This class is about hands-on fun and exercising our creativity. Kids will be playing with their food…after making them. They will be making cakes, burgers and other favorite foods using modeling clay. They will make flower arrangements inspired by the artist, Georgia O’Keefe. They will make pop-up cards that Hallmark would be envious of. Finally, the kids will put on a puppet show using puppets they design and create.
People have been playing with chemistry for thousands of years, by stirring things together and boiling concoctions. Students will walk the path of early chemists by making perfumes, soap, chemical batteries and synthetic dyes. Students in this class will also conduct experiments to see evaporation, carbonation and oxidation in action. When and Where This Class [...]
Kids will have a chance to design and build a variety of engineering projects to strengthen their creativity and problem-solving skills. Projects include cardboard tube suspension bridge, clothes hanger balance scale, drinking straw roller coasters, shoe box foosball game and recycled bottle cars. As the class progresses, the students are given more leeway to design [...]
This class can be taken more than once. Students build different robot models and learn different math skills each week. Lego WeDo Robotics - Using the LEGO® Education WeDo™ Robotics Construction Set, the students are introduced to simple robotics through building models, attaching sensors and motors, and using a computer to program the model’s behavior. [...]
Scratch Jr is an introductory programming language that enables youngsters to create their own interactive stories and games. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Children can modify characters in the paint editor, add their own voices and sounds, even insert photos of themselves — then use the [...]
This class can be taken more than once. There are different themes every week. Yoga – Students will learn various yoga poses taking cues from animals and nature. They will roar, stretch and learn the tools to relax and strengthen their bodies. Country Adventure – Each week, students embark on an imaginary adventure to a [...]
This class is part arts and crafts, part drama and whole lot of creativity! Aesop fables and fairy tales will come alive as campers create the shoebox set and paper “puppets”. They will learn the lines for the characters in the story and put 0n a show! The class will discuss character traits where they decide what traits are strengths and which are weaknesses or character flaws. They will discuss sequencing, cause and effect, story elements and the lesson of the story. This shoebox theater will feature stories like:
Using the LEGO® Education WeDo™ Robotics Construction Set, the students are introduced to simple robotics through building models, attaching sensors and motors, and using a computer to program the model’s behavior. Students will also learn about simple engineering concepts such as pulleys, belts, gears and levels, while having a blast with their creations. When and [...]
