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Month: June 2015
KCKCC plans Camp Invention in July
by Kelly Rogge
Creativity is being inspired during Kansas City Kansas Community College’s weeklong summer camp, Camp Invention.
Camp Invention is designed for rising first through sixth graders as a way to help them explore, tinker with ideas and be creative. There are two sessions this summer at KCKCC. The first is July 20-24 at the KCKCC-Leavenworth Campus, 255 Cherokee St. The second is July 27-31 at the KCKCC Main campus, 7250 State Ave.
Each session is from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and tuition is $200. Discounts are available. Campers need to bring a sack lunch each day.
“This is a great way for students to have fun, invent and explore projects that are out of the norm,” said Pamela Howe, coordinator of community education at KCKCC. “Camp Invention helps to bring out the creative and imaginative skills in a student.”
Camp Invention is a national program created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame that KCKCC has hosted since 2008. Students who participate will use real tools, circuits and materials from the Inventor Supply Room to build their own original prototypes.
They work in teams to rotate among different modules, allowing them to build upon what they learned the previous day. Activities center on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) concepts. This year students will get to create a personalized motor-powered vehicle, take apart electronics to construct an insect-themed pinball machine and discover inspiration from other inventors from around the world.
Camp Invention is the only nationally accredited summer enrichment day experience for elementary-aged children. Local certified educators lead all activities during the camp. Since 1990, more than 1,200 sites have been served in 49 states.
For more information or to register, call 913-288-7660. Those who are interested can complete the registration by going to the KCKCC website, www.kckcc.edu and selecting “Programs,” and then “Continuing Education Schedule.” Select “Courses,” and the registration information for the Main Campus is under “Youth Programs.” Registration for KCKCC-Leavenworth is under “Leavenworth Center.”
Information about Camp Invention is available at campinvention.org.
Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
Police seek public’s help to identify vehicle of interest
Police are seeking the public’s help to find a vehicle in connection with a shooting at 2:35 p.m. June 13 in the area of I-35 and Southwest Boulevard.
When they arrived at the location, police found a victim in his 30s inside a vehicle who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with injuries that are life-threatening.
Police are searching for another vehicle, a 2009-2010 Dodge Magnum, silver-greenish.
The incident remains under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
