2020 Camp Details
Penn State Altoona Kids' College goes totally remote for summer 2020. A complete list of Penn State Altoona's online camps is available below. Remote camps are available from other Penn State locations.
It was a difficult decision to cancel face to face camps this summer, but ensuring the safety of our campers and staff is always our highest priority. We hope to see everyone back on campus next year. Thank you for your continued support of our programs. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sherri McGregor at 814-949-5047 or [email protected].
Camps
Elementary
Cupcake Creations (Ages 7-11) $99
Monday through Friday, 9:00-10:00 a.m., July 13-17
Instructor: Kathy Brua, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
This camp is too sweet to pass up! During our daily live Zoom session, you will learn different decorating and piping techniques to create your own cupcake creations. Each day you will create a new design using the cupcake platform provided. Are you excited for this yummy workshop? Fee includes a kit complete with all the supplies needed for each daily lesson. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
Register for Cupcake Creations
Awesome Art (Ages 7-11) $99
Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.-noon, July 13-17
Instructor: Kathy Brua, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
This art camp will unleash your imagination this summer. During our daily live Zoom session, you will work on a new project using different art media. Projects include drawing, painting, clay sculpture, optical illusion art, and much more. Fee includes a kit complete with all the supplies needed for each daily lesson. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
Junior Geologists (Ages 8-12) $125
Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.-noon, July 20-24
Instructor: Veronica Berry, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
Do you like digging in the dirt, looking for rocks, and exploring the environment? Then this class is for you! During our daily live Zoom session, we will be looking at how the earth was formed, identifying rocks and minerals, and conducting many at-home experiments to explain how rocks and minerals form including creating some of our very own crystals. Come explore the world of a junior geologist. Fee includes a kit complete with all the supplies needed for each daily lesson. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
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Scratch Gaming and Programming (Ages 8-11) $99
Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.-noon, July 27-31
Instructor: Stephenie Schroth, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
Are you interested in gaming and programming? If you said yes, then you are going to love this camp! Using the program language Scratch, you will create and program your own animations, games, and interactive stories. During our daily live Zoom lesson, you will learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively which are all essential skills in today’s world. Participants will be required to sign up for a Scratch account prior to the first day of camp. Upon registration, you will receive an email with your classroom link and instructions on how to create a Scratch account.
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Sense-ational Endeavors Camp (Ages 4-8) $125
Monday through Friday, 9:00-9:45 a.m., July 27-31
Instructor: Kim Parker, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
Sensory integration is an important tool in facilitating learning and sensory processing in all children. A combination of sensory experiences including touch, sight, sound, smell, taste, and bodily movement promotes learning in new and exciting ways. Structured modules will provide sensory activities that allow children of all ages, with or without disabilities, to explore, engage, and create using their six senses. Activities can be modifiable for each child’s abilities, skills, and strengths. Children will have a blast engaging in sensory activities in the comfort of their own environment! Campers will meet with the instructor during a live zoom session to review the daily module. Modules will then be completed off-line at camper’s own pace. Opportunities to share each camper’s progress will be provided. Fee includes a daily 45-minute zoom session, camp t-shirt, and supply kit including all supplies needed to complete each daily module. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
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Sense-ational Endeavors Camp (Ages 8-15) $125
Monday through Friday, 10:00-10:45 a.m., July 27-31
Instructor: Kim Parker, Daily check-in - virtual delivery live via Zoom
Sensory integration is an important tool in facilitating learning and sensory processing in all children. A combination of sensory experiences including touch, sight, sound, smell, taste, and bodily movement promotes learning in new and exciting ways. Structured modules will provide sensory activities that allow children of all ages, with or without disabilities, to explore, engage, and create using their six senses. Activities can be modifiable for each child’s abilities, skills, and strengths. Children will have a blast engaging in sensory activities in the comfort of their own environment! Campers will meet with the instructor during a live zoom session to review the daily module. Modules will then be completed off-line at camper’s own pace. Opportunities to share each camper’s progress will be provided. Fee includes a daily 45-minute zoom session, camp t-shirt, and supply kit including all supplies needed to complete each daily module. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
Register for Sense-ational Endeavors
Middle School
Scratch Gaming and Programming (Ages 12-15) $99
Monday through Friday, 1:30-2:30 p.m., July 27-31
Instructor: Stephenie Schroth, Virtual delivery live via Zoom
Are you interested in gaming and programming? If you said yes, then you are going to love this camp! Using the program language Scratch, you will create and program your own animations, games, and interactive stories. During our daily live Zoom lesson, you will learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively which are all essential skills in today’s world. Participants will be required to sign up for a Scratch account prior to the first day of camp. Upon registration, you will receive an email with your classroom link and instructions on how to create a Scratch account.
Register for Scratch Gaming and Programming
Sense-ational Endeavors Camp (Ages 12-15) $125
Monday through Friday, 10:00-10:45 a.m., July 27-31
Instructor: Kim Parker, Daily check-in - virtual delivery live via Zoom
Sensory integration is an important tool in facilitating learning and sensory processing in all children. A combination of sensory experiences including touch, sight, sound, smell, taste, and bodily movement promotes learning in new and exciting ways. Structured modules will provide sensory activities that allow children of all ages, with or without disabilities, to explore, engage, and create using their six senses. Activities can be modifiable for each child’s abilities, skills, and strengths. Children will have a blast engaging in sensory activities in the comfort of their own environment! Campers will meet with the instructor during a live zoom session to review the daily module. Modules will then be completed off-line at camper’s own pace. Opportunities to share each camper’s progress will be provided. Fee includes a daily 45-minute zoom session, camp t-shirt, and supply kit including all supplies needed to complete each daily module. Registrations must be received at least 7 days prior to the start of camp to ensure kit is received for the first day of camp.
Register for Sense-ational Endeavors
Activity Kits
Lions Learning Lab Science Kit (Ages 7-12) $35
Instructional Videos by Lynn Dalby and Justin Huffman
Science kits from Lions Learning lab will encourage kids to explore and augment their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills via projects rooted in science and engineering through hands-on learning. This is a kid-friendly and fun lab kit that includes six pre-prepared materials that will be supplemented with various at-home-supplies. Give your child the awesome gift of STEM projects that will be sure to keep them busy throughout the summer! Pre-recorded instructional videos for each activity are included. Fee includes instructional videos, printed materials, and a supply kit.
Activities included in the kit:
- Barbie Bungee: Determine the correct amount of rubber bands needed to construct a bungee cord so that Barbie/action figure doesn’t hit his/her head but safely bungee jumps!
- Marble Run: Make a fun and exciting roller coaster on your wall and use physics to create a maze of twists, turns, loops, and jumps!
- Potato Launcher: Build a really cool potato launcher and learn how air volume and pressure work together to send a small piece of spud flying!
- Motorized Car: Design a fan motorized car with the challenge of using only a few supplied materials and your creativity and ingenuity!
- Goldenrod Paper: A mixture of both art and science, use acid/base chemistry to make really cool artwork!
- Cabbage Juice: Learn how to split a molecule of water and discover acid/base changes in a solution using the plant pigment (anthocyanin) from red cabbage!