Energy Career Cluster

Bike Camp will be held during the first week of YMCA camp at the Kaiser facility. This camp is for students interested in learning basic mountain bike skills. Students will be taught four 1-hour long lessons and then given time to practice skills. The last day of camp will put those skills to the test as youth present their knowledge on a trail ride on Turkey Mountain. This is a multi-day (1/2 days), free summer program geared toward students in grades 4-5.

In this hands-on project-based program, students use BMX bikes to perform various experiments while learning and applying critical concepts to explore the world of STEAM. Over the course of the 40-hour long Summer Camp, students learn new ways of seeing science, technology, engineering, art, and math all through the lens of a BMX bike. Students will receive lessons on how to build their own BMX bike, balanced vs unbalanced forces, energy transformation, measuring and gear ratio problems, designing their own bike, friction, leverage, and geoscience topics such as soil composition, percolation, infiltration, and much more! This is a weeklong, fee-based summer program geared toward students in grades 3 - 9.

Students will delve into the marvels of Earth’s systems through a series of captivating activities including taking on the role of a water molecule and building a bracelet that represents their journey through the hydrosphere, creating a terrarium that captures all of Earth’s spheres and the effects of geothermal energy. We will also explore how weather systems in the atmosphere distinguish our seasons, support our biosphere, and learn how clouds can predict our weather. This is a half-day, free summer program geared toward students in grades 3-5.