SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - "Science rocks!" cried a classroom full of kids, at their teacher's beckoning, as they constructed the pieces for their "geodesic dome" as part of the Discover E science camp put on by University of Alberta students each summer, hosted by Aurora College.

"It's really fun and it's really hard to do," said eight-year-old Markus Cluff as he displayed a human anatomy diagram he had made earlier with a few creative touches - the stomach was a paper bag with a straw coming out the top.

The "geodesic dome" they were working on was a dome made out of triangles of rolled up newspaper. The triangle shape provides support for the dome, so it doesn't need any pillars to stay stable.

Cluff's favourite activity from the five-day camp, as of Wednesday, was creating fossils.

"Well, we took some glue, cocoa and something else, and we mixed them all up together. Then we made it into a ball and then we made it into a pancake. Then we broke up some noodles and made dinosaur footprints and bones," he said, describing the process.

Angela Effa, originally from Chipman, Alta., was one of the instructors, and said she was having a blast.

"Working with kids, first of all, is awesome because they have so much energy and it gets you excited as well. Kids can be really creative in ways you wouldn't even think of. It's great to see them learning as well and see what they take from the camp."

Effa said they try to do at least two projects in the morning and two in the afternoon.

"After we explain the project, then do the project, we like to recap what we did and what the science was behind the project," Effa said, explaining how the camp reinforces scientific theories with the kids.

Discover E, run by students, happens yearly all around Alberta and throughout the territories. It's been running in Yellowknife for seven years.