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Please indicate number of participants for each session. Please write name of each child if registering more than one child. If you have any questions, please call 810.237.3409. Registration deadline is one week prior to activity.

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4-5 Year old Camps & Activities Under ConstructionTuesday, June 26, 9:00–10:30 a.m. $7

Rain or ShineThursday, June 28, 1:00–2:30 p.m. $7

Kinderscience Camp: Science StarsMonday, July 9–Wednesday, July 11, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $65

Dinosaur DiscoveryTuesday, July 17, 9:00–10:30 a.m. $7

Hands-On MathThursday, July 19, 1:00–2:30 p.m. $7

Teddy Bear PicnicWednesday, July 25, 1:00–2:30 p.m. $7

Kinderscience Camp: Tinker TimeMonday, July 30–Wednesday, August 1, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $65

1st-3rd Grade Camps & Activities

STEM Discovery CampMonday, June 25–Friday, June 29, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $90

Rock InvestigationsWednesday, June 27, 9:00–11:00 a.m. $9

STEM Discovery CampMonday, July 9–Friday, July 13, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $90

Artsy ScienceThursday, July 12, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $9

Things Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Do at HomeMonday, July 16, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $8

Upcycled ConstructionWednesday, July 18, 9:00–11:00 a.m. $8

Longwarts Bewitching ScienceMonday, July 23, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $10

Animal Adventures Wednesday, July 25, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $9

Crazy ContraptionsMonday, July 30, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $9

Math LaughsMonday, August 6, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $8

3rd–6th Grade Camp Alpha Omega Girls Camp:Science of ArtMonday, June 25–Friday, June 29, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $90

4th-6th Grade Camps & Activities Air PowerMonday, June 25, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $10

Rocks and FossilsWednesday, June 27, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $10

Microscopic DiscoveriesTuesday, July 10, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $12

Biome ZooThursday, July 12, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $9

Camp MichiganMonday, July 16–Friday, July 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $90

Let’s Get Medieval Tuesday, July 17, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $10

Ancient GreeceThursday, July 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m. $10

STEM Explorations CampMonday, July 23–Friday, July 27, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $90

Maker Lab Free BuildTuesday, July 24, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $9

Stone Age AdventuresTuesday, July 31, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $10

Plants: Facts vs. MythsThursday, August 2, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $8

5th-8th Grade Camp & Activities

Viking Model RocketsThursday, July 26, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $12

Alpha Omega Girls Camp:Garden ExplorationMonday, July 30–Wednesday, August 1, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. $65

Rat DissectionTuesday, July 31, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $12

Weeds and SeedsWednesday, August 1, 1:00–3:00 p.m. $8

Maker Lab Free BuildThursday, August 2, 1:00–4:00 p.m. $9

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Please note: If you have missed the registration deadline, please call 810.237.3409 to check availability.

Members receive $1 off programs and $5 off camps. Sign in at SloanLongway.org or call 810.237.3409 to receive your discount.

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Under ConstructionTuesday, June 26 9:00–10:30 a.m.

$7 at Longway Planetarium

Build a cool marble maze, play with construction toys in the sandbox, use magnets to sort hardware, and use tools to build structures.

Rain or ShineThursday, June 28 1:00–2:30 p.m.


Is it sunny or rainy? Cloudy or sunny? Make a weather report folder to help describe the weather. Make and use an air spinner to catch the wind and make a bracelet that changes color in the sun.

Kinderscience Camp: Science StarsMonday, July 9– Wednesday, July 11 1:00–4:00 p.m.


Imagine you’re an astronaut, a zookeeper, and a chemist in your adventures with STEM! Make a beautiful piece of space art while learning about the planets. Help organize a paper animal zoo while learning what animals need to survive. Mix, measure, and pour safe household chemicals for fun reactions. This camp will offer opportunities for structured activities and free choice play. Caring adults are welcome to stay and play.

Dinosaur DiscoveryTuesday, July 17 9:00–10:30 a.m.


Work together to build a Box-A-Saurus, make a fossil model, and build your own dinosaur ecosystem model to take home.

Hands-On MathThursday, July 19 1:00–2:30 p.m.


