Camp COSI

Miniscule… tiny… itty-bitty… How small is small? See how everyday things in a new light as we shed new light on the unseen world too small for our eyes. In this surprising day camp, we’ll see how everyday things – like butterfly wings and nail polish – look very different on a nano-scale.

School's Out Camp Date:May 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
School's Out Camp Fees:$60.00 - Members | $65.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

What is a robot? How do they work? Learn the answers to these questions and more as we explore the world of robotics. Campers will work in teams to program pre-built robots through a series of challenges. Kindergarten through second grade campers will be working with Bee Bots and third through fifth grade campers will be working with LEGO® EV3 robots.

School's Out Camp Dates:May 29, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
School's Out Camp Fees:$60.00 - Members | $65.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

What does art have to do with science? Find out as we bring the world of color to life. Explore hue, paint, pixels, and more in this creative camp perfect for budding artists and fans of letting loose!

School's Out Camp Date:May 30, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
School's Out Camp Fees:$60.00 - Members | $65.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Solids, liquids and gasses, oh my! Explore all three phases of matter as we look into molecules as well as chemical and physical changes. Mix, fizz, pop, foam, and ooze as we explore solids, liquids, and gasses to explore how they combine. Campers will also create and take home some COSI Super Slime of your own!

School's Out Camp Dates:May 31, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
School's Out Camp Fees:$60.00 - Members | $65.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Does your youngest scientist want to keep the learning going this summer? COSI provides a great opportunity for preschoolers to engage with science during the summer! Week long camps offered for ages 3-5 for kids not yet ready to go in to Kindergarten. This camp is half day that includes a daily snack and all supplies. Become a different scientist every day, and explore with us here at COSI!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 10 - June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 12:00pm
August 5 - August 9, 2019: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$150.00 - Members | $165.00 Non-Members

Ever wonder what’s out there? Get a new perspective with COSI’s Space Camp, an out-of-this-world week of interstellar exploration! We’ll explore our Solar System, engineer rockets, and learn about life in space. Plus, we’ll get an exclusive showing inside COSI’s Planetarium – the largest in Ohio!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 10 - June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 15 - July 19, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Dress for a mess and prepare to get gooey with COSI’s famous Messy Science. Together, we’ll experiment with COSI’s top secret formulas for flubber, oobleck, slime, and other chemical concoctions. Along the way, we’ll investigate chemical and physical changes and make things ooze, slime, and pop!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 17 - June 21, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
August 5 - August 9, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Design, build, test, and redesign in this imaginative, inventive hands-on camp. First, we’ll explore simple machines and force and motion to see how they power the world around us, then we’ll become engineers to see how our designs can become taller, faster, stronger, and more efficient!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 24 - June 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Have an aspiring paleontologist in your family? In this larger-than-life week of camp, we’ll dig deep into the world of dinosaurs to explore how these amazing creatures moved, ate, lived, and died. Together, we’ll analyze fossils, dig for artifacts, and even walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs… and the scientists who study them!

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 8 - July 12, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 29 - August 2, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Lace up your boots, ready your tools, and step into the great outdoors with Camp COSI as your guide! In this extraordinary introduction to the natural world, we’ll get our hands dirty by meeting COSI’s living animal collection, exploring habitats, ecosystems, and the interactions between living things that make our world a spectacular place to live -- all from inside the walls of COSI!

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 22 - July 26, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

What is a robot? How does it work? There’s one way to find out. During the week camps will explore energy, circuitry, and the “language” robots speak: programming! Working in pairs, campers will get hands-on to learn programming basics with Ozo Bots, then take control of Bee Bots that light up, make noise, and move!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 10 - June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
June 24 - June 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 15 - July 19, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

If play is the highest form of research, join us in an advanced course! In COSI’s Dare to Design camp, we’ll explore the engineering that makes our world a better place to live. Experiment with simple machines, force and motion, and more as we innovate and explore to solve real-world challenges.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 17 - June 21, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nah, it’s Super-Science! Come prepared for your super hero training by using science to bring “impossible” super powers to life! Learn to levitate, create weather, and even fly!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 24 - June 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 22 - July 26, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Do you think science is cool? I mean, really cool? COSI’s one-of-a-kind Silly Science camp is for you. In this behind-the-scenes camp, we’ll explore some of COSI’s classics like you’ve never seen them before. You’ll get an inside look at our top secret slime recipe, see how we make things pop, fizz, and bubble, and see the crazy-cold effects of liquid nitrogen up close.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 8 - July 12, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 29 - August 2, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Do you have what it takes to become the next great space explorer? COSI’s Astronaut Adventures camp will take you on an out-of-this-world trip beyond Earth’s atmosphere to explore our Solar System and beyond, engineer rockets, and see the marvels of space up-close in an exclusive show in our Planetarium.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 22 - July 26, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

65 million years ago, giants walked the Earth. In this one-of-a-kind camp, we’ll dig into the science of these prehistoric creatures to explore the world they lived in, how they survived, and the evidence they left behind. Plus, we’ll get an amazing look at the American Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Gallery to explore amazing artifacts and the latest scientific evidence.

