Activities
This list of activities reflects those that have been used in previous sessions of BEST Camp. The actual activities for the current session of camp may be different.
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Egg Drop
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DNA Key Chains
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Roller Coasters
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Dissecting Owl Pellets
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K'nex™ Engineering
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Circuits
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Polymers
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Bottle Rockets
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Flame Testing
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Effervescent Launchers
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Sheep Heart Dissection
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Glowing Bacteria
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DNA Extraction
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T-Shirt Chromatography
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In addition, campers attend presentations and tours from Vanderbilt faculty and staff such as:
- Forensic science demonstrations: Jennifer Hall, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Lego® MindStorms® projects: Sam Bhattacharyya, Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- LifeFlight tour: flight nurses and communications staff
- Organ recital: Dr. Tyler Morris, Research Fellow in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Physics demonstrations: Dr. Joe Hamilton, Landon C. Garland Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy