Deep Ocean Camp

August 17-21 and August 24-28

9 AM to 4 PM

Course Overview

Deep Ocean Discovery is taught by both Veron WK Lai and Chris Bull. https://www.cresconova.org/cresconova-labs-london-space-/about-us/our-team

This camp can be either a full week or a daily drop in. Camp dates are August 24-28. In-person at 47 Redcliffe Gardens in Chelsea. Please plan to bring a packed lunch. Camp drop off begins between 9-10 AM with time in the garden playing. Courses run from 10-12, lunch is 12-1 and last course session is 1-3 with pick up between 3 and 4 pm.

Dive into the unknown with this week-long camp that takes the deep ocean as its canvas for scientific discovery, creative design, and mechanical invention. Students descend into extreme underwater environments — where light disappears, pressure intensifies, and life finds extraordinary ways to survive — and use these insights to imagine and build ecosystems of their own.

As the week progresses, students design intricate underwater gardens inspired by real deep-sea biology, then translate the fluid, mesmerizing movements of deep-sea creatures into working mechanical systems using cam mechanisms.

This camp bridges science and making — every discovery feeds a new design, and every design deepens scientific curiosity. Students leave with a working cam model, a richly imagined underwater world, and a lasting sense of wonder about the planet's most unexplored frontier.

Please note: students should pack a nut-free lunch each day.

Student Outcomes

• Investigate the conditions of extreme deep-ocean environments — including pressure, darkness, and temperature — and explain how this shapes the creatures that live there
• Design an original imagined underwater ecosystem, drawing on real deep-sea biology to inform the structure, inhabitants, and ecological relationships within their world
• Create a detailed underwater garden design that reflects scientific understanding of marine plant life, habitat, and biodiversity in low-light environments
• Build a working mechanism that translates the movement of a chosen deep-sea creature into mechanical motion, applying core principles of engineering and invention
• Connect scientific inquiry to creative making throughout the week, communicating ideas through design, model-building, and collaborative discussion