Camp Invention Week

Will  was so excited to get to go to Camp Invention this year.  It is a day camp and lasted a week.  It was at a STEM school in Brooklyn (IN).  The camp incorporates science, technology, engineering, and math into daily activities and experiments.  He absolutely loved it.   They were encouraged to bring along recycling items (like tape, wires, plastic containers and other things that they could use to build prototypes) and upcycling items (like old electronic devices) that they could take apart and see how they work.  Will took an old remote controlled 4-wheeler that he got to take apart and investigate.  They worked together in teams to accomplish goals (like one day they had to figure out how to launch things across a room using certain items), they built "crickobots" little solar powered bugs that they did different experiments with.  They did fun and educational activities and experiments every day and Will had a blast. 

Will and his crickobot. When in the sun, it vibrates and moves around like a little bug. 

Dane really wanted to go to Camp Invention as well, but Luke and I decided that we wanted to wait a year or two before he goes so he's a little older and can get more out of it.  Therefore, each day that Will was at camp I told Dane we would do something fun.  And we did!  Between trips to visit Opa (who had open heart surgery a couple of weeks before and was recovering at a rehab facility) we had fun. 
We played glow in the dark miniature golf.

We did art projects and painting.

We took bike rides - the weather was beautiful!

We went to Aunt Terri's and swam. 

And on the final day of camp, Dane had his friend Hudson over to play all day.  It was a fun week for all of us!