ANIMATION

This class will use both hand drawing and computer technology to explore the fundamental elements of animation. Students will create drawings that seem to move and also create their own animated shorts.

ARE YOU GAME

Strategy Games to Challenge the Mind

Do you enjoy the challenge of learning new games like chess, stratego, and master mind? Come learn several NEW games that are fun and challenging. Enjoy friendly competition with peers that have similar interests.
 

BE A PROBLEM SOLVER
Education must prepare students for the world of tomorrow. Problem solving empowers children to tackle problems existing in the real world. Students will have the opportunity to develop problem solving skills through a six-step program that encourages them to think creatively and critically. Students are presented with the challenge to create possible solutions and action plans for real problems.

CODE CRACKERS

Do you love cracking codes and deciphering secret messages? Come learn more about secret messages that are centuries old, use your growing skills to solve mysteries, and create your own coded messages to stump peers and adults alike!

EXPLORING THE NILE

Is your passport ready?  Are you prepared for an adventure? Travel the Nile and learn the secrets of ancient Egypt.  Discover how pyramids were built, why mummies were preserved, and what  was so amazing about King Tut.  Analyze hieroglyphs and design, construct and create Egyptian treasures.  The adventure awaits you!

GET ART SMART!

Explore your own creativity while experimenting with varied techniques.  Learn about famous artists and their unique styles. Create your own portfolio.  Your artistic expression will astound you!

FUN WITH GEOMETRY

Are you ready for a challenge?  Geometry is all around us.  In this interactive class, students will examine problem solving strategies through geometric concepts.  Create structures, design tessellations, and explore tangram puzzles.  Attempt brainteasers and logic challenges.  It there is a better solution, find it!

MEDIEVAL TIMES

Would you like to travel to the time when knights sat around a round table?  It was a time when hoof beats went thundering on the hard dirt.  The heavy armor could be heard clacking as one Knight fought another.  Journey back into time as we create a castle, design and create a knight's sword hilt, make an orange pomander, become a scribe, and write cinquains with the ink we create.

MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD

What is the creature in Loch Ness? What happened to Amelia Earhart? Why do planes and ships disappear in the Bermuda Triangle? Have you ever wondered about unsolved mysteries? Enhance deductive reasoning strategies, examine current theories, and develop your own!

PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE

What new types of homes will be created?  What new forms of transportation will exist?  How will technology impact our lives?  Travel to the future and explore the possibilities.  We will design and build a future habitat and create personal time capsules.

ROLL, SPIN, & SWING: CREATING RUBE GOLDBERG CONTRAPTIONS

Students will learn about the life and work of Rube Goldberg, the famous cartoonist who used cause-and-effect relationships between pulleys, ropes, marbles, and animals to create the most complicated ways of accomplishing simple tasks. We'll spend our weeks trying to make real our own "Rube Goldberg" ideas work using common materials, imagination, and a LOT of trial and error!

SCIENCE FUN

Science is the study of the physical and biological environment. “Science Fun” ventures into the three areas of science study: life, earth, and physical. Through exciting, enjoyable, and intellectually stimulating hands-on experiences children are encouraged to observe, predict, test, make discoveries, and discuss results.

STRATEGY GAMES
Exercise your thinking skills with some cooperation and some friendly competition with peers while having a great time!  Several new games will be explored while other games will be taught at more advanced levels for kids who are ready for further challenges.

TWIST, FOLD, & BEND: THE GEOMETRY OF ORIGAMI

Students will enjoy creating interesting and intricate paper constructions while learning the concepts and geometry behind origami.  Spend the morning making three dimensional shapes you only dreamed of and learn how the concepts can be seen in our natural and man-made world.

WHY FLY PAPER AIRPLANES
A paper airplane symbolizes freedom.  To soar above the earth, floating on a current of air like a bird in flight is both a joyous and a wonderful feeling that lives inside all mankind.  This course presents paper airplane designs from around the globe, ranging from easy gliders for the beginner to challenge designs for the experienced flier.