Guts and Glory Science Camp “Big Event” at 10 a.m. Friday

RICHLAND, Wash. — About 50 elementary-age children will show off their knowledge of sports science at 10 a.m. Friday, July 11, with wacky activities like the paper plate discus and cotton ball shot-put.
 
The “big event” is the closing ceremony for the “Guts and Glory: Extreme Sports Science” summer science camp, held at Washington State University Tri-Cities in the Consolidated Information Center, 2770 University Drive, Richland.
 
Friday morning, the campers will make customized jump ropes for a jumping competition. Then they’ll challenge themselves with zany activities like the lung power relay and cup-and-paper stacking.
 
During the week, the campers learned about anatomy, biology and physiology. They conducted hands-on experiments about circulation and respiration, constructed K’Nex toys to demonstrate muscles and balance, and built an interactive model of the human body. They discovered how sports shoes give athletes a competitive edge and tested Newton’s laws of motion with bowling and balloon air rockets.
 
This is the third of eight summer science camps held on the WSU Tri-Cities campus for children who will be entering kindergarten through fifth grade in Fall 2008. The weeklong sessions use curriculum from Knowledge Learning Cooperation and are led by certified teachers. Other camp themes are Gizmos, Gadgets & Goop; Science Detective; and Space & Rocketry.
 
For more information or to register for upcoming full-day and half-day science camps, visit www.tricity.wsu.edu/summersciencecamp <https://www.tricity.wsu.edu/summersciencecamp> or call 372-7606.
 
Directions to Guts and Glory: Drive north on George Washington Way, pass Hanford High School, pass the first sign for WSU Tri-Cities sign, go up the hill, turn right onto First Street at the second sign for WSU Tri-Cities, turn right onto University Drive, then turn left into the first parking lot. The Consolidated Information Center (CIC) is the gray building with the curved green roof. Indoor activities are downstairs in rooms 102 and 120, while outdoors activities are on the downstairs patio behind the building.
 
Washington State University Tri-Cities is located along the Columbia River in Richland, Wash. Established in 1989 with upper division and graduate programs, WSU Tri-Cities offers 17 baccalaureate, 14 master’s, and five doctoral degree programs. The campus added freshman and sophomore courses in fall 2007 to become a true four-year public university, extending the WSU land-grant mission of providing affordable, accessible higher education. For more information, call 509-372-7250 or visit www.tricity.wsu.edu <https://www.tricity.wsu.edu> .