STEAM Summer Camp: Bio Blast Lab

Where does your yogurt come from? Your medicine? Your fuel? This week, campers find out by doing it themselves. In partnership with the Illinois Fermentation and Biomanufacturing Hub, kids run real fermentation experiments, work with microbes, and explore how biology and automation power some of the most important industries in the world. It's hands-on, it's surprising, and it's the kind of behind-the-scenes access most adults never get.
Bio Blast Lab is a FOUR-DAY camp to observe Juneteenth on June 19.
Science: Microbiology, fermentation, and how living organisms transform materials
Technology: Exploring the machines and automation behind modern biomanufacturing
Engineering: Design challenges that simulate real production problems
Art: Creative visual projects connecting biological processes to design thinking
Math: Data analysis and measurement throughout experiments
Partner: Illinois Fermentation and Biomanufacturing Hub