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CINSAM Summer Science Camp 2009

Fun all summer long! 

For student registration, please download and print a camp registration form: (Microsoft Word) (Adobe PDF)

Teacher form, Emerging Technology camp: (Microsoft Word) (Adobe PDF)

Teacher form, all other camps: (Microsoft Word) (Adobe PDF)

Mail completed form(s) to:

Ms Heather Howard, Academic Assistant
CINSAM at NKU
519 Founders Hall
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY  41099

For more information, contact Betty Stephens at 859-572-1308 or email at stephensb@nku.edu

Note: Referenced grade levels are the grades into which the student will enroll for the fall semester 2009.

Important Announcement:
The following summer camps are now full and are no longer accepting registrations

• JAVA Camp
• Engineer's Camp
• Middle School Emerging Technologies Camp
• Fun with Science Camp
• Aeronautics Camp
• Math / Statistics Camp

* Funded by Grant
** For more information on iSpace Robotics Camp, please visit iSPACE.

Camp Descriptions:

Java Computer Programming Camp - Registration Closed
This camp offers highs school students the opportunity to participate in a program designed to introduce and explore the logic and strategies of game programming. The Java programming language that will be introduced and used follows: object-oriented programming, graphics, graphical user interfaces, basic data structures, and game-oriented algorithms. A variety of programming projects will be included with the goal of creating some interesting computer games. Previous programming experience is not assumed or necessary. Students who already know some Java, however, may be advised differently and may (optionally) skip the first several sessions as other students are taught the basics of Java programming. Note: Application deadline for this camp is May 1.

Women in Engineering Camp
This camp is designed to foster female students’ interest in engineering, engineering technology, and the physical and environmental sciences. Women faculty members from the physical sciences will participate in the delivery of this camp’s activities. These activities will include use of the NKU Engineering Technology’s program AutoCAD laboratory to learn about computer graphics and the roles of the use of these tools in design and manufacturing. A prototype design for a small plastic device will be developed and then manufactured in the prototyping manufacturing cell associated with this laboratory. The camp participants will have opportunities to work with a number of faculty members in physics as well as engineering technology and in the NKU Pre-Engineering program. These participants will visit local consulting engineering firm offices and project sites. 

Engineering Camp - Registration Closed
This camp is designed to foster students’ interest in engineering, engineering technology, and the physical and environmental sciences. Activities will include use of the NKU Engineering Technology’s program AutoCAD laboratory to learn about computer graphics and the roles of the use of these tools in design and manufacturing. A prototype design for a small plastic device will be developed and then manufactured in the prototyping manufacturing cell associated with this laboratory. The camp participants will have opportunities to work with a number of faculty members in physics as well as engineering technology and in the NKU Pre-Engineering program. They will visit some local consulting engineering offices and at least one construction site to see the plans that the students saw in the office become reality on the land. 

Middle School Emerging Technologies Camp - Registration Closed
This camp is designed for middle school students as an enrichment camp in applied science, mathematics, and technology including engineering concepts. This camp will offer a choice of projects that will involve research on the part of the participants. The participants will use the information discovered and supplemented by laboratory experiments to focus attention on new and emerging technological issues. Additionally, university faculty members and community professionals will provide leadership and input to design solutions to challenges or to further the understanding of a phenomenon. Project tracks that are being developed include alternative energy sources, improved efficiency in the use of available energy, expansion of the understanding of living things and their development in addition to their interactions with earth’s crust, nana-technology and its applications as may be modeled in the physics and engineering technology laboratories. This is a day-long camp with lunch provided each day. It is anticipated that some 20 applicants will be selected to participate. This small enrollment will provide the opportunity for considerable student – faculty member/professional interaction. Each participant will have the opportunity to become deeply involved in the study and learn about the topics of two tracks offered in the camp. At the end of the camp week, the campers will give a short symposium explaining their work during the camp and explain how it leads to a better understanding of the topics that were researched and studied. 

Fun With Science Camp - Registration Closed
This camp is designed to offer the opportunity for participants to work with university faculty from a variety of science disciplines in laboratory, field experiments and activities. It will be offered as a half day camp for middle school students from the Northern Kentucky area. The camp will expose the students to a variety of science fields by providing hands-on activities and field experiences within the following areas: astronomy, chemistry, ecology, environmental science, genetics, geology, microbiology, nutrition, and physics. NKU faculty members, undergraduate student teaching assistants, and possibly local government/industry scientists will contribute to the camp. The objectives of the camp are to encourage greater interest in science and science careers among middle school students.

Aeronautics Camp - Registration Closed
This is a three day aviation camp sponsored by CINSAM in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Education’s Student Technology Leadership Program. The focus of this camp will be the math, science, and geography behind “hands-on” activities with navigation, planning flights, and simulated flights. Students interested in careers in aviation should consider this camp. The technologies involved will include Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Flight Simulation software, and MS Excel spreadsheets.  Information from aviation groups (Civil Air patrol, Young Eagles, etc.) will be presented.

CSI – III Camp
This camp is a continuation of the CSI experiences of CSI – II camp activities. New activities will be included such as the physics involved in an automobile accident reconstruction, chemical analysis of evidence gathered at a fire scene, more advanced DNA analysis, and mathematical analysis of data to assist in the use of blood spatter data for resolution of factors at a crime scene.  Part of this camp will take place off campus at the Central Campbell County Fire Protection District’s training facility located just off Martha Lane Collins Boulevard in Highland Heights. The crime scenes that will be provided for the campers at this site will be developed by the firefighters as arson scenes for evidence gathering and processing. The actual fire burns will be conducted and safety inspected days before the camp so that the campers may safely enter the scenes in the training building and examine the fire sites and gather evidence. A part of this phase of the camp will be focused on fire safety for the campers as provided by the firefighters.

High School Emerging Technologies Camp
This camp is designed for high school students (that have completed geometry) as an enrichment camp in applied science, applied mathematics, and engineering design and engineering technology concepts. This camp will offer a choice of projects that will involve research on the part of the participants. The participants will use the information discovered as supplemented by laboratory experiments to focus attention on new and emerging technological issues.  Additionally, university faculty members and community professionals will provide leadership and input to design a solutions to challenges or to further the understanding of a phenomenon. Project tracks that are being developed include carbon dioxide (CO2) sequesterization/storage and CO2 reduction technologies, innovative and/or improved alternative energy sources, improved efficiency in the use of production of energy and/or the use of available energy, expansion of the understanding of living things, their development, and their interactions with earth’s crust, nano-technology and biotechnology and applications as may be modeled in the physics and engineering technology laboratories. This will be a day-long camp with lunch provided each day. It is anticipated that some 20 applicants will be selected to participate in this camp. This small enrollment will provide the opportunity for considerable student – faculty member/professional interaction. Each participant will have the opportunity to become deeply involved in the study and learn topics of two tracks offered in the camp. At the end of the camp week, the campers will give a short symposium explaining their work during the camp and how it leads to a better understanding of the topics that were researched and studied.

Mathematics/Statistics Camp - Registration Closed
This camp will include a variety of real world applications of mathematics in addition to providing an introduction to the area of statistics. Topics will be taken from areas of algebra and geometry as well as other facets of mathematics like measurement and data analysis. The camp’s goal is to introduce the participants to these topics through a variety of fun, hands-on activities.   The camp is planned to be an enrichment experience for students as well as a time to learn how important mathematics is to our lives.

Astronomy Camp
Please visit NKU's Haile Digital Planetarium's summer camp page for further information and a camp description.  Registration information is at the top of this page.