Summer camps for science, chess

Kids interested in rockets, spies, mad scientists or chess have a place to explore their passion this summer.

Orange Coast College is hosting half- and full-day weeklong summer camps on campus for 6- to 12-year-old children.

The Mad Scientist’s Laboratory session begins the week of June 27, July 18 and Aug. 8; the Rockin’ Rockets and Aerodynamics session, July 11 and Aug. 1; and the Super Secret Spy Lab session, July 5 and July 25. All three science camp sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Summer Knight’s Chess Camp meets from 1 to 5 p.m. every week from June 27 to Aug. 12.

The half-day camps are $144 plus a $35 material fees. To combine the chess camp with a science camp to make a full-day session is $250 plus a $50 materials fee.

To register call (714) 432-5880.

—Britney Barnes