Red Hot Robots
Enrollment: 2nd-6th
Dates: Session II: June 28-July 2
Instructors: Mad Science
Class Fee: $30
Join us for a week of fun with amazing robots! In this week of camp, learn about the uses of robots in our world and spend time experimenting with super cool red-hot robots. Experiment with sound sensing robots, line-tracking robots, amphibious robots, and robots that can even play soccer! Discover the science of circuits and how robots use sensors to explore things around them. Use your skills to build your very own working robots to take home with you!
Scratch the Programming Itch: Junior Programming for Creative Minds
Enrollment: 4th-8th
Dates: Session II: June 28-July 2
Session IV: July 12-16
Instructor: Mindy Starr
Have you dreamt of making your own animated stories or wondered how computer games are made? Scratch software makes it fun to learn the basics of programming with an easy-to-use language designed just for kids! This introductory course in programming helps kids develop important mathematical and reasoning skills in a creative environment. Go from programming your character to walk across the screen to designing a multi-level interactive maze for your classmates to explore. Scratch makes it possible to put your imagination—and your mind—to work!
Brain Busters
Enrollment: 2nd-4th
Dates: Session III: July 6-9
Session IV: July 12-16
Instructor: Elizabeth Starke
Are you up for a challenge? You will stimulate your brain with a variety of puzzles, logic games, problem solving activities, and creative engineering each day of the week. Miss Starke will use both games and paper activities to “exercise” your brain. Come with a thirst for knowledge and an attitude to learn an exciting new way!
Super-duper Science Sampler
Enrollment: 1st-5th
Dates: Session V: July 19-23
Instructors: Mad Science
Class Fee: $20
Explore five of the coolest branches of science on your way to becoming a certified Jr. Mad Scientist. Discover how birds fly, how bugs walk on water, and learn what an owl eats as we dissect owl pellets in biology; build towering structures and ingenious contraptions via engineering; experiment with Newton's Laws of Motion and perform the Great Tablecloth Tug during physics; stir-up crazy concoctions that become candy, ice cream, and sidewalk chalk in chemistry; then pan for gems, create thunder and lightning and make your own volcano in earth science. It's a camp so great it's Super!
Computer Skills for 21st Century Learners
Enrollment: 4th-8th
Dates: Session III: July 6-9
Instructor: Mindy Starr
It's a fact - more and more schools require students to submit highly polished, typed documents, create slideshow presentations, and complete Internet research at home. While this generation can out-text us thumbs down, Google anything under the sun in a split second, and play online internet games with other kids around the world, most of them are not quite so adept at double spacing, inserting page numbers, and applying the dreaded hanging indent. There is hope, however, if your child still types with one finger! In this high-energy, hands-on class, students will learn keyboarding and word processing skills essential for success in school; learn Internet research skills; and become familiar with the ins and outs of Cyber Ethics, including social networking safety. This class is also a great idea for students who struggle with handwriting skills.
Spanish Immersion
Enrollment: 4th-7th
Dates: Session VI: July 26-30
Instructor: Blanca Dompke
Experience the Spanish language every minute of the week through this immersion experience! While learning vocabulary and basic communication, we will also delve into a study of geography, music, technology, and art through enjoying projects and games. You will be surprised by your progress in speaking and understanding the beautiful Spanish language at the end of the week. |