Spurlock hosts Club Invention: Castles, Catapults, and Coats of Arms

• Event Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009–Friday, June 26, 2009
• Time: 9:00 am (CDT) Wednesday–3:00 pm (CDT) Friday
• Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: $70.00

• Hands-on
• Family-Friendly tag

The Spurlock Museum is pleased to offer Club Invention’s Castles, Catapults, and Coats of Arms, a hands-on summer enrichment program that blends science and history and focuses on the lifestyles and scientific ideas of Medieval Europe. Participants will build (towers, catapults, water wheels), create (jewelry, shields), and spend time in the Spurlock Museum’s Gallery of European Cultures. Museum educators will further supplement club activities with books, video, and artifact handling. Registration for the 3-day program ends Monday June 15, costs $70, and is open to children entering grades 3 - 7. Space is limited to 16 participants.

Developed by the National Inventors Hall of Fame (external link), Club Invention provides an interactive experience through inquiry-based learning. Club members participate in hands-on activities where they can role play, design, build, create, and explore. Club Invention is a shorter, smaller offshoot of NIHF’s Camp Invention (external link).

For further information or to receive a registration form, contact Brook Taylor at (217) 265-0474 or taylorb@illinois.edu (email link).

The Club Invention registration form (Adobe PDF, 140kb) is also available for download.