UNR Extension hosts Storey County STEM Day Camp in Virginia City in August
Submitted by Arianna Schmidt on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 9:51am
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Repeats every day until Fri Aug 06 2021 .
August 3, 2021 (All day)
August 4, 2021 (All day)
August 5, 2021 (All day)
August 6, 2021 (All day)
VIRGINIA CITY — The saying “STEM is more than engineering and math, it is art, technology and discovery” is very relevant to the Storey County Summer STEM Day Camp being hosted by University of Nevada Extension, mornings on August 3-6 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon in Virginia City’s Piper’s Opera House.
The Virginia City based camp offers an exclusive opportunity for tweens between the ages of 9 through 12 to explore rocketry, robotics, electricity, chemistry, and space exploration. Campers will experience hands-on instruction, games and fun with 4-H STEM coordinator, Jim Barcellos. A celebration showcasing STEM projects made during the camp contributed by each camper will be the culminating activity for the four-morning camp being held on Friday morning, August 6.
The camp would not be possible without support and/or funding provided by Storey County, Google, Bayer, Toyota, US Airforce, USDA and University of Nevada, Reno. The project is a joint venture sponsored by the Storey County Cooperative Extension office as a youth outreach project that fulfills the University of Nevada, Reno’s land grant mission.
While there is no cost for participation in the camp, registration forms must be completed before or on the first day of the program by a legal guardian or parent submitted at the Extension office located at 2621 Northgate Lane in Carson City, Nevada or scanned and sent to barcellosj@unr.edu. The forms can be emailed to families who call Jim Barcellos at the Carson City Extension office at 775-887-2252. information.
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is the unit of the University of Nevada, Reno that is engaged in Nevada communities, presenting research-based knowledge to address critical community needs. It is a county-state-federal partnership providing practical education to people, businesses and communities. For more information on its programs, visit www.unce.unr.edu.
Nevada’s land-grant university founded in 1874, the University of Nevada, Reno ranks in the top tier of best national universities by U.S. News and World Report and is steadily growing in enrollment, excellence and reputation. The University serves nearly 21,000 students. Part of the Nevada System of Higher Education, the University is home to the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Wolf Pack Athletics. Through a commitment to world-improving research, student success and outreach benefiting the communities and businesses of Nevada, the University has impact across the state and around the world. For more information, visit www.unr.edu.
