Due to high demand, the West Virginia Science Adventures program has added a summer session, “Marshall Sports Meets Minecraft,” which will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug.1, through Friday, Aug. 5.
The session will allow campers in grades 3 through 12 to build a block world of the academic and athletic facilities of Marshall University, according to the program’s director, Dr. Suzanne Strait.
“Children enrolled in this camp session will create Marshall University within the block world of Minecraft. They will have fun while learning math, graphing, scaling, design and spatial relationship skills,” Strait said. “They will have the chance to build the football stadium and other campus sports complexes. Best of all, they don’t even realize they are learning.”
Strait said the camp session will be held in the new Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex located on 3rd Avenue. One full scholarship and two half scholarships are available.
The West Virginia Science Adventures program was created in 2013 by Marshall University faculty to offer interactive activities related to science, technology, engineering, art and math to children of all ages. To register or to learn more about scholarships, visit http://ssawv.comor contact Strait at wvscienceadventures@gmail.com.