- To help you and your child choose the best science or math camps for them, please read all of the descriptions for their grade level.
- Most camps are open to children ENTERING grades 4-8.
- Jr. Paleontology, Sphero Robotics, Future Inventors, and Totally Cool Math & Science Combo is open to 3rd graders.
- Zombies and Biomedical Engineering is open to 9th graders.
- Camps with off-campus field trips are marked with a *. No trips will take place on Mondays. Field trip explanations will go home with campers on Monday of each week.
Camps by Grade:
Camp for Third Graders Only
Camps with off-campus field trips are marked with *.
*Sphero Robotics
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 14, July 19
Calling all aspiring roboticists! 🤖💻 Learn how to code robots and put your programming skills to the test with daily challenges using Sphero robots.
Can you program your Sphero to score a soccer goal? Navigate through space? Complete a tricky course? Dive into the world of coding through hands-on activities like building your own vibrobot, playing Simon Says, and creating a gingerbread man using if/then conditionals.
Write computer code to control how Sphero robots move, discover different ways to program, and solve challenges through creativity and experimentation. If you’re curious about how robots move, think, and respond, this camp is for you!
Code it. Control it. Challenge it!
Camps for Third-Fourth Graders
Camps with off-campus field trips are marked with *.
*Future Inventors
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 21, July 26
Calling all young inventors! 💡🔧 Get ready to design, build, test, and think like an engineer as you tackle a new hands-on challenge each day.
Can you design a cupcake box that protects its precious cargo? Step into the shoes of an astronaut as you build a crew module and foam rocket. Test your engineering skills with the Gingerbread Bridge Challenge and see if your bubble solution can outlast the competition!
Along the way, visit The Kiewit Luminarium for even more opportunities to explore, experiment, and discover.
Dream it. Build it. Test it. Improve it!
*Jr. Paleontology
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 7, July 12
Can you excavate a complete dinosaur fossil and piece it back together? 🦖 Dig into the past, make your own amber slime with a fossilized (plastic!) cockroach, and explore Morrill Hall at UNL to meet the incredible creatures that once roamed Nebraska.
Then, investigate dinosaur scat, uncover clues from prehistoric life, and use your imagination to create a brand-new dinosaur! 🦕🔬
Get ready for a hands-on prehistoric adventure!
*Totally Cool Math & Science Combo
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, June 28
Get ready to explore, experiment, and get messy! 🔬🎨 Dive into the exciting worlds of science and math through hands-on activities involving electricity, sound, light, color, and more.
Use Play-Doh to discover how electricity works, explore patterns and symmetry by creating your own tessellation T-shirt, and put your math skills to the test with M&M Math, puzzles, and the Metric Olympics. Explore sound and mirrors, play Egyptian Baseball, and visit The Kiewit Luminarium for even more hands-on discovery.
And, of course, no science camp is complete without a little mess! Make Oobleck, get your hands dirty, and discover that science and math are everywhere!
Camps for Fourth–Fifth Graders
Camps with off-campus field trips are marked with *.
*Architecture and 3D Printing
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 7, June 21, June 28, July 19
Design the playground of your dreams! 🛝🏗️ Become a city planner, architect, and engineer as you use science, technology, and creativity to design and build an amazing playground.
Bring your ideas to life with 3D printers by designing and printing your own playground equipment. Explore playgrounds throughout the Metro area and hear from local architects about their careers and what it takes to pursue a degree in architecture.
Put your engineering skills to the test with building challenges throughout the week, using a variety of materials to construct and refine your dream playground.
Dream it. Design it. Build it!
*Art in Science
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 7
Unleash your inner artist in Art in Science! 🎨🔬 Campers will explore the creative connection between art, science, and math as they design and mount their own unique creations inspired by the work of several renowned artists.
Create colorful color wheels, craft intricate sand mandalas, and discover the fascinating science behind shapes, patterns, and structures found in nature. Campers will also visit Hot Shops to see local artists in action and discover how science and creativity come together in their work.
Come create, experiment, and discover where art and science meet!
