Registration for students and volunteers will continue to be accepted as long as there is space available. Feel free to forward this information to others that might be interested in attending. Last year 375 students attended the camp.
The 6th annual QCESC Engineering Kids Camp will be held on July 21 - July 25, 2014 at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. The camp is a collaboration between the non-profit Quad City Engineering and Science Council, the Putnam Museum and the Iowa State University College of Engineering who design and lead the camp. Each one day camp will include three, fun educational hand-on activities including LEGO robotics with challenges for various student experience levels with the students learning side by side with local engineering & STEM Professionals. The camp includes the 3D big screen movie Mysteries of the Unseen World along with a camp t-shirt and lunch. This year the camp will leverage the Putnam's new STEM Learning Center including the brand new, FabLab.
Schedule for Individual One Day Camps:
- Monday, July 21 - students going into grades 4-6th
- Tuesday, July 22 - students going into grades 4-6th
- Wednesday, July 23 - students going into grades 2-3rd (Sold Out - Wait List)
- Thursday, July 24 - students going into 4-8th grade (girls only)
- Friday, July 25 - students going into grades 7-8
Link for further information including registering students and volunteering.
Volunteers will have an opportunity to share their skills, talents, and passion and positively impact the life of local students. Beyond personnel satisfaction, the experience can provide volunteers personal and professional development, as well as leadership-building opportunities.
