CANTON -- Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, is coming to SUNY Canton’s Richard W. Miller Campus Center, Canton, the weeks of July 17 and July 24.

Camp Invention is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame®, a nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing inventors and invention, promoting creativity, and advancing the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.

For students entering kindergarten through sixth grade, Camp Invention teaches problem solving, collaboration, and the use of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

This year’s curriculum features several hands-on modules:

• Duct Tape Billionaire™: Campers design duct tape products they can market and sell to mock investors;

• Have a Blast™: Children build high-tech Bubble Blasters and compete as a team in friendly air battles that use physics to boost their advantage;

• Mission Space Makers™: Teams hatch eggs, sprout living plants and grow crystal trees, all while on a mission to locate and prepare a new planet for human habitation; and

• Operation Keep Out™: Campers learn to reverse engineer old machines and devices, and use their parts to create the ultimate Spy Gadget Alarm Box.

All local Camp Invention programs are facilitated and taught by certified educators who reside and teach in the community. Camp Invention serves more than 130,000 students every year and partners with more than 1,400 schools and districts across the nation. For additional information or to find the camp nearest you, visit www.campinvention.org.

Cost to attend is $225 for each week.

Camp times are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily.

An extended camp experience is provided to accomodate working families. Extended camp hours are 7 a.m.-5 p.m. and will cost an additional $80 per week.

For additional information, or to register, visit www.campinvention.org.