Astronomical Adventures
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 14, July 12
Blast off into an out-of-this-world adventure! 🚀 Explore the planets, stars, and moons at the Mallory Kountze Planetarium at UNO, then design and create your own glow-in-the-dark galaxy T-shirt.
Build and launch your very own rocket, safely observe solar activity through large telescopes, and make a spectroscope to discover how light can reveal the secrets of stars. Then put your engineering skills to the test by building a pasta rover and seeing just how far it can travel!
Get ready to explore, create, build, and discover the science of space!
*Earth Science - What Rocks Our Earth
Cost: $280
Offered week of: July 12
If you love digging for rocks and fossils, Earth Science is the camp for you! 🪨🦴 Head to Schramm Park for an exciting fossil dig and discover what it’s like to be a geologist.
Learn how to identify minerals, create your own stratigraphic model, and investigate how water shapes our world by building artesian wells and exploring river systems with the University’s stream table.
Dig deep, get your hands dirty, and uncover the amazing science beneath our feet—Earth Science will really rock your world! 🌎
*Eco-Excitement - Biology
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 28
Jump into Eco Excitement! 🌿🦋 Discover the fascinating world of biology as you explore plants, animals, and the connections they share with their environment.
Visit Glacier Creek Preserve to uncover the incredible variety of plants and animals native to Nebraska. Learn how predator-prey relationships help keep ecosystems in balance, then put your creativity and engineering skills to work as you design and build the perfect home for a grasshopper.
Get outside, get curious, and get hands-on with living organisms in Eco Excitement Biology Camp!
Get Your Game On! Strategies of the Mind
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 14
Think, strategize, and play to win! ♟️🎲 Build your skills in Chess, Checkers, Stratego, and other classic games while sharpening your problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Put your creativity to the test by designing and creating your very own board game, then challenge your fellow campers to play it! Spend the day learning new strategies, thinking several moves ahead, and putting your skills to the test against worthy opponents.
Think smart. Make your move. THINK TO WIN!
Grossology
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 7, July 19
Ready to get gross? 🤢🧠 If oozy, icky, slimy, and downright disgusting sounds like fun, this is the camp for you!
Explore the grossest parts of the human body as you make booger launchers, whip up snot slime, and create squishy model brains you can actually feel between your fingers. Then, follow the digestive system from mouth to poop as you build your own working model and discover what really happens inside your body.
Get ready to squish, slime, launch, and learn in this seriously gross adventure into human body science!
*Mythical Creatures
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, July 26
Embark on an adventure into the world of Mythical Creatures! 🦄🐉🔍 Explore legendary creatures like unicorns, dragons, and the Loch Ness Monster as you investigate the stories, science, and evidence behind these mysterious beings.
Put your skills to the test as you try to catch Bigfoot, design and build a house fit for a fairy, and explore the fascinating world of cryptozoology through art, storytelling, and scientific investigation.
By the end of the week, you’ll create your very own compendium of magical, mystical, and magnificent creatures—a collection of everything you’ve discovered along the way!
*STEM in Sports
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, July 26
Where sports meet STEM! 🏀⚙️ If you love sports, science, and engineering, this camp is for you! Explore the science, technology, engineering, and math behind your favorite sports while putting your skills to the test.
Discover the physics behind basketball and engineer your own goal launcher. Tour UNO’s sports facilities and visit Topgolf to explore the science behind the perfect drive and test your own skills.
Play. Build. Experiment. Discover how STEM makes sports possible!
*Understanding Energy
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 21
Power up your curiosity! ⚡🌎 Explore the amazing world of renewable energy as you harness the power of wind, water, and the sun using windmills, solar panels, and turbines.
Discover how giant wind turbines generate electricity and learn about the science behind geothermal energy. Then put your engineering skills to work as you design and build your own model city powered by electricity.
Take your learning into the real world with a visit to an Omaha Public Power District facility and see how energy is generated and delivered to our communities.
Build. Power. Discover the energy of the future!
VEX Robotics Engineering I
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 14, July 12
Build it. Code it. Compete! 🤖🏆 This camp is part engineering lab and part competition, where teamwork and creativity come together to solve exciting robotics challenges.
