It happens every summer in Scott County, Virginia. Kids take time off from their summer vacation to return to the science classroom. They return to build bridges, make polymers, fill prescriptions, and work side by side with practicing chemists, engineers, and community professionals. They become involved in a totally hands-on science program that challenges them to learn about careers in science while developing their science process skills. The program, called Science in the Summer (SitS), is in its ninth year and has many of the same kids, along with several new ones, returning summer after summer.