CSI: The Case of the Cantankerous Chemist

Who can attend?

Session I - Students entering grades 4-8

Session II (includes Advanced CSI only for students entering grades 9-12). Seesion II offers a second week for students entering grades 4-8

When is it?

You have a choice of two different weeks:(tentative schedule)

  • Session I -June 27-July 2, 2010
  • Session II - July 25-30, 2010

Session I + II (Grades 4-8)

What's covered?

Tragedy strikes as a talented but troublesome Penn State chemist is murdered on the eve of the release of the chemist's fantastic new groundbreaking invention.  There is no shortage of suspects. Was it the jealous partner? Was it the jilted boy/girlfriend? Was it the angry financial backer? Or was it the overworked but under-appreciated lab technician?

The police are baffled! We need your junior forensic scientist to help unravel this tangled mystery and bring the true guilty party to justice. The police believe they have an ironclad case, but a friend of the suspect has evidence to the contrary. We need your junior forensic scientist to help unravel this tangled mystery and bring the true guilty party to justice.

Your young scientists will become members of an investigative team that will develop vital evidence in the laboratory and present it to a "jury" of their peers. They will learn how to collect evidence, map the crime scene, and conduct a number of experiments on the evidence they discover. They will also learn about "contamination" to determine whether or not their samples have been compromised.

As a forensic scientist in training, your child will conduct hands-on experiments and meet with Penn State experts. S/he will gain new skills and knowledge and make new friends.

Camp fees and registration:A hypothetical crime scene

LionSALE (register online before midnight April 30, 2010)

  • $290 (full day/commuter)
  • $630 (resident)

LionSHARE Price (register online after 12 am May 1, 2010)

  • $320 (full day/commuter)
  • $660 (resident)

 

Session II Advanced CSI (Grades 9-12)

What's covered?

Tragedy strikes as a Penn State Chemistry student is murdered and a fellow student is accused of perpetrating the crime. The police believe they have an ironclad case, but a friend of the suspect has evidence to the contrary. We need your junior forensic scientist to help unravel this tangled mystery and bring the true guilty party to justice.

Your young scientists will become members of an investigative team that will develop vital evidence in the laboratory and present it to a "jury" of their peers. They will learn how to collect evidence, map the crime scene, and conduct a number of experiments on the evidence they discover. They will also learn about "contamination" to determine whether or not their samples have been compromised.

As a forensic scientist in training, your child will conduct hands-on experiments and meet with Penn State experts. S/he will gain new skills and knowledge and make new friends.

Camp fees and registration:A hypothetical crime scene

LionSALE (register online before midnight April 30, 2010)

  • $310 (full day/commuter)
  • $630 (resident)

LionSHARE Price (register online after 12 am May 1, 2010)

  • $340 (full day/commuter)
  • $660 (resident)

Full day or residential?

You can choose whether your child attends as a full-day commuter or residential participant.

Full-day option:

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Please drop your child off from between 8:50 and 9:00 am. Camp ends promptly at 4:00 pm. Please arrange to pick him/her up by 4:10 pm unless you opt for extended care (drop off from 7:45 am; pick up by 5:15 pm).

Residential option:

Students in grades 4-12 can choose to stay at Penn State from Sunday evening (check-in and opening ceremony at 7:00 pm) until Friday afternoon (camp ends promptly at 4:00 pm). Resident campers stay in University Residence Halls. Evening mentors supervise activities and outings.

 

Extended care (only for campers entering grades 2-8)

  • Add $50 per child per week for each child registered
  • Optional drop-off starting at 7:45 am, pick up by 5:15 pm, Monday -Thursday.
  • Note: Extended care is not offered on Friday. Each camper must be picked up by 4:15 pm after the closing ceremony on Friday.

 

Register today!