School Spotlight: Camp Invention gets kids to think outside the norm

Pamela Cotant:

Participants in Camp Invention at Glacier Edge Elementary School took recycling to new heights by building clubhouses largely out of materials like cardboard and bubble wrap.

"I just saw this long, thick (cardboard) tube in the recycling room," said Blake Dey, who will be a second grader at Glacier Edge Elementary School.

When a camp worker said the tube couldn't be cut with the tools available, it became a roof beam for the clubhouse.

Cayden Corning, who will be a second grader at Verona Area International School, was proud of the "secret area" he made in the clubhouse using a box and bubble wrap.

The clubhouse construction was part of the Curious Cypher Club, a new activity at Camp Invention this year. In addition to creating clubhouses starting with PVC piping for the framework, the campers cracked a variety of puzzling codes and solved a mystery.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 6, 2011 1:35 AM
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