Engaging students in both hands-on and minds-on experiences is needed for education that is relevant and complete. Many middle school students enter science classrooms with pre-conceived ideas about their world. Some of these ideas are misconceptions that hinder students from developing accepted concepts in science, such as those related to motion. This article explores implications from an experience where middle school teachers used modeling strategies within the 5E pedagogy to actively engage their 50 eighth grade students in the conceptual change process during an all-day, week-long summer outreach camp.