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  • Exploring the Cosmos - Explore Physics, Astronomy & Engineering through Hands-On Research
  • Fee: $100.00
    Dates: 7/28/2025 - 8/1/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Building: East Peoria Campus
    Room: 320A
    Instructor: Jennifer Grote, Steve Portscheller, Viji Varadarajan, Ali Bitar

    Designed for high school students (9-12 grade), this 5-day workshop, with daily talks from experts and hands-on activities in real college labs, will let your imagination and creativity run free. You will:

    •    Conduct real lab-based experiments
    •    Discover links across Physics, Astronomy & Engineering
    •    Gain exposure to research and industry careers
    •    Build teamwork through cohort-based rotations
    •    Tour an industry research facility at Caterpillar, Inc.
    •    Learn about light spectrometry and space
    •    Create a light spectrometer throughout the week to take home with you

    The final day of the workshop will be the off-campus field trip. Travel consent forms are required for all registrants. They can be filled out upon arrival on Day 1, or they can be downloaded and submitted in advance to cce.information@icc.edu.

    Travel Consent Form

    We understand that times are tough, and we don’t want financial barriers to stand in the way of your growth. That’s why we’ve secured limited funding to offer fee waivers—just fill out a short application to be considered.

    Fee Waiver Application

 

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