Students in first to sixth grade wearing lab coats during science camp at Imagine NEPA.
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Imagine NEPA program director and teacher Katie Lane pours water for the “Cloud in a Jar” experiment.
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Imagine NEPA technical director Samantha Christ lights a match in the jar for the “Cloud in a Jar” experiment.
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Avery Musso, 8, of Clarks Summit, shows her “greenhouse” she made during science camp.
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CLARKS SUMMIT — Where can you do fun science projects, movie theater games, and festivals around the world all in one summer? They’re all at imagine NEPA Theater & Performance Space. They’re all courtesy of the summer camps held in July and August. The program starts with a science camp for 1st to 6th graders from July 18 to 22 and 4th to 6th graders from July 25 to 29.
Program director Katie Land and technical director Samantha Christ have a variety of sources to come up with experiments each week and base each day on a type of science. One day, they learned about chemistry. Another day, they did a physics project, and one day they had an astronomy day.
“I think the kids make friends, learn to cooperate and work together, and maybe some science and literacy skills, too,” said Lane.
Kids made “greenhouses,” painted with a pendulum, and did a project called “Cloud in a Jar.” They also performed different ensemble building and improve acting style games in between the projects.
“It helps them open up, get more comfortable with each other and get their wiggles out, too,” said Lane.
The camps will continue for four weeks in August. From Aug. 1 to 5 (grades K to 6) and Au. 8 to 12 (grades pre-K to 1st), kids will do acting games based on popular kids movies during the Move Week Summer Camp. Some of the kids movies include “Harry Potter,” “Toy Story,” and “Up.” From Aug. 15 to 19 (grades 1st to 6th) and Aug. 22 to 26 (grades 4 to 6), children will have festivals of foreign countries for Around the World Week. Each camp includes science experiments, crafts and some theater games with a variety show at the end of the week.
“We love the camps,” said Lane. “It lets us get to know the kids and see them grow from year to year, and many kids decide to come do shows (musicals and plays) with us the rest of the year. We love our community of families we’ve grown.”
