Bowling Green, Ky. - Students entering the 5th, 6th and 7th grade can spend five days exploring the magic of chemistry in a real college laboratory during Big Red’s Chemistry Camp at Western Kentucky University. The camp is sponsored by WKU’s Department of Continuing Education, a unit of the Division of Extended Learning and Outreach (DELO).

Led by Dr. Les Pesterfield, a professor in WKU’s Department of Chemistry, students will perform dozens of experiments that are fun, safe, amazing and guaranteed to generate enthusiasm for science.

Campers will make their own tie-died safety goggles, learn how the alchemist “turned” copper into silver and gold, make and test their own aspirin, make slime and explore other polymers, experience the magic of chemical reactions and investigate a “crime scene.”

The 2006 camp runs June 12-16 and is open to any student entering 5th through 7th grade this fall. Sessions are 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. and the cost is $50. The camps will be in the Thompson Complex North Wing.
Space is limited to 25 students per session. All seats will be assigned on a first come basis. Registration deadline is May 26.

All registered participants will receive a confirmation letter with a map and consent form.

To register or obtain more information, contact Diana Jones by telephone at (270) 745-1912 or by email at diana.jones@wku.edu.

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For more information, contact Diana Jones, (270) 745-1912.

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