Tennessee Tech University

Workshop Fees, Materials & Lunch

• $250 for the week (Monday - Friday). Workshop Fee Includes all activity supplies and materials; snacks are included.
• Students MUST bring their own lunch and drinks.
• Drink machines are available on-site ($1.25); refrigeration is available.
• REGISTRATION REQUIRED; NO WALK-IN REGISTRATION

Grade Level

• Activities are appropriate for 3rd - 5th and 6th - 8th graders.

Sign In/Out: Parent/Guardian MUST Bring Child In & Out of STEM Center

Sign In: 8am - 8:30am

• A parent/guardian must accompany the child/children into the STEM Center building to sign in each day of EXPLORATIONS.

Sign Out: 3:30pm - 4pm

• At the end of the daily EXPLORATION, parent/guardians must enter the building to sign out the child/children for the day.

Emergency Info & Photo Release Form

• Parents/guardians please print and complete the Emergency Information & Photo Release Form and bring with you during sign-in the day of your child’s/children’s workshop(s).
  

  • Emergency Information & Photo Release Form (PDF)
    

• The STEM Center/TTU would like to use images of students participating in the workshops to promote these programs and opportunities for other children in print and online. Please complete the Photo/Video Release section, only if you give us permission to use your child’s likeness in promotional materials.

EXPLORATIONS Certificate of Completion

• Student participants will receive an EXPLORATIONS Day Camp Certificate of Completion at the end of the week.

• 8-8:30am: Sign In

• 8:30-10am: Hands-On Activities

• 10:05-10:15am: Snacks

• 10:20-11:20am: Hands-On Activities

• 11:25-11:55am: Virtual Theater

• 12-12:30pm: Lunch for 3rd-5th; PE for 6th-8th (see REMINDER below)

• 12:30-1pm: Lunch for 6th-8th; PE for 3rd-5th (see REMINDER below)

• 1:05-3:30pm: Hands-On Activities

• 3:30-4pm Sign Out

 REMINDER: Though morning snacks are provided, participants MUST bring their own lunch and drinks (drink machines available, $1.25)

ROCKETS! FUEL CELLS! SLIME! SNAKES & LIZARDS! CHEMISTRY OF MAKE-UP!

Day Campers will...

• Learn about fuel cells, rockets, chemical reactions, algae & slime, make-up, birdhouses, and MORE!
• Watch and interact with live salamanders, snakes, turtles and lizards!  (Interaction is optional.)
• Perform dissections of owl pellets and/or frogs.
• Construct rockets, build and test fuel cells with different energy sources!
• Videotape a chemical reaction and create a poster from the videotape!
• Formulate a line of toiletries (cologne, aftershave, make-up, lip balm)!
• Fabricate objects using engineering processes and learn about the engineering profession!
• Tour the Universe in the STEM Center's Virtual Theater!
• Take a break from the lab activities and get some exercise each day!
• Campers will take home the objects they create!

Camp Instructors

• Campers will spend the day with scientists, chemists, biologists, engineers, teachers and professors!
• All instructors have experience working with students of all ages and STEM topics are their specialty.
• Each day of the camp students will explore at least two topics while working with a minimum of two separate instructors. 

Location

• The Millard Oakley STEM Center is located in Ray Morris Hall on TTU’s campus in Cookeville, TN.
• 155 West 7th Street; corner of 7th Street and Stadium Drive.

• CLICK HERE for Directions & Accessibility.

• CLICK HERE for Interactive Campus Map.

Parking & Entrance

• After parking in the university commuter lots on the north side of the STEM Center (off Stadium Drive), enter via the covered walkway located at the north/main entrance of Ray Morris Hall into the lobby of the STEM Center.

Online Registration: The MarketPlace Store

• The STEM Center uses an online registration system called MarketPlace.
• Please select the appropriate age level: 3rd - 5th Graders and 6th - 8th Graders.

How to Register

• Simply select the appropriate grade level EXPLORATIONS Day Camp that you would like to purchase and add it to your "shopping cart."
• Each child must register or be registered individually.
• Please follow the instructions for credit card payment/check out.
• MarketPlace accepts: VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express & Debit Cards.
• MarketPlace cannot complete the registration without a valid card number to complete the transaction.
• Pre-Registration ONLY for the entire week; no "walk in" registration available on the day(s) of the camp.

Registration Confirmation

• You will receive an automatic confirmation from the MarketPlace system that your registration was received.

Prefer To Pay By Check?

• If you prefer to pay the registration fee by check, complete the Online MarketPlace Registration and ENTER THE PROMO CODE: MAIL
• Make check payable to: Tennessee Tech University
• Mail to:
  
Oakley STEM Center
  
EXPLORATIONS
  
TTU Box 5112
  Cookeville TN 38505

Don't Have Access To A Computer?

• If you don't have access to a computer for Online MarketPlace Registration, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 931-372-6573.

Refunds

• The STEM Center will refund registration fees if there is insufficient enrollment.
• Refunds are not offered for camps that "make".

REGISTER HERE: EXPLORATIONS DAY CAMP 2012

• CLICK HERE to access the STEM Center MarketPlace Store for EXPLORATIONS Day Camp Registration!