Work with your team to design, build, and code robots for a variety of competitions throughout the week. Use rotation, light, ultrasonic, and touch sensors to brainstorm creative solutions, tackle engineering challenges, and put your robots to the test.
Along the way, campers will strengthen their collaboration, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and coding skills while having fun competing with their creations.
Think. Build. Code. Compete!
VEX Robotics Engineering I-Girls' Camp
Cost: $280
Offered the week of: June 21
Build it. Code it. Compete! 🤖🏆 This camp is part engineering lab and part competition, where teamwork and creativity come together to solve exciting robotics challenges.
Work with your team to design, build, and code robots for a variety of competitions throughout the week. Use rotation, light, ultrasonic, and touch sensors to brainstorm creative solutions, tackle engineering challenges, and put your robots to the test.
Along the way, campers will strengthen their collaboration, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and coding skills while having fun competing with their creations.
Think. Build. Code. Compete!
*All are welcome.
VEX Robotics Engineering II
Cost: $280
Offered week of: July 26
Campers must have taken VEX Engineering I before enrolling in this camp.
Build. Code. Compete in the Robot Olympics! 🤖🏆 This camp combines the excitement of an engineering lab with the challenge of competition. Working as a team, campers will design, program, and test robots as they prepare for the Robot Olympics.
Put your problem-solving skills to the test by using rotation, light, ultrasonic, and touch sensors to develop creative solutions to engineering challenges. Campers will strengthen their coding, collaboration, critical-thinking, and engineering skills while working together to improve their robots and compete in a variety of events.
Designed for campers who have completed VEX I Robotics, this camp takes their skills to the next level!
Think. Build. Code. Compete!
*Weather — Forces of Nature
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 28
Discover the Forces of Nature! 🌪️⛈️ Become a mini meteorologist as you explore the science behind hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, rain, snow, and more!
Visit the National Weather Service office in Valley to meet professional weather forecasters and see how they predict and track severe weather. Back at camp, hear from an Omaha meteorologist about the exciting world of meteorology and what it takes to pursue a career forecasting the weather.
From storm clouds to sunny skies, this camp is for you, whatever the weather! 🌦️
*Zoology
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, July 19
Get wild with Zoology! 🦁🐍 Explore some of the animal kingdom’s most extreme and fascinating creatures and discover what makes each one unique.
Learn how animals adapt to survive in their environments, then visit the Henry Doorly Zoo to see amazing adaptations in action. Create your own habitat shadow box and discover how zookeepers keep animals healthy, active, and enriched.
Whether you love furry, feathered, scaly, or slimy creatures, this camp is the perfect place to explore, create, and connect with fellow animal lovers!
*Architecture & 3D Printing
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, June 14, July 12, July 26
Build the treehouse of your dreams! 🌳🏠 Become a structural engineer, architect, and designer as you use science, technology, and creativity to dream up the ultimate treehouse.
Bring your ideas to life with 3D printers by designing and printing custom furniture—and even a pet—for your treehouse! Take a field trip to Arbor Day Farm and Treetop Village for inspiration and hear from local architects about their careers and what it takes to pursue a degree in architecture.
Put your engineering skills to the test with exciting building challenges throughout the week, using a variety of materials to design, construct, and refine your dream treehouse.
Dream it. Design it. Build it. Reach new heights!
*Art in Science & Math
Cost: $280
Offered the week of: June 28
Where art, science, and math come together! 🎨🔬 Explore your creative side in Art in Science as you discover how artists use science and mathematics to create amazing works of art.
Create and mount your own masterpieces inspired by the work of several artists. Use color theory and math to design color wheels and intricate sand mandalas, explore the science behind shapes and structures found in nature, and transform mathematical concepts into visual art.
Take a trip to Hot Shops to see local artists at work and discover the many ways science and creativity come together in the art world.
Create. Explore. Experiment. See science in a whole new way!
Adventures in the Chem Lab
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 21, July 19
Get ready for a chemical adventure! 🧪💥 Explore the fascinating world of chemistry as you investigate gases like helium, hydrogen, and oxygen, observe chemical reactions, and discover what happens when things heat up, cool down, and even freeze!
