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GSSM to Host Camp Invention During Summer 2010
January 20, 2010
The South Carolina Governor's
School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) will serve as a host site for the
popular summer enrichment program "Camp Invention." This unique day
camp will be held July 26-30, 2010, for students entering grades one through
six.
Camp Invention is a weeklong educational experience that aims to foster
creativity, teamwork, inventive thinking and science literacy among elementary
school children.
Camp goers work on various
projects where they will learn scientific concepts including buoyancy,
probability and statistics.
Camp Invention began in 1990 as an education outreach program of the National
Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation in Akron, Ohio, with support from the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office. By 1995, the program was able to go nationwide.
The program has received rave
reviews from participating educators, parents and children - giving it an
approval rating of more than 90 percent. To learn more about Camp Invention,
call 800.968.4332 or visit www.campinvention.org. You may also contact the GSSM
Outreach Office at 843.383.3901 ext. 3941.