Weeklong Camp Dates:August 5 - August 9, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Prepare for blast off as we take a new look at space in this exhilarating interstellar camp. How do humans explore space? To find out, we’ll examine how we learn about the universe beyond our home planet and get hands-on with rockets, rovers, and astronaut missions. Of course, we’ll also get closer than ever with exclusive access to the Planetarium at COSI – the largest in Ohio!

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 10 - June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Become a part of an engineering team using a LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 robot – a sophisticated and state-of-the-art handheld robot waiting for your input. Working in pairs we will put our robot to the test to complete an array of challenges. Throughout the week campers will learn the importance of robot sensors, and how these sensors allow the robot to “see” the world around them. Practice programming, sequencing, measurement, teamwork and more as you test and adjust your plan one step at a time.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 17 - June 21, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
July 22 - July 26, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Bring the scientific method to life in this chemistry camp for all, as we explore the chemical and physical changes that surround us. How can something be not a gas, not quite a liquid, but not really a solid? What is Flubber? Or “elephant toothpaste?” Explore it all when we get up-close and personal with chemistry.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 24 - June 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Do you spend your summer playing video games? Ever dream of developing your own? It all begins with COSI’s cutting-edge Video Games camp, where we’ll explore basic programming concepts with the Scratch software, then develop, experiment and expand to create a shareable video game for all to enjoy.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 8 - July 12, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
August 5 - August 9, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Potions, levitation, and magical creatures may sound like fiction… but in this hands-on week of exciting experiments and fantastic phenomena, we’ll dig into the science behind the spells! Together, we’ll uncover the truth behind the almost-unbelievable “magic” that otherwise might be confined to the pages of storybooks.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 15 - July 19, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

What does it take to build a skyscraper? A rollercoaster? Wire a house? At this camp, you'll learn what different engineers do to design the world around us then see if you have what it takes to join them! With a different design challenge each day, what will you build?

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 29 - August 2, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Do you spend your summer playing video games? Ever dream of developing your own? In Tech Studio’s Video Games camp, we’ll explore game mechanics, character design, and advanced programming concepts with MIT’s Scratch. Campers will develop a story and bring it to life in the form of a challenging, interactive game.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 17 - June 21, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Plug into the world of electronics and learn how the components in your everyday devices are wired and programmed. Campers will build a foundation in circuitry and JavaScript coding with Micro:bit and will apply their new skills by programming sensors and actuators into useful, real world, interactive devices.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 24 - June 28, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Dig deeper into programming of robots. Campers will work in pairs to program EV3 robots to complete challenges. Installing and using robotic senses, campers will lead their LEGO® EV3 Robots to accomplish a variety of challenges.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 8 - July 12, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Are you an aspiring songwriter? Tech Studio’s music production camp will focus on foundational music theory lessons and apply these lessons to Apple’s Logic Pro X software. Campers will learn to program a drum beat, develop a bassline, implement the basics of melody and harmony, and experiment with microphones as they compose their own song.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 15 - June 19, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Learn to create digital art with Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator! Campers will explore photo compositing and vector art while discovering how their digital creations can be realized into physical products through the use of Tech Studio's laser cutter and vinyl cutter.

Weeklong Camp Dates:July 29 - August 2, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Transform your creativity from a computer screen to the real world through 3D modeling and printing. Campers will learn to design 3D models in Autodesk design software, print one of their models using Tech Studio’s variety of 3D printers, and discuss the past/present/future of additive manufacturing.

Weeklong Camp Dates:August 5 - August 9, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$300.00 - Members | $330.00 Non-Members
Optional Wrap-Around Care Fees:4:00pm - 5:30pm – $10.00 per day, per camper (A snack will be provided)

Purchase the Full Week Experience Package for High School Tech Week. This package includes all 5 camps for a discounted rate.

Weeklong Camp Dates:June 10 - June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Weeklong Camp Fees:$400.00 - Members | $430.00 Non-Members

Learn to use Autodesk’s Maya software while exploring and applying the 12 principles of animation.

Single Day Camp Date:June 10, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Single Day Camp Fees:$90.00 - Members | $100.00 Non-Members

Receive an introduction to the Arduino language and construct basic circuits using the Arduino Uno microcontroller and solderless breadboard. Learn to write code to take input from sensors and control LED lights.

Single Day Camp Date:June 11, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Single Day Camp Fees:$90.00 - Members | $100.00 Non-Members

Use Apple’s Logic Pro X software to create music with virtual instruments while incorporating lessons on music theory and composition.

Single Day Camp Date:June 12, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Single Day Camp Fees:$90.00 - Members | $100.00 Non-Members

Work with DSLR cameras and learn basic camera functions and videography techniques. Explore Adobe’s Premiere Pro software for video editing.

Single Day Camp Date:June 13, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Single Day Camp Fees:$90.00 - Members | $100.00 Non-Members

Learn to create digital art by exploring the tools of Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator. Discover how your digital creation can be realized into a physical product with the use of Tech Studio's laser cutter or vinyl cutter.

Single Day Camp Date:June 14, 2019: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Single Day Camp Fees:$90.00 - Members | $100.00 Non-Members