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Darlington Lower School is hosting 74 bright youngsters from around the region this week as they put their creative imaginations to work at the school’s Camp Invention program.
Camp Invention, part of a national program of camps in elementary schools, puts local kids into the classroom for a week during the day with Darlington teachers and camp counselors who teach short classes.
But this camp isn’t a regular day in school. Children are encouraged to be creative, according to Darlington’s Camp Invention director Rebekah Kinney.
“We hope more than anything they have fun,” Kinney said. “But it allows them to think and problem solve and to be creative.”
The camp takes on four different “modules” that campers move to and from which involves everything from physics to making complicated machines.
“We have one activity called Planet Zak, where the kids have to pretend that they’ve crashed on a spaceship on an alien planet and survive with what they have,” Kinney said.
While Planet Zak gets the students from first to sixth grade to think creatively, other tasks focused on working together as a team.
Chase Ladwig and Ivy Brandon, two 10-year-olds from Cartersville, were trying to invent a water balloon busting machine made of parts from a DVD player and a stereo.
“Taking all this stuff apart has been the most fun that I’ve had,” Chase said.
Camp counselor Bess Kelley, a 17-year-old Darlington student, said she felt even she was learning something.
“I feel like I’ve learned a whole lot more about science,” Bess said, “Especially about the computer. Just seeing what was inside was interesting, because I’ve never opened up a computer before.”
The camp will last until Friday and will continue to challenge students with activities ranging from building a marble roller coaster to protecting a water balloon from busting.
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