STEM Specialty Camps
Rockets, Animals, Woodworking. JCC Camp Shai’s STEM Specialty Camps are a great way to explore interests and develop skills. Shai STEM camps offer two hours of specialized instruction each day facilitated by trusted community partners and supported by our counselors. When campers are not in part of their day, we flip gears into full camp-mode with free swim, games, camp activities, and more! Project- and skill-based instruction in our camp setting will spark campers’ curiosity and sharpen their skills. Our goal for Shai STEM campers is to engage them in hands-on, educational projects. Studies show that engaging in summer enrichment-style programs increases academic engagement and performance during the school year. Who says science and engineering can’t be educational AND fun!
Campers will be broken into two groups: Grades K – 1 and Grades 2 – 5.
Session 1
June 7 – 18
Kid’s Carpentry
Kid’s carpentry Colorado is an interactive and project-based way for campers to learn to create and design with their hands. Kids’ carpentry is designed to teach boys and girls practical woodworking skills with an emphasis on the safe use of hand tools. Taught by Alice Sampson, retired educator and a firm believer in hands-on experience as an effective means of teaching. In partnership with Kids’ Carpentry Colorado.
Dates, Time, and Cost:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $950
Location:
June 7 – 18: Graland Country Day School
Session 2
June 21 – July 2
Sailing the Soloar System | Grades K – 1
Set sail on an amazing journey through our cosmic neighborhood with SpaceTime’s Sailing the Solar System. This camp will take kids on a hands-on & minds-on adventure through the Solar System where they will get to explore the moons of Jupiter & Saturn, search for signs of life on distant worlds, build their very own SpaceTime Cosmic Cruisers, pilot a remote-controlled planetary crawler, test out their astronaut skills in our micro-gravity boots and much more.
Interstellar Adventure | Grades 2 – 5
SpaceTime’s Interstellar Adventure Camp takes kids on a journey beyond the edges of our Solar System to explore the many mysteries of deep space including traveling at near the speed of light, piloting a nuclear-powered spacecraft, taking shortcuts through wormholes, building and launching rovers & spacecraft to distant alien worlds and much more.
In partnership with Space Time Kids.
Dates, Time, and Cost:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $950
Location:
June 21 – July 2: Graland Country Day School
Session 3
July 5 – 16
Kid’s Carpentry
Kid’s carpentry Colorado is an interactive and project-based way for campers to learn to create and design with their hands. Kids’ carpentry is designed to teach boys and girls practical woodworking skills with an emphasis on the safe use of hand tools. Taught by Alice Sampson, retired educator and a firm believer in hands-on experience as an effective means of teaching. In partnership with Kids’ Carpentry Colorado.
Dates, Time, and Cost:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $950
Location:
July 5 – 16: Graland Country Day School
Session 4
July 19 – 30
Butterfly Pavilion
Over the course of the session, campers will learn about and participate in topics such as animal diversity and classification, adaptations, life cycles, and ecosystems via the world of invertebrates. Sessions incorporate live animals, and are designed in a sequential manner to build upon prior knowledge and experience. In partnership with Butterfly Pavilion.
Dates, Time, and Cost:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $950
Location:
July 19 – 30: Graland Country Day School
Session 5
August 2 – 13
Ekar Farm
Grades 2 – 5
Spend time outside this session integrating culinary arts, organic farming, homestead crafts, wilderness skills and more, at Ekar Farm’s camp sessions. Located on two-acres in Lowry, our campers have a great time while becoming empowered to promote a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world. In partnership with Ekar Farm.
Dates, Time, and Cost:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $950
Location:
August 2 – 13: JCC Denver
Camp Shai Parent, 2020
