From our Earth's atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system, this hands-on program for children sends them on a quest for exploration! Comets, planets, stars and more are all waiting to be discovered. Learn about the four forces of flight, the challenges of space travel, and even participate in a rocket launch! When [...]
Each week the children play a series of team work challenges that, upon completion, allow them to collect pokemon figurines. Each game requires the children to work together (like in a Pokemon gym) to win the activity first and collect different designed pokemon characters that give the team extra “powers” to succeed in the next challenge. At the end, they may even have a “Pokewar” with their characters.
Scratch is a programming language developed by MIT Media Lab where kids can easily create and share their interactive stories, animation or simple games. Using simple drag-and-drop programming, students can select characters (called sprites) and control their actions and interactions. Students will create animation and games while learning the programming commands in Scratch. In the [...]
VEX IQ is a snap-together robotics system to provide future engineers the opportunity to build and program robots. Students will learn about sensors, motors, gear ratios and object manipulation. Students advance to programming tele-operated robots which navigate through challenges. Some of the robots students will build and program include a bulldozer and forklifts. When and [...]
In Shockingly Sticky Science, students will learn Watts-Up with electricity and build their own static tubes, learn the marvels of magnets as they construct their own Magnet Maze, and get sticky with polymers (a.k.a. slime)! We will create our own soda pop and as a grand finale students will learn all about heat and get [...]
In this fast paced class, students will create up to 5 stop-motion animated flix! Each day you’ll use a new style of stop-motion. And the last two days we'll even do Lego Animation! It's the ultimate arts and crafts class where students create, direct, and film their movies. No experience is necessary. When and Where [...]
Whether by the light of the campfire or the glow of the computer screen, humans have always loved to tell stories. Through games, activities, and short writing prompts, students in this course will get a chance to practice the timeless art of storytelling using digital and analog means. In addition to concepts like story structure, [...]
Students create their very own computer video game from the ground up. Utilizing ClickStream Fusion® software, our teachers will walk through every step of developing a customized functional arcade-style video game. This includes creating various objects such as the player, enemies, bonuses, designing multiple levels, assigning health and lives, and programming object movements. In addition [...]
