Does your child have a great idea for a comic book or love anime? Students will learn to tell a short story through sequential art by creating a story line, brainstorming to create characters, and write a plot with dialogue. They will learn digital cartooning using Pixton. Students collaborate on a comic anthology that they [...]
Young crafters will develop essential skills in the journey into the world of makerspace and the hands-on possibilities of the Cricut machine! We will explore the wonders of creativity and design through the use of the versatile Cricut machine and its application, Design Space. We will learn and use the various functionalities of Cricut while engaging in a series of interactive projects, such as custom t-shirts, tote bags, note book, key chain, greeting cards, stickers, flowers and more!
Students will look a wide range of issues from the mundane to the worldly and argue "for" or "against" a variety of everyday items, events, and ideas. Along the way, they will research, structure, craft and execute their speeches to inform and persuade. Students will be practicing their public speaking skills, working on speaking from [...]
The class starts with the fundamentals of drawing from lines, shapes, 3D forms to using perspective, space, light and color. Campers will be drawing and painting still life, landscapes and people using digital brushes, blending tools and textures through a series of fun projects. When and Where This Class is Offered: Week 2 - July [...]
Students will learn how to create amazing graphic designs inside Canva, one of the world’s leading free graphic design applications and Animoto, an easy drag and drop video maker. The course will cover core skills needed to use Canva efficiently and effectively, including text and typography, shapes and lines, adding icons, pictures, filters, color, alignment and transparency. Students will apply their skills working on different projects like magazine covers, posters, greeting cards, photo collages, vision boards and mind maps. Students will also make stunning videos in minutes using Animoto. During the course, the instructor will cover some basic graphic design theory, which will help make their work stand out.
Students will learn how to build, program, and fly industry-grade drones using a professional kit and an open-source coding environment. Students will learn the mechanics of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flight through hands-on demos; learn the process of designing and programming drone software, from engineering basic flight controls to building autonomous navigators and voice-control applications; [...]
Electrical Engineering with Makey-Makey, Ages 8-10
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Students will obtain an introduction in electrical engineering by tinkering with Makey Makey, a circuit board kit that can be used to connect objects with a computer, transforming those objects into computer keys or mouse clicks. Students can invent new devices, instruments and controllers with objects that conduct electricity. For instance, bananas turn into piano [...]
Aerospace engineers design things that fly both inside and outside of our atmosphere, while aeronautical (flight) engineers design things that only fly inside of our atmosphere. Students dive into aeronautical engineering by designing models of flying technologies that help collect aerial photographs. Students also learn how to engineer rovers that can be used to explore [...]
