Short Hills NJ
Today in Flight and Aerospace, campers were challenged to make a device that would float in the air! They were given limited supplies of paper, tape, cardboard, and a paper cup. The campers were each given little fans, which represents the wind, and all they had to do was get their creation to stay levitating. […]
This week in Mock Trial, our campers learned all about trials and were able to take part in their own court case on Friday. They were assigned roles such as a witness, defendant, prosecutor, and more. The campers prepared their questions and evidence in advance in order to be ready for their presentation. When the […]
This week at Short Hills, aspiring pilots dove into their interest in aeronautical engineering through drone programming. The drone programming course teaches students to program drones and master efficient maneuvering techniques. Student confirming proper drone procedures with manual. When students first opened up their drones, they were excited to get started with flying them around. […]
This week our campers became scientists as they entered the dissection laboratory. In our Anatomy class, our young scientists had the opportunity to dissect their own sheep’s brain! Did you know that a sheep’s brain has all the same parts as a human brain? After opening up their kits, campers read all about how to […]
This week our youngsters in our Little Stores class have been hard at work creating their candy store, Candy Cave! Shown above is two campers working at Candy Cave selling candy to customers. Our campers in other classes had the chance to stop in at Candy Cave and buy candy. Here they are getting their […]
This week at Short Hills, our NASA Journey to Outer Space class has featured a myriad of fun, engaging experiments that allows students to simulate the vastness of outer space! Students learn about forces of flight, challenges of space travel, and much, much more! Students are fascinated by an experiment involving dry ice and its […]
This week in Youngster Scratch Programming, our campers are becoming experts on the basics of coding and programming with our mini ipads. Our campers are having so much fun deigning and controlling characters in their programs. This week in Stop Action Animation, our campers are getting the chance to make their very own stop action […]
Today in CrazyChem works, our campers did an activity where they test which glue works the best. Campers were given 3 different glue types to test out on a popsicle stick. The campers tested each glue by gluing either paper or plastic to the popsicle stick and observing how effective the glue was. This week […]
Today was Halloween day here at Short Hills and the campers came dressed in their Halloween best! We had witches, video game characters, and a variety of other costumes. This writer can say with absolute certainty that the winner amongst the staff was a camper who came in counselor costume! She was so convincing we […]