2024 Aerospace Adventure Camps
Campers should be registered for the grade they will be entering in the fall of 2024.
Register each camper separately.
REGISTRATION OPENS on MARCH 15th at 8:00am.
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AstroAgents (Grades 1 - 2)Calling all AstroAgents: Your job? To protect the galaxy!
You're on an epic mission to rescue a wandering alien friend! Agent campers will explore planetary neighbors while encountering robotic engineering challenges, space related crafts and super stellar snacks!
New activities for 2024!
•4 Full-Day Sessions - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
•Early Bird Discount: $310 (March 15th - May 1st)
•Regular Pricing: $325 (after May 1st)
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Lunar Trek (Grades 3 -4)In Lunar Trek, you'll get the chance to build your own moonbase!
Learn what it takes to be lunar explorers during this astronaut training session. Using a variety of robots, campers will test their skills as they cruise to the moon using robots, engineer solutions to out-of-this world problems and build a moonbase in the process.
New activities for 2024!
•4 Full-Day Sessions - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
•Early Bird Discount: $310 (March 15th - May 1st)
•Regular Pricing: $325 (after May 1st)
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Rocketry (Grades 4 - 6)4 solid days of rockets - minus the solid rocket booster propellant!
Students in grades 4 -6 are invited to join us as we investigate the physics behind these ships that fight gravity, cut through the atmosphere and sail into the darkness of space. Each day will progress to more advanced concepts and skills and a new rocket!
•4 Full-Day Sessions - Monday - Thursday - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
•Early Bird Discount: $310 (March 15th - May 1st)
•Regular Pricing: $325 (after May 1st)
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Destination Mars (Grades 5 - 7)Design, build, and program future missions using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 robotic kits and the LEGO® SPACE CHALLENGE SET. Campers will discover what it takes to plan and launch future space missions allowing humans to reach one of our future space destinations…Mars!
Optional on Friday of your camp week is an Expedition Mars mission in our simulator at Challenger Colorado.
•4 Full-Day Sessions - Monday - Thursday - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
•1 Half-Day - Friday of each week from 8:30 am - 11:00 am at Challenger Colorado - 8717 Wolf Valley Drive (optional)
•Early Bird Discount: $310 (March 15th - May 1st)
•Regular Pricing: $325 (after May 1st)
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Arduino (Grades 7 - 8)This camp will have students practice problem solving skills as they learn coding and engineering with Arduino! Arduino is a miniature computer that can be programmed for a variety of tasks, from simple sensors to advanced robotics. Absolutely NO prior programming or engineering experience is required, and all materials are provided.
•Campers will leave with their own SparkFun kit.
•5 Half Days - 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
•Early Bird Discount: $310 (March 15th - May 1st)
•Regular Pricing: $325 (after May 1st)
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Rising 8th, 9th, and 10th graders are invited to learn about multiple engineering jobs through this collection of camp sessions. Click the Engineering: Pathfinders image to the left for more details.
2024 Summer Schedule
- June 3rd - 6th - AstroAgents, Lunar Trek, Destination Mars* - Broadmoor Elementary School
- June 3rd - 6th - Rocketry - Bear Creek Elementary School
- June 10th - 13th - AstroAgents, Lunar Trek, Destination Mars* - Legacy Peak Elementary School
- June17th-21st - AstroAgents, Lunar Trek, Destination Mars* - Legacy Peak Elementary School
- June 24th - 27th - Rocketry - Challenger Colorado
- July 8th - 11th - Introduction to Arduino - Challenger Colorado (half day)
- July 8th-11th - AstroAgents, Lunar Trek, Destination Mars* - Legacy Peak Elementary School
- June 3 - June 28 - Engineering Pathfinders (grades 8, 9, 10) Details here
*Students registered for the Destination Mars camps will have the option to take part in an Expedition Mars mission on the Friday morning of their camp week. The mission will run from 8:30 am - 11:00 am and will be the final event for this camp. There is NO extra charge for this optional activity.
Locations
(Click a link to be taken to a map of each location.)
Challenger Learning Center Colorado
CANCELLATION POLICY:
Campers can be moved between weeks of the same camp, if room is available. Contact registration@challengercolorado.org for assistance.
Cancellations made at least 14 days prior to the start of a camp session will be refunded, less a $50/week/child Administration Fee.
Cancellations made less than 14 days prior to the start of a camp session are non-refundable; however, a credit (less a $50/week/child Administration Fee) can be applied to camp programs in 2025.
