Student Scientists Shine at "Camp Invention"
 | | Shown in the photo students in the Massapequa Public School District explored answers to this question, and many more, during Camp Invention, a summer program sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, which fosters the development of critical and creative thinking through hands-on, engaging science related activities. |
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The Massapequa Public School District, in partnership with the Long Island Science Museum and the not-forprofit National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, hosted a week-long science camp filled with hands-on, engaging activities that fostered critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork. Approximately 200 elementary students from around the district, teachers, administrators, and representatives from the Long Island Science Museum, spent an exciting week at Massapequa High School - Ames Campus during the nationally renowned "Camp Invention" program.
Using the tools of scientists, students first dismantled everyday household objects, such as old typewriters and radios, exploring the distinct parts of each object. To facilitate their thinking, students met in groups to discuss "things that bug me," and "solutions to get rid of the bugs," then used the pieces of the everyday items they dismantled and explored to draw a prototype of their invention. Upon completion of this important blueprint, student inventors got down to business, creating a multitude of interesting inventions, and completing a mock patent application for their masterpieces.
 | | in the Massapequa Public Schools work on their inventions using common, household items that they dismantled during this summer's Camp Invention program. |
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In addition to using their creativity to troubleshoot and invent, students also worked cooperatively to design their own roller coaster parks, which were constructed using foam piping, and mounted and tested them in the hallways of Camp Invention. As a culmination to a week well spent immersed in learning, students displayed their creations for family and friends, who visited on the last day of camp. "Everyone did a phenomenal job on their inventions," stated Massapequa teacher Mary Rose Orlik. "It has been an amazing week of cooperation and learning," added Lisa Caputo, district curriculum associate for science.
 | | Shown in the photo, as part of Camp Invention, students in the Massapequa Public School District used laws of physics to design and construct their own roller coaster parks. |
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 | | Shown in the photo, Nikki Reyes, left,and Lauren Bergamini , right, became certified inventors during the Massapequa Public School District's Camp Invention program, sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, and supported by the Long Island Science Museum. |
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 | | Shown in the photo, Massapequa Public School District teacher Mary Rose Orlik, back row, center, gathers with her students as they prepare to display their talents for family and friends during the last day of Camp Invention. |
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