Introducing the Spark program at Camp Invention! Don’t miss your chance to participate!!!!

In partnership with Invent Now, Wayne Local School District is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six this summer. This exciting, weeklong adventure in creativity immerses children in imaginative play that reinforces and supplements school-year learning in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as history and the arts. Children will work together to seek innovative solutions to real-world problems and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills such as teamwork and creative problem solving as they rotate through five modules each day that disguise learning as fun.

This exciting week of five fun-filled modules begins on June 20, 2011 when Denise Blevins will direct the Camp Invention SPARK program at Waynesville High School. In the W!LD: Wondrous Innovations and Living Designs™ module, children will venture on a W!LD animal excursion to investigate the most innovative survival traits on the planet. Children will build a clubhouse, decipher puzzling codes, and work together to solve a mystery in The Curious Cypher Club™ module. In the Bounce! An Atomic Journey™ module, children will bounce their way through atoms, molecules, mixtures, and compounds to discover the science behind bouncy balls. Children will use nontraditional equipment (such as water balloons) to add their own twists to classic games in the Game On: Power Play™ module. Finally, a participant favorite, children will be introduced to tool safety as they disassemble a discarded household appliance and use its pieces and parts to invent a working, multi-step machine in the I Can Invent: Edison’s Workshop™ module. Local educators will facilitate program modules, and enthusiastic high school and middle school students will serve as program counselors and Jr. counselors – ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children.

FREE childcare will be provided from 6am-camp start (9am) and from camp end (3:30pm)-6pm. Waynesville High School Honor Society will be providing this service as a service to the community. Please contact Denise Blevins to reserve your childcare spot for camp!

Register with a friend to each save $25 off the base price and pay only $190! If you don’t have anyone to register with, simply send your completed registration and check made out to Camp Invention to Denise Blevins (contact information below) and she will match you with someone and send it in for you! Every registration includes a free Camp Invention T-shirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332 to reserve your child’s spot today!

Happy Camping!

Denise Blevins

Waynesville Middle School

725 Dayton Road

Waynesville, Ohio 45068

513-897-4706 ext. 3102