Discovering Chemistry Camp 2025

Get hands-on with atoms and molecules! Join us in the lab to do real chemistry that you can see, smell, touch...and eat!

In “Discovering Chemistry” you will get to:
• synthesize pleasant-smelling molecules from simple materials
• see chemistry happen with electricity, light, and heat
• see and learn how things can burn both fast and slow
• touch base with acids
• have fun with polymers
• experience how chemistry on Earth helps us study the chemistry of stars and space
• solve real-world problems with scientific instruments
• tour working chemistry labs and meet researchers
• find out (and experience for yourself!) how chemistry makes ice cream better
...and much more!