Summer Science Camp 2012

For Elementary & MIDDLE SCHOOL Students

ISU Summer Science Camp

The camp is open to children who will be enrolled in grades K-7 next academic year (2012-2013).

Children who enroll in the camp will be divided into three groups according to next year's grade level.

Dates & Location

  • Summer Science Camp 2012 will be held July 25 - August 9, 2012. During this period, the camp will not meet Fridays or weekends. 
     
  • Most activities will take place on the ISU campus in the Science Building. However, field trips may take students off campus. The times of departure and arrival for the field trips may differ from the regular session time.

Field Trips

  • July 30 - Exotic Feline Rescue Center, Center Point, IN
  • August 1 - Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN; and Blue Spring Cavern, Bedford, IN (Please send a sack lunch with your child.  Drinks will be provided)
  • August 6 - Planetarium at South Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN
  • August 8 - Children's Museum, Indianapolis, IN (We will be eating at a Food Court.  (Please send $10 in an envelope, marked with your child's name on the front of the envelope.)

Cost

  • The registration fee is $100 per student.
     
  • If the registration fee poses a financial hardship, please contact Tammy Barnes at the Science Education Office to make special payment arrangements. Tammy may be reached by calling 812-237-3010 or by e-mailing isu-teachscience@indstate.edu

How to register

  • To register for Summer Science Camp 2012, download and complete this application packet (PDF), and submit via regular postal service or fax. (You may wish to e-mail or call first to ensure open seats are available.)  Payment is preferred at the same time the application is sent.  However, we can accept late payments, without penalties, by advanced arrangement.  Please contact Tammy in the Science Education Office for further information. 

    Tammy Barnes
    ISU Center for Science Education:
    isu-teachscience@indstate.edu
    812.237.3010
    812.237.3002 (FAX)

    Mailing Address:
    ISU Summer Science Camp
    Center for Science Education
    Room 191 Science Building
    Terre Haute, IN 47809

    Please call ahead before visiting the office in person.

Parent/Guardian INFORMATION meeting

  • There will be a Parent/Guardian Information Meeting on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.  The meeting will be held in Room 176 in the Science Building at 6:30 PM.
  • Parents may bring their children to the meeting if they do not have a babysitter, or if the only available babysitter charges a fee.  On that night (7/18/12), we will provide babysitters (education students who've had criminal background checks) to entertain the kids while the meeting takes place. 

About the Camp Instructors

  • The camp is sponsored by the ISU Center for Science Education. Elementary education students, in the process of completing the Center's science methods course, will serve as the instructors of the camp.
     
  • The student instructors will be supervised and mentored by licensed teachers. Additional direction and supervision will be provided by Dr. Eulsun Seung, the instructor of the Center's science methods course, SCED 393/SCED 393L.

LOCATION OF THE CHILDREN'S CLASSROOMS

  • The camp will meet in the Science Building. Group A (grades K-2) meets in Room 185; Group B (grades 3-4) is assigned Room 183; and Group C (grades 5-7) classroom will be in the lower level of the Science Building, Room 58. 
  

DROP OFF/PICKUP LOCATION and TIME

  • While summer science camp is in session, children should be dropped off and picked up from a central location.  This year in 2012 the location will be at Fifth and Chestnut streets.  (Due to construction around campus, we ask that you please access this locale by turning north onto Fifth Street coming from Wabash Ave.)  The drop off time should be between 7:45 a.m. and 7:58 a.m. each morning. Your children will be escorted, by University students, from the central location to their classroom in the Science Building.  Any child arriving late will need to be escorted to the Science Building by a parent or guardian.  Pickup time by the parents should be 11:45 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.
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