Experiment with kitchen chemistry and explore the science behind everyday materials. Create your own polymer, investigate mysterious chemical changes, and discover how ice cream can be made in an instant—all while solving chemistry mysteries through hands-on experiments.
Mix it. Change it. Discover it! This hands-on camp is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of chemistry!
*This camp spends a day working with food items*
Astrobiology
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 7
Are we alone in the universe? 👽🔭 Join the search for extraterrestrial life as you explore what makes something “alive” and investigate how living organisms might survive beyond Earth.
Search for microscopic life, explore the science behind UFO sightings, and discover how the extreme conditions of outer space can affect living things. Use your imagination to design and create your very own alien while considering what life on another world might look like.
Campers will visit the Mallory Kountze Planetarium at UNO every day to explore the universe and continue the search for life beyond our planet.
Look closer. Think bigger. Search the universe! 🚀🪐
Astronomy
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, June 28
Explore the forces that shape our universe! 🌌🚀 Dive into the fascinating world of space science at the Mallory Kountze Planetarium at UNO and discover how electromagnetic energy and gravity influence everything from planets to entire solar systems.
Learn how gravity can hold solar systems together—or send worlds on a new course. Create your own imaginary world by designing papier-mâché planets, then spend a morning observing the Sun safely through solar telescopes.
Finish your cosmic adventure by building and launching your very own rocket!
Explore. Create. Launch. Discover the universe!
Forensic Science
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 14, July 26
Think like a forensic scientist! 🔎🧪 Step into the world of criminal investigation as you use observation, logic, and science to uncover clues and solve mysteries.
Explore the science of code breaking, osteology, and entomology, including a weeklong investigation of a decomposing raw chicken. Analyze hair samples, blood spatter patterns, and fingerprints, and use specialized software to create composite facial sketches.
Go behind the scenes of forensic science when the Omaha Police Department’s forensic team visits camp to share their expertise and talk about careers in the field.
Gather the clues. Analyze the evidence. Solve the mystery!
Get Your Game On! Strategies of the Mind
Cost: $280
Offered the week of: July 19
Think, strategize, and play to win! ♟️🎲 Build your skills in Chess, Checkers, Stratego, and other classic games while sharpening your problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Put your creativity to the test by designing and creating your very own board game, then challenge your fellow campers to play it! Spend the day learning new strategies, thinking several moves ahead, and putting your skills to the test against worthy opponents.
Think smart. Make your move. THINK TO WIN!
Inventor’s Lab
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 14, July 19
Level up your engineering skills in Inventor’s Lab! ⚙️🚀 Work as a team to tackle exciting challenges while exploring the science behind hydraulics, solar power, and lasers.
Build and race your own solar-powered car, then put your engineering skills to the test with hydraulic sumo robots. Take on a twist of the classic egg-drop challenge, design and build a powerful catapult, and see if you can launch an object farther than the competition!
Design. Build. Test. Compete. Get ready to think like an inventor and put your engineering skills to the ultimate test!
*STEM in Sports
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 7, July 12
Where sports meet STEM! 🏀⚙️ This year, we’re excited to partner with the Biomechanics College to bring an unforgettable STEM in Sports experience to middle schoolers!
If you love sports, science, and engineering, this camp is for you. Explore the science, technology, engineering, and math behind athletic performance while discovering how STEM helps athletes train, compete, and improve.
Work alongside graduate students in the Biomechanics College and use cutting-edge sports technology to conduct hands-on experiments and investigate the science of movement. Then, head to Topgolf for a field trip filled with physics, fun, and plenty of opportunities to put your skills to the test!
Play. Experiment. Analyze. Discover the science behind sports!
*VEX Robotics Engineering I
This camp has the same information at the 4th-5th grade camp but is taught at a higher level.
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, June 28
Build it. Code it. Compete! 🤖🏆 This camp is part engineering lab and part competition, where teamwork and creativity come together to solve exciting robotics challenges.
