.

Descriptions of programs are as follows:

Brixology Camp - M & T: July 2nd & 3rd from 9:30am to 12:30pm - This new STEM program allows kids to step into the shoes of an engineer by using LEGO® bricks to build a different engineering-themed project every day; exploring engineering fields including mechanical, structural, aerospace, nautical, and bioengineering; using critical thinking, cooperation, and creative problem-solving to test and improve creations; and experiencing extended learning with a take-home project to reinforce each concept.

Slimy Potions Camp - M & T: July 2nd & 3rd from 1:00pm to 4:00pm - Join us in the depths of the Mad Science Laboratory where we harness the marvelous powers of liquids! Join us for a Mad “hands-on” experience as a Junior Mad Scientist! We’ll create chemical reactions, learn to make bath fizzers, find out the secret to making chocolate taffy rolls and ooey gooey slime, create acid/base volcanoes and lots more! This camp includes some food item.

Spy Academy - M-F: Aug 20th to 24th from 9:30am to 12:30pm - Step into the shoes of a detective-uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis. Get into gear with Agent undercover and learn what it takes to be successful in the spy world. Connect the dots using science to help solve a crime in a hands-on investigation of the science of sleuthing. Test your skills and learn how the pros do it through careful observation and techniques to handle evidence properly. Analyze clues and get hot on the trail of a culprit with the Crime Lab program. It’s all here at the Mad Science Spy Academy!

Fairly Odd Forces - M-F: Aug 20th to 24th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm - This camp is extremely awesome!! Learn all about electricity, its properties and how we use it every day!! Jump in and investigate inertia, gravity, and centripetal force. Let’s join Bernoulli and Newton as we look into their work in aerodynamics and the properties of air!!! We will play Mad Science Air Hockey, Generate Vortex generators, and defy gravity as we levitate a ping pong ball!! Don’t crack as we come Under Pressure!! We might even show you some of the scientific secrets of weather and magnets!

Invention-ation Camp - M-F: Aug 27th to 31st from 9:30am to 12:30pm - Campers will overcome a series of challenges using basic materials, simple machines, tips from famous inventors and the most important of all - their mind. With a little bit of ingenuity, campers will create catapults and forts, construct working light sticks to bring home and a set of circuits with batteries and light bulbs. While Thomas Edison said invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, this camp is 100% FUN! Great take-home experiments as well!

NASA Academy of Future Space Explorers - M-F: Aug 27th to 31st from 1:00pm to 4:00pm - Students set off on a voyage to discover the Solar System. We will explore topics such as Planets and Moons, Sun and Stars, Space Phenomena, Rocket Science and Space Travel, Space Technology and Living in Space! Our camp culminates with a rocket launch or two and each camper will make their own Mad Science Rocket to take home!

Classes are held at the Community Park Field House located 130 Change Bridge Road in Montville.

Instruction is provided by Mad Science of Morris & Sussex Staff.

Choice of days, times & pricing are as follows:

For questions and registration contact the Recreation Department at: 973-331–3305 OR visit our website at: www.montvillenj.org