Our budding artists will be inspired by artists like Alexander Calder, Yahoi Kusama, Peter Carl Fabergé, Auguste Rodin, Dale Chihuly and Antoni Gaudí as they create their own 3D art. Projects include creating cardboard sculptures, dolls, papier marche eggs, clay heads, water bottle sculptures and bean mosaics. When and Where This Class is Offered: Week [...]
Campers explore how biomedical engineers use their understanding of human body systems to design solutions to address health problems. The class begins with the story of a boy who applies his understanding of Biomedical Engineering in order to design a temporary knee brace for an injured classmate. Over the course of the class, campers collect [...]
Students of this class will be the reporters at camp where they write stories about the people at International Ivy and their activities at camp and their views about current events that week. They will write stories, take pictures and layout the content for a newspaper to be published. In addition, students will create online content like blogs and videos to capture what happened at camp. The teacher will guide students through the creative process and offer suggestions for better journalism.
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!
Shake up a flask of fun in the lab and become a junior chemist! Learn to recognize chemical reactions and mix up a few reactive ingredients for some sensational results. Check out the colors of chemistry with the power of pH paper and create a stopper-popping reaction. Probe the properties of light and discover some [...]
Step into the shoes of a detective — uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis. Student will use the powers of observations and investigative gear to find, collect and analyze evidence. Students also become a super-spy. They build binoculars; discover what it takes to keep things safe and how technology works in the [...]
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.