Make math art, play math-based games, practice counting and sorting skills, and build a math toolkit to take home.

Teddy Bear PicnicWednesday, July 25 1:00–2:30 p.m.


Bring your favorite stuffed friend for a Teddy Bear picnic in the Longway Planetarium garden! Go on a garden hunt, make lemonade to drink, and play Teddy Bear games.

Kinderscience Camp: Tinker TimeMonday, July 30– Wednesday, August 1 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Practice your building skills! Build a tall tower out of boxes. Use rubber bands and a peg board to make amazing shapes. Make a shadow monster that moves, along with other fun building activities. This camp will offer opportunities for structured activities and free choice play. Caring adults are welcome to stay and play.

4-5 Year-Old Camps & Activities


1st-3rd Grade Camps & Activities

STEM Discovery CampThis camp is offered both June 25-29 & July 9-13. The same material is covered in both sessions.

Monday, June 25–Friday, June 29 1:00 – 4:00 p.m .OR

Monday, July 9–Friday, July 139:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Kids will explore the following topics:

• Overhead and Underfoot: Get outside and look up and down! Play with shadows and investigate the lives of worms and bugs. Make a star finder and learn about the planets.

• Forces and Motion: Make a balloon buggy racer and use problem solving skills to make it go faster. See how forces can speed up or slow down marbles on a roller coaster.

• Changing Earth: Use clay to sculpt mountains, valleys, and other landforms. Watch as water carves a river channel in sand and see how erosion and weathering changes the earth’s surface.

• States of Matter: Solids, liquids, and gasses! Explore how matter changes in the ice melt challenge, and make some goo to take home.

Rock InvestigationsWednesday, June 279:00 –11:00 a.m.


Play games to learn how rocks change over time. Go on a rock scavenger hunt. Find your pet rock in our garden and use it to practice weighing and measuring. You’ll even paint a picture with your rock! Take rocks home to start your own rock collection.

Artsy ScienceThursday, July 12 1:00–4:00 p.m.


Explore colors of the world through light, paint and other mediums. Use the sun to create your own shadow painting along with other fun, creative activities.

Things Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Do at HomeMonday, July 16 1:00–3:00 p.m.


Come have fun with the messy side of science! Make a pea shooter and play with light switches. Paint with spray bottles and fly swatters and play with your milk!

Upcycled ConstructionWednesday, July 189:00 –11:00 a.m.


Mailing tubes, newspaper, boxes, and tools—use found objects and your imagination to build tall towers!

For children entering 1st–3rd grade in the Fall.


Alpha Omega Girls Camp: Science of ArtMonday, June 25– Friday, June 29 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Join Longway Planetarium as we partner with some of Genesee County’s best teachers. Guest teachers from the Alpha Omega Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society will be on hand as girls explore the creative side of science! Use alcohol inks to make a beautiful set of coasters. Explore geometry while using math tools to make works of art and work together to make materials to use in a collage.

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For children entering 3rd–6th grade in the Fall.

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Longwarts Bewitching ScienceMonday, July 239:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Explore the world of wizardry, design your own wand, and create magical spells and potions.

Animal Adventures Wednesday, July 259:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Explore the animal world while learning about ecosystems and adaptations. Find camouflaged caterpillars, go on a bug hunt, and build a model habitat for a bear, along with other fun activities.

Crazy ContraptionsMonday, July 30 1:00–3:00 p.m.


Make a variety of moving contraptions! Make a scrub brush monster, a marshmallow launcher, and other fun creations.

Math LaughsMonday, August 61:00 – 3:00 p.m.


Have fun with the playful side of math! Go on a measure hunt, create your own math game to take home, and make a beautiful piece of math art.



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4th-6th Grade Camps & Activities

For children entering 4th–6th grade in the Fall.

Air PowerMonday, June 25 1:00–4:00 p.m.


Use air to make things move! Explore forces and motion while building and racing an air pressure-powered bottle buggy and making and flying a tetrahedral kite.

Rocks and FossilsWednesday, June 271:00 – 4:00 p.m.


