Timberline School - Camp Invention: Discover
Curriculum can vary per site
Location: 2605 SE LA Grant Pkwy, Waukee, IA 50263
Program Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025
Program Times: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Price: $305 Payment plan options available
Our Leaders-in-Training (LIT) program is for 7th - 9th graders. LITs will gain mentoring and collaboration skills while helping guide campers throughout the week at our in-person locations. Availability may be limited.
Please Note: For additional questions, please contact Community Education at 515-987-2761 or [email protected].
Introducing an All-New 2025 Camp Invention Experience!
Inspire your young innovator with a one-of-a-kind summer adventure! Exciting, hands-on challenges will spark curiosity and build their confidence as they dive into limitless STEM fun full of opportunities to imagine, experiment and create. Read more about what your camper will do each day at Camp Invention:
INNOVATION
Your camper will unleash the power of the claw as they make their own mechanical claw machine complete with unique prizes that they create! They’ll discover hands-on physics, explore animals with claws and become an entrepreneur.
CREATIVITY
Embracing their curiosity, your camper will uncover the science behind optical illusions in art, movies, attractions, theater and animation. They’ll design and test various illusions and invent their own moving props to become a special effects expert!
PROBLEM SOLVING
Your camper will rev up for the ultimate road trip complete with their own transmitter and receiver, custom dashboard and travel map! As an innovative traveler, they’ll choose their own path and invent their way out of bumps in the road.
PERSISTENCE
Embarking on an eco-expedition, your camper will investigate penguins and the ice and snow of Antarctica. With their imagination and the help of a robotic assistant, they’ll develop penguin and planet-saving prototypes!
Curriculum can vary per site