Advanced Flight Academy

Modern 21st century personal aircraft have amazing capabilities. The many individual mechanical instruments in the cockpit have been replaced by a couple of computer laptop-style displays. Incredibly precise navigation based on Global Positioning Satellites (located 5% of the way to the moon!) has revolutionized the way we fly. This course, open to participants who have completed Flight Academy, will give you a chance to try radio and satellite navigation, learn how to use the autopilot and experience Instrument Landing System approaches. The capstone experience of this course is a real flight where YOU get to fly (and log flight instruction time) in an actual glass-cockpit plane under the supervision of a Certified Flight Instructor. Camp ends at 12pm Monday - Thursday and 4pm on Friday. Campers may choose to stay with the group for a relaxed afternoon hangout, Monday - Thursday from 1-4pm for $50 weekly.
Cost: $450/$360 for Plus and Max members
This camp is open to students entering 7-12 grades in the fall of 2013.

Advanced Segway Adventure

Did you enjoy your first Segway Camp? This new course promises to have more experience and excitement! Campers will begin by riding the Segway training course to refresh the skills learned in Segway Adventure. The camp will then glide into more riding and fun as campers work to master additional trails in Illinois, head off for more geocaching fun and learn more about how the Segway operates, including the computer programming inside the machine. Campers must be at least 12 years old and weigh between 100-260 pounds. This course is open only to campers who will have completed Segway Adventure. No exceptions.
Cost: $450/$360 for Plus and Max members
This camp is open to students entering 7-12 grades in the fall of 2013.

Flight Academy

Get ready to pilot a REAL airplane! Our Flight Academy for teens is back by popular demand. After four days of training on our state-of-the art flight simulators, YOU will take off, fly and land a real airplane under the supervision of a Certified Flight Instructor. How's that for a summer experience you can tell your friends about? Led by our own Senior Director for Energy and Aerospace, Gregg Maryniak, our expert staff will train you on flight simulators used by professional pilots. Just for fun, you'll fly a virtual jet pack through the legs of the St. Louis Arch! Did we mention that on Friday you get to fly a real airplane? What are you waiting for? Camp ends at 12pm Monday - Thursday and 4pm on Friday. Campers may choose to stay with the group for a relaxed afternoon hangout, Monday - Thursday from 1-4pm for $50 weekly.
Cost: $400/$320 for Plus and Max members
This camp is open to students entering 7-12 grades in the fall of 2013.

Robots Phase 2: Adaptation

This camp is an excellent follow-up to Robots Phase 1: The Challenge. Teams of campers will expand their knowledge of physics, mechanics and programming as they design, build and program an advanced robot using the official Vex™ Robotics Design System. Each day will bring a new engineering and programming challenge and each team's robot will have to morph and adapt in order to compete. The week's excitement will end with a real FIRST Robotics-style competition on Friday afternoon. Recommended for those who have experience with robot building or programming.
Cost: $275/$220 for Plus and Max members
This camp is open to students entering 7-12 grades in the fall of 2013.

Segway Adventure

What would happen if you stood on a platform balanced between two wheels? Using the same micro-gyroscopic technology that balances the International Space Station, you will learn to maneuver and meet various challenges while balanced on a Segway Human Transporter in and around the Saint Louis Science Center. Learn about how the machine works by doing your own Segway autopsy. We'll take a three hour ride on the bike trails on the Illinois side of the River. Be the first on your block to receive your very own Science Center Segway Operator's License. Spend the week with members of the Science Center's Segway Team. Campers must be at least 12 years old and weigh between 100-260 pounds.
Cost: $400/$320 for Plus and Max members
This camp is open to students entering 7-12 grades in the fall of 2013.

Small Particles, Big Bang

Radiation: It can cause cancer or treat it. It's in secret nuclear arsenals and your grandmother's china cabinet. How do we make sense of it all? With the right tools, nuclear science is as easy as Alpha, Beta, Gamma! Starting with the structure of an atom, we'll delve deep into its core to explore how the nucleus is made and how it breaks apart – with radioactive results! We'll smash giant "marble nuclei" to learn about workings of cyclotron labs and assemble a cloud chamber to observe the path of real particles streaming through the air. We'll also travel by van to a local lab to see how nuclear radiation is used by the pros!
Cost: $275/$220 for Plus and Max members
This camp can be used by Boy Scouts to earn their Nuclear Science Merit Badge.