Work with your team to design, build, and code robots for a variety of competitions throughout the week. Use rotation, light, ultrasonic, and touch sensors to brainstorm creative solutions, tackle engineering challenges, and put your robots to the test.
Along the way, campers will strengthen their collaboration, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and coding skills while having fun competing with their creations.
Think. Build. Code. Compete!
VEX Robotics Engineering II
This camp has the same information at the 4th-5th grade camp but is taught at a higher level.
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: June 7, July 19
Campers must have taken VEX Engineering I before enrolling in this camp.
Build. Code. Compete in the Robot Olympics! 🤖🏆 This camp combines the excitement of an engineering lab with the challenge of competition. Working as a team, campers will design, program, and test robots as they prepare for the Robot Olympics.
Put your problem-solving skills to the test by using rotation, light, ultrasonic, and touch sensors to develop creative solutions to engineering challenges. Campers will strengthen their coding, collaboration, critical-thinking, and engineering skills while working together to improve their robots and compete in a variety of events.
Designed for campers who have completed VEX I Robotics, this camp takes their skills to the next level!
Think. Build. Code. Compete!
Video Game Designer
Cost: $280
Offered weeks of: May 31, June 7, June 21, June 28, July 12
Calling all gamers, creators, and future game designers! 🎮💻 Are you ready to go from playing video games to creating your own?
Design and build a video game from the ground up as you create your own unique world filled with moving characters, challenges, and adventures. Discover the coding and game-development skills that bring your ideas to life while learning how games are designed, programmed, and played.
Whether you’re chasing high scores or dreaming up your own game, this camp gives you the chance to create, code, and play your way!
Imagine it. Code it. Game on!
Video Game Designer-Girls' Camp
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 21
Calling all gamers, creators, and future game designers! 🎮💻 Are you ready to go from playing video games to creating your own?
Design and build a video game from the ground up as you create your own unique world filled with moving characters, challenges, and adventures. Discover the coding and game-development skills that bring your ideas to life while learning how games are designed, programmed, and played.
Whether you’re chasing high scores or dreaming up your own game, this camp gives you the chance to create, code, and play your way!
Imagine it. Code it. Game on!
*All are welcome
*Zoology-This camp has a different curriculum than the 4th-5th grade camp
Cost: $280
Offered the week of: July 12
Get wild with Zoology! 🦁🐍 Explore some of the animal kingdom’s most fascinating and extreme creatures and discover what makes each one unique.
Investigate amazing animal adaptations and learn how different species are specially equipped to survive in their environments. Visit the Henry Doorly Zoo to see these adaptations in action, then create your own habitat shadow box inspired by the animals and environments you discover.
If you love animals and enjoy asking questions about how they live, this camp is the perfect place to explore, create, and connect with fellow animal lovers!
Note: Campers will be doing a dissection in this camp.
Camps for Eighth–Ninth Graders
Camps with off-campus field trips are marked with *.
Biomedical Engineering
Cost: $280
Offered the week of: July 26
Discover the science behind the future of medicine! 🧬🔬 Explore the exciting world of biomedical engineering and learn how engineers use science, technology, and creativity to improve healthcare.
Investigate innovative medical devices and explore technologies such as medical imaging. Put your engineering skills to work through hands-on challenges that develop creative problem-solving, communication, and collaboration—essential skills for biomedical engineers.
Campers will also participate in a hands-on dissection to explore anatomy and better understand how biomedical engineers design solutions inspired by the human body.
Imagine. Engineer. Innovate. Discover the future of medicine!
*Zombies
Cost: $280
Offered week of: June 21
Braaaains… are what it takes to survive this camp! 🧠🧟 Could a zombie apocalypse really happen? Explore the science behind viruses, the human body, and disease as you take on a mission to save humanity!
Dive into virology and investigate what makes something living—or not. Dissect a sheep brain to explore the structures and functions of the human brain, then become a disease detective as you search for Patient Zero and track how an illness spreads through a population.
Discover how disease can affect different body systems, then put your scientific problem-solving skills to the test as you reverse-engineer a cure. Can you find the solution and save humanity in time?
Investigate. Discover. Survive. Save humanity!
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