Build your rock and fossil collection with new samples while taking a tour through the rock cycle. Hunt for fossils in some fossil-rich sediment and make a fossil model to take home.

Microscopic DiscoveriesTuesday, July 109:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Use hand lenses, Magiscopes, and microscopes; learn how to use these tools to see the unseen! Prepare and view slides while learning about cells.

Biome ZooThursday, July 12 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.


Unwrap your mystery animal and design a biome enclosure for it. Can you identify all of its needs for life? Put your project together with the rest of the group to design a Biome Zoo.

For children entering 3rd–6th grade in the Fall.

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Alpha Omega Girls Camp: Science of ArtMonday, June 25– Friday, June 29 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.


Join Longway Planetarium as we partner with some of Genesee County’s best teachers. Guest teachers from the Alpha Omega Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society will be on hand as girls explore the creative side of science! Use alcohol inks to make a beautiful set of coasters. Explore geometry while using math tools to make works of art and work together to make materials to use in a collage.



Camp MichiganMonday, July 16–Friday, July 201:00–4:00 p.m.


Great Lakes—great state! This camp will explore Michigan with fast paced and fun STEM and history projects and activities! Re-create the Mackinaw Bridge. See why our precious water sources are so important. Build a lighthouse model and investigate shipwrecks. Follow a timeline of activities and artifacts from the Anishnabeg to the workers on the automotive line.

Let’s Get Medieval Tuesday, July 171:00–3:00 p.m.


Step back in time to explore knights of the Middle Ages. Learn how to become a knight and design your own suit of armor for battle.

Ancient GreeceThursday, July 199:00–11:00 a.m.


Discover Ancient Greek gods and goddesses! Play games, make crafts and put on a Greek satire play.

STEM Explorations CampMonday, July 23–Friday, July 279:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.


Kids will explore the following science, technology, engineering, and math topics:

Energy: Light, shadows, colors, sound, and more! Build shadow sculptures, and mix colors of light. Engineer a better string telephone.

Build-It Challenge: Try your hand at a variety of “Build-it Challenges” including a Lego free-build.

Space Day: Explore the solar system and beyond with fast-paced and fun hands-on STEM activities.

Life in the Lake: Turn Longway’s Family Science Room into a Great Lake model while investigating the ecosystems that support life in the lake.

Maker Lab Free BuildTuesday, July 24 1:00– 4:00 p.m.


Use your imagination and creativity to build with found items and materials. The project is up to you! What will you create?

Stone Age AdventuresTuesday, July 31 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.


Travel back in time to the Stone Age and learn how to dye cloth, make a bow drill, and create cave paintings.

Plants: Facts vs. MythsThursday, August 21:00–3:00 p.m.


Do plants really grow better if you talk to them? Is that pretty plant really a weed? Explore these and other questions while spending some time in Longway’s garden.

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For children entering 5th-8th grade in the Fall.


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5th-8th Grade Camp & ActivitiesFor children entering 5th–8th grade in the Fall.

Viking Model RocketsThursday, July 26 1:00– 4:00 p.m.


Build and launch your own Viking model rocket while exploring Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Alpha Omega Girls Camp: Garden ExplorationMonday, July 30– Wednesday, August 1 9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.


Learn how to identify bugs using a collection of real specimens. Spend time in the Planetarium garden with a Master Gardener while exploring plant and animal life. Make a mosaic garden ornament and use microscopes to look at pollen while dissecting a flower.

Rat DissectionTuesday, July 31 1:00– 4:00 p.m.


Explore the human body while making a paper model of the skeletal, digestive, and respiratory systems. Work in a group to dissect a rat while learning how systems work together.

Weeds and SeedsWednesday, August 11:00–3:00 p.m.


Explore science and art using natural materials from the Longway garden. Make a cement patio stone and use dried flowers to make a sun catcher.

Maker Lab Free BuildThursday, August 21:00– 4:00 p.m.


Use your imagination and creativity to build with found items and materials. The project is up to you! What will you create?

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SloanLongway · Upcycled Construction Wednesday, July 18 9:00 –11:00 a.m. $8 at Longway Planetarium Mailing tubes, newspaper, boxes, and tools—use found objects and your imagination