STEAM Summer Camp
MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dates & Rates
**Student-campers must have been in Grade 1 through 7 during the 2023-2024 school year**
- Choose Week 1: July 15-July 19, 2024
- Program runs from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm daily.
- Limited spots available - enrollment is first come, first served-but no later than June 7, 2024.
- Lunch is included in tuition. Student-campers may bring lunch if they prefer.
- Transportation and aftercare will not be available.
Payment Information
- Payment is $250.00 per Mount Olive student-camper per week.
- Payment can be made at time of registration with Credit Card Online.
- Cash or Checks are accepted in person at the Mount Olive Board of Education during normal business hours: Mon-Fri, 9 am to 3 pm. Please make checks payable to Mount Olive Board of Education.
Checks may be mailed to:
Mount Olive Board of Education
Attn: Lisa Newberg-Brown (STEAM Camp)
227 US Route 206, Suite 10
Flanders, NJ 07836
(Any drafts of checks returned for non-sufficient funds will be subject to an additional $35 service charge.)
Please note: If paying by check or cash, registration cannot be confirmed until payment is received.
Possible STEAM Camp Course Descriptions
The Art of Steam–Grade Levels 1-3, 4-5
The Science of Art. The Art of Science. Get ready to create exciting projects by integrating art with scientific discoveries, technology, engineering and math! Student-campers will learn the mysterious science of illusions, understand the math behind kaleidoscopes and create their own, investigate the elements of gravity through a variety of art projects, and culminate with engineering skills to create lego projects!
Drones–Grade Levels 4-5, 6-7
Enter the Drone Zone! Student-campers will gain valuable drone flight skills utilizing their imagination and eye-hand coordination.
Vex–Grade Levels 4-5, 6-7
Designing tomorrow, today! Student-campers will assemble and modify Vex Robots in a lightly competitive environment in order to complete a task in the most efficient way possible.
3-D Printing–Grade Levels 1-3, 4-5, 6-7
Welcome to the World of 3D Printing! Student-campers will explore their own interests and become familiar with modeling programs as they learn about 3D design.
Introduction to STEAM–Grade Levels 1-3, 4-5
The Power of Creativity! Each day, we will explore one of the 5 components of STEAM–Science, Technology, Engineering & Design, Art and Math in order to inspire inquiry and curiosity and promote creativity and exploration, and work on projects and activities related to the day’s featured component.
Pinewood Derby, Woods and More!–Grade Levels 6-7
Racers, Start Your Engines! This class will teach student-campers how to build and race their own gravity-powered car and experience a true sense of accomplishment and the thrill of friendly competition. In addition, if time allows, student-campers may also work on other wood-working projects.
High Ropes Challenge–Grade Levels 6-7
Adventure Awaits! Student-campers will join our experienced PE instructors for an education in climbing, swinging, belaying off walls, and more! They'll learn the physics of the high ropes course and the importance of teamwork! In this course, student-campers are challenged to trust themselves and their peers, problem solve collaboratively, build their creative drive, and encourage each other to take risks by participating in team building activities, traversing tight ropes, climbing rock walls, jumping into space and flying across a zip line that is nearly 30 feet high! Our instructors guide student-campers through challenges that are guaranteed to give them a great time, as well as develop their leadership and communications skills.
High Ropes Challenge (modified)--Grade Levels 4-5
Adventure Awaits! Student-campers will join our experienced PE instructors for an education in climbing, swinging, belaying off walls, and more! They'll learn the physics of the high ropes course and the importance of teamwork! In this course, student-campers are challenged to trust themselves and their peers, problem solve collaboratively, build their creative drive, and encourage each other to take risks by participating in team building activities, traversing tight ropes, climbing rock walls, jumping into space and flying across a zip line that is nearly 30 feet high! Our instructors guide student-campers through challenges that are guaranteed to give them a great time, as well as develop their leadership and communications skills.
First Lego League--Grade Level 5-6-7
FLL and the Superpowered Challenge! From Discover to Explore and then to Challenge, student-campers will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills, while building habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way! This summer, student-campers will have the opportunity to participate in the 2022 Superpowered SM Challenge, engaging in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering-building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. While student-campers will not be competing, they will be engaging in the process!
Space Camp--Grade Level 1-3, 4-5
Out-of-this-world! Space Camp offers student-campers the ability to learn about our Solar System in a unique way. Creating their very own solar system using special materials, learning about constellations, creating their very own Alien planet and diving into galaxy slime, student-campers will really be out of this world!
Engineering--Grade Level 6-7
Brain Bridge! Design elements and learn about forces and the engineering process with amazing bridge building challenges!
Arduino--Grade Level 4-5, 6-7
Mind Building! Arduino is an open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Student-campers will learn the different parts of the hardware and how to program using the software and Tinkercard to understand how these pieces all work together!
Music Makers--Grade Level 1-3, 4-5
Investigation to explore sound, design an instrument, create, then evaluate! Student-campers will engage in creating sound instruments by applying understanding of sound energy, pitch and volume. As student-campers complete sound experiments, they use the engineering design cycle to investigate, plan, create, improve and evaluate their instruments!