Build and program a ghost train, a bumper car, a merry-go-round and a tour bus! Use engineering to make a working LEGO™ amusement park. Experiment with the rides and create you own!

Explore camera obscura and cyanotypes at Hot Shops Art Gallery. Create and mount your own creations based on the works of several artists. With UNO art students, discover the science of shapes and structure in nature.

Learn about the planets, stars and moon in the Durham Science Center’s Mallory Kountze Planetarium. Study solar activity with big telescopes on our rooftop observatory. Compete in the “Great Balloon Rocket Race!” Complete the week by building and launching a rocket!

If you like to dig for rocks and fossils, this is for you! You will visit Schramm Park for a dig! Discover what geologists do and make a stratigraphic model. Earth Science will really rock you!

Learn about collecting and storing energy. Harness wind, water and solar power using LEGO™s. Omaha Public Power District experts will teach you about the awesome generating power of giant wind turbines and geothermal mines.

Study meteorology and explore hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, rain, snow and on and on! Meet weather forecasters. Visit the National Weather Service office in Valley. This camp is for you, whatever the weather!

Encounter the countries of Germany, France and Spain in this cultural adventure. You will learn some of each language and enjoy the music and food of each country. A special camp created and taught for Foreign Language lovers.

Play games all day and learn strategies to outwit worthy opponents. Games such as Chess, Checkers, Stratego and others will help you strengthen those problem solving skills. Learn how to THINK TO WIN!

This camp is a dynamic fun-filled excursion into engineering. It is an in-depth initiation into mobile robotics. Developed at Carnegie Mellon University, campers will progress through activities that will teach programming, behaviors, systems, control, sensors, feedback and more!

This camp is not for novice robotics campers! The second course in LEGO™ Engineering will dig deep into the First LEGO™ League’s 2007 “Power Puzzle.” Become comfortable with the problem solving strategies encountered in LEGO™ competitions.

Come and explore math in a musical way! Create equations with music instruments and discover what music and math have in common. Brought to you by the UNO Department of Music!

Are toys machines? Learn all about spinning, pulling and pushing! Investigate the park and your toy box. Science is everywhere! You life you with a giant pulley! What do butter and simple machines have in common? A mighty tasty exploration!

Learn programming fundamentals while playing with LEGO™s! Build gadgets and program them using the ROBOLAB™ language. Can you build and program a robot that can face the toughest challenges?

Presented by UNO’s Theater Department, this camp will explore the world of theater in a completely new way. Through improvisation and skits, learn the building blocks of theater and present a demonstration for friends and family.

Do you LOVE nature? Want to dip nets into a stream and study tiny living things? Explore the predatory/prey cycle. Build your own critter condo. Study many living organisms in Biology Camp!

Back once again to inspire the desire for travel! Choose the geography of the countries you would like to explore. Journey to the formation of the Saharan Desert or enter the mysterious jungles of Borneo. Apply for a passport to travel the world without leaving Omaha!

Investigate the concepts of energy, electricity, and environment using LEGO™s. Discover the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Find out about joules and watts. Build and power a motor with a capacitor! Link you new skills to the real world through a visit to Omaha Public Power District facilities!

What makes animals so different and unique? Learn about adaptations, visit the zoo to observe animal adaptations at work, create an ocean habitat t-shirt.