Summer Camps

Summer Camp 2025 Registration Starts January 2nd!

Call our Mission Services Coordinators at 201-251-8589 or email at missionservices@bcsc.org for more information!

 

Rocket Girls – July 28 – August 1, 9am – 3pm

5th-8th Grade 

Fuel your curiosity, build your confidence, and launch into the world of space science and engineering.

An empowering, hands-on STEM camp designed just for girls. Campers will:

  • Fly daily simulated space missions to Comet Halley, the Moon, Mars, and more!

  • Build and launch model rockets

  • Code like NASA and explore how programming powers Mars missions

  • Build and test solar-powered mini-rovers

  • Hear from a NASA guest speaker who shares their real-life journey to a career in space science

  • Plan and build a future spacecraft habitat for long-duration missions

  • Create a wearable model of the solar system

  • Compare science experiments on Earth vs. in space

  • Step into the StarLab planetarium to explore the night sky

  • Learn about the Challenger 51L crew and the women who shaped STEM

Little Astronauts 

JUST ADDED: July 29, 9:30am – 11:30am

June 26, 9am – 11am (CLOSED)

June 26, 12:30pm – 2:30pm (CLOSED)

Pre-K4 & Kindergarten   

  • Learn to live and work in space
    • Experiment with rockets
    • Explore the relationship of earth, sun & moon
    • Explore the day and night cycle on Earth
    • Lift-off in our shuttle simulator

Astronaut Explorers

JUST ADDED: July 30, 9:30am – 12:30pm

June 27, 9:00am – 12:00pm (CLOSED)

July 3, 9:00am – 12:00pm (CLOSED)

1st & 2nd Grades   

  • Explore the planets in our solar system with hands-on activities
    • Discover the differences between Earth’s volcanoes and those found on planets like Mars and Venus through interactive experiments.
    • Learn about and compare the Rocky Planets and the Gas Giants
    • STARLAB Planetarium experience
    • Lift-off in our shuttle simulator

Product Engineering – August 4 – Aug 7, 9am – 3:30pm

9th-12th Grade 

Step into the shoes of an engineer as you tackle real-world design challenges using creativity, collaboration, and real engineering tools and techniques

Throughout the week, campers will:

  • Work individually, in pairs, and in teams to solve engineering problems using the engineering design process

  • Build, test, and race their own solar-powered cars

  • Design and create working systems using simple machines and Rube Goldberg-style mechanisms

  • Learn about circuitry, material design, 3D printing, prototyping, and sketching

  • Learn about rocketry so they can design, build, and launch their own model rocket

  • Explore multiple engineering disciplines through hands-on activities and real-world examples

  • Campers will document their progress in an engineering notebook, just like professional engineers, to build skills in planning, reflection, and iteration.

This camp is ideal for students interested in the various pathways within engineering, including mechanical and aerospace, as well as electrical and product design.

Astronaut Rookies – June 30 – July 2, 9am – 3pm

3rd & 4th Grade

  • Camp themes: Moon, Mars, & Beyond!
    • Build & launch a model rocket
    • Discover how astronauts grow plants in space
    • Learn the phases of the moon
    • Discover how craters are made
    • STARLAB Planetarium-Constellation Experience
    • Lift-off in shuttle simulator

Living & Working In Space – July 7 – July 11, 9am – 3pm (CLOSED)

5th & 6th Grade 

  • Fly simulated space missions to Comet Halley, Moon & Mars
    • Learn about life in space from the early days of Mercury to present & future missions
    • Simulate what it is like to eat & work in space
    • Build & launch model rocket
    • Starship X Design Challenge
    • Participate in team-building challenges & more!

Is There Life in the Universe? – July 14 – 18, 9am – 3pm

5th & 6th Grade

Through engaging experiments and activities inspired by real NASA research, campers will:

  • Fly FIVE simulated space missions to Comet Halley, the Moon, Mars, and more!
  • Explore how rovers collect and analyze samples in search of life on Mars
  • Learn how satellites and space telescopes send data back to Earth, and how that data becomes images and new discoveries!
  • Engineer and test their own ‘Car of the Future’!
  • Consider what alien life could look like and where in the universe it might exist
  • Design a future Mars habitat that could support human life and operations in the near future

Favorite activities include cupcake geology, team-based design challenges, simulated space missions, pixel telemetry, and NASA/JPL guest speaker!

This camp is a great fit for curious students who dream about the future of space exploration and want to experience what real space science is all about.

Preparing for Flight – July 21 – July 25, 9am – 3pm (CLOSED)

7th & 8th Grades 

  • Fly simulated space missions to Comet Halley, Moon & Mars
    • Design an airport of the future
    • Build and launch model rockets
    • Participate in design challenges
    • Learn the four basic principles of flight and aerodynamics
    • Learn aeronautics, propulsion, and the history of aviation and space flight
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