Future Inventors Spend a Week at the RPSEC
This summer 89 local students spent a week at the RPSEC at the 3rd Annual Camp
Invention. The program is designed to inspire creativity and inventive-thinking
through loads of hands-on activities and F-U-N! Children participated in five
inventive modules each day, which included: disassembling old machinery and using
parts to make their own inventions in I Can Invent/Take Apart™; collecting
marine samples in the deep sea and building boats in Sea Worthy™; letting
their imagination soar when they designed their own carnival games in Fair Games™;
constructing a device to find a special note that led to buried treasure on the
faraway island in The Lost Treasure™; and inventing the rules in mind-boggling
AMAZing Games™. The Camp Invention program integrates science, mathematics,
history, and the arts in an exciting environment conducive to learning disguised
as fun!
Camp Invention is a national summer day camp that encourages children to
develop their innate creative abilities. It is designed for children entering
first through
sixth grades. New curriculum modules are introduced each year.
Camp Invention is a joint project of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Camp Invention was started in 1990 by
the National Inventors Hall of Fame, a nationally recognized, non-profit resource
center for creativity in Akron, Ohio.
John Hutchens, of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, directed a staff
of local teachers and counselors. The camp features a low staff/camper ratio,
with one staff member for every eight campers.
“
We were very excited to be able to provide Camp Invention again this summer,” says
John Hutchens. “The staff and I had a wonderful week working with the children
as they enjoyed the exploration and many creative exercises that each Camp Invention
module offered.”
Plans are already under way for Camp Invention 2007. Keep an eye out for
more information.