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Programs & Classes

Summer Camps (Specialty)

Mad Science Camps

Mad Science Camps are interactive and allow kids to explore different areas of science in an interesting, hands-on way. These four different camps are sure to keep your child engaged.

Who

Children entering 1st through 6th grade for the 2024 – 2025 school year.

Instructors

Mad Science of Pittsburgh Staff

When

See camp specific dates and times below.

Where

Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center 2nd Floor – Room B
(Take ramp to 2nd Floor Lobby)

900 Cedar Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15228

Contact

Mt. Lebanon Recreation Office
(412) 343-3409

cost

$169

Resident

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$179

Non-Resident

Explore Classes Below

Underground Explorers

Activity Number S24-7034
Days Monday - Friday
Dates July 15 - 19
Time 1 - 4 pm
Fee Res $169 Non-Res $179
Register

Fizz Boom Bang

Activity Number S24-7032
Days Monday - Friday
Dates July 8 - 12
Time 1 - 4 pm
Fee Res $169 Non-Res $179
Register

Forces & Flight

Activity Number S24-7036
Days Monday - Friday
Dates August 12 - 16
Time 9 am - Noon
Fee Res $169 Non-Res $179
Register

Eureka! The Inventor's Camp

Activity Number S24-7038
Days Monday - Friday
Dates August 12 - 16
Time 1 - 4 pm
Fee Res $169 Non-Res $179
Register

Underground Explorers Science Camp Dig up the ancient past! Solve real-life mysteries! Kids learn about archaeology and the techniques scientist use to excavate long lost cities! They discover ancient civilizations and the tools and artifacts they used in everyday life! They also study bone fragments, pottery shards, amber deposits, and fossils to understand what they can tell us about history! What’s more, each class includes a make and take-home project, like a fossil reproduction, an amber time capsule, and coins from around the world!

Fizz, Boom, BANG Science Camp will inspire curiosity in kids. Shake up a flask of fun in the lab as a junior chemist! This hands-on, interactive chemistry camp is packed solid with cool reactions. Students put on goggles and change liquid to solid, and then back again. They have the opportunity to handle laboratory tools, build and break molecules, and pick up some tricks on chemical changes.

Forces & Flight Science Camp From the earliest flying machines to the first rocket flights, this hands-on program will allow students to build many different flying devices, see how Newton’s laws of motion help explain how things move and how rockets fly.  Explore how amazing our Milky Way is!

Eureka! The Inventor’s Camp Overcome a series of challenges using basic materials, simple machines, tips from famous inventors and most important – your mind! Create catapults and forts, build shelters, bridges, and learn about density. While Thomas Edison said, “invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration,” this program is 100% FUN!

Additional Information

Additional registration information:
Online – Register for as many programs as you like with a MasterCard or Visa. Save time by registering online today! You also may register in the office during business hours, 8:30 a.m.to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Cash or Check.

For program cancellations or other important information, sign up for LeboALERT on the myLebo platform and receive text and email notifications. Ensure you select the “cancellations” category. The Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center provides free LeboNet WiFi.

Wear comfortable footwear to camp.  Feel free to bring a (nut free) snack and a water.