 | Daily schedule: 9:00-10:30AM 1st class 10:30-10:45AM Snack 10:45-12:30PM 2nd class 12:30-1:00PM Lunch 1:00-2:00PM Outside games 2:00-4:00PM Afternoon activity |  |
2016 Summer Schedule Grades 4-7
| Dates | Morning classes | Afternoon Activities | Availability |
| 6/27-7/1 | Med School Scratch |
Build a Bot | Available |
| 7/5-7/8 | Weird Botany LEGO Robotics |
Marine Biology | Available |
| 7/11-7/15 | Rockets Animation |
Dungeoneers' Guild | Available |
| 7/18-7/22 | Going Green LEGO Robotics |
Monsters of Myth and Magic | Available |
| 7/25-7/29 | Molecule Masters Animation |
Vet School | Available |
| 8/1-8/5 | Crimebusters Robotics |
Zombie Jamboree | Available |
| 8/8-8/12 | Natural Disasters Web Design |
Pokemania | Available |
| 8/15-8/19 | Ultimate Lego MOC Scratch |
Physics of Star Wars | Full |
| 8/22-8/26 | Molecular Gastronomy Web Design |
Dungeoneers Guild | Available |
Summer Program Description
| 6/27/2016 - 7/1/2016 (Week 1 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Med School: Be a student doctor! How do doctors know what to do when someone is sick? What causes disease? What do broken bones look like in X-rays? Dissect a fetal pig to see how organ systems interact in the body. Learn about the human body and how it functions, and find out why doctors scramble when they hear the words “Code blue!” | Scratch Programming: Use a fun progamming language created by MIT to build your own games and animations. You'll be learning about logic and the Cartesian coordinate system as you build your game. Publish your creation on the Internet and share them with your friends! |
| Afternoon | Build a Bot: From modern kits of plastic powered by green energy to wood robots programmed with string invented back in ancient Greece, we'll build bots together that you can take home. (This class has an extra $30 materials fee.) |
| 7/5/2016 - 7/8/2016 (July 4th week, GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Weird Botany: There are some peculiar plants out there, like vampire vines and strangler figs! Some plants use chemical warfare against their neighbors while others light the whole place on fire. We'll unravel their secrets, and plant some weird ones to take home with you! | LEGO Robotics: Improve your LEGO MINDSTORMS construction and programming skills by creating your own inventions! Using sensors and motors, we'll work on projects like Slam-dunk-bot, Art-bot, Fussball arcade game, and others! |
| Afternoon | Marine Biology: Calling all aquanauts! From coral reefs to shoreline tidepools, deep ocean thermal vents and vast open water, the ocean is vast and full of strange life. Let's explore its wonders and mysteries, and get a close up look at some live sealife! |
| 7/11/2016 - 7/15/2016 (Week 3 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Rockets: Blast off! The sky's the limit as you investigate Newton's Three Laws of Motion, then build and test different kinds of rockets. We'll also learn about the Apollo program, the International Space Station and the Mars project, and speculate about future space exploration. | Animation: A little clay man jumps out of a cup, puts paperclips on his feet and starts skating across the table! Learn how to create the illusion of motion. Bring your creative ideas to life using your imagination, a variety of materials like LEGOs, toys, clay, and paper cutouts, and stop-motion animation software. |
| Afternoon | Dungeoneers' Guild: You are searching castle ruins for a lost artifact by the light of a flickering torch. Suddenly a giant troll steps out of the shadows, and he looks mad! What will you do? Run, fight, cast a spell? The choice is yours as you and your friends play heroes in a fantasy world set in the Middle Ages using the Dungeons and Dragons rules. Search dark dungeons, solve insidious riddles, fight monstrous evil and finally escape with the fabulous treasure. Make sure to bring your imagination! |
| 7/18/2016 - 7/22/2016 (Week 4 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Going Green: With only wind and water our ancestors powered mills and factories! Let's take a new look at these and other alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels. Let's build some devices that harness solar, wind and water energy, like a cell phone charger and a solar oven. What about other forms of energy, like bioenergy, flywheels and fuel cells? Get energized this week! | LEGO Robotics: Improve your LEGO MINDSTORMS construction and programming skills by creating your own inventions! Using motors, sensors and imagination, we'll work on projects like Relay racers, Bumper cars, Robo-Baseball, and others! |
| Afternoon | Monsters of Myths & Magic: From the evil whales of Iceland and shapeshifting foxes of Asia to the airplane gremlins and Bigfoot, every culture across the globe loves stories of wierd monsters. Learn about the history and true indentity behind the beasts of myth like the Loch Ness monster, and then make up your own tales as well! |
| 7/25/2016 - 7/29/2016 (Week 5 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Molecule Masters: Mix chemicals to make new compounds. Test acids and bases with a color-changing potion. Learn how to cross-link sulfur atoms with boron atoms to make gooey slimes. Investigate the power of polymers. Be the master of the chemical universe! | Animation: A little clay man jumps out of a cup, puts paperclips on his feet and starts skating across the table! Learn how to create the illusion of motion. Bring your creative ideas to life using your imagination, a variety of materials like LEGOs, toys, clay, and paper cutouts, and stop-motion animation software. |
| Afternoon | Vet School: Do you love animals? As a Vet school student you'll learn about how to care for pets and how to treat injured animals in an emergency. Look at X-rays of different kinds of pets and study animal physiology. Each day we'll bring in different types of animals, from lizards to cats! |
| 8/1/2016 - 8/5/2016 (Week 6 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Crimebusters: Use science to solve crimes just like police forensic detectives! What chemical test will identify a mysterious powder? How can the length of a person's foot be used as evidence? Examine clues, unravel mysteries and identify the criminal. Case closed! | LEGO Robotics: Improve your LEGO MINDSTORMS construction and programming skills by creating your own inventions! Using motors, sensors and imagination, we'll work on projects like Relay racers, Bumper cars, Robo-Baseball, and others! |
| Afternoon | Zombie Jamboree: What are zombies? There are many stories and ideas about them and similar creatures like vampires and mummies. Could any of them be real? How would they work? Let's have some fun with the undead! |
| 8/8/2016 - 8/12/2016 (Week 7 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Natural Disasters: Volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis! Yikes! Learn about natural disasters, how they happen and what can you do to stay safe when disaster strikes. | Web Design: Learn to code in HTML and create your own website. Make it fun and interactive by adding menus, images, video files, animation and sound, then publish it so you can share with your friends! |
| Afternoon | Pokemania: Love Pokemon? We'll delve into the strange origins of the many Pokemon species. Find out why a flamethrower skunk like Stunky is closer to becoming reality than you'd expect. Why does Parasect have strange dead white eyes? Work out the ecology and physics of the Pokemon world, and play Pokemon! |
| 8/15/2016 - 8/19/2016 (Week 8 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Ultimate Lego MOC :In Legospeak, MOC stands for My Own Creation. Let your imagination loose in this fun class. We'll check out some awesome MOCs created by Master Builders, then we'll build our own fabulous creations. | Scratch Programming: Use a fun progamming language created by MIT to build your own games and animations. You'll be learning about logic and the Cartesian coordinate system as you build your game. Publish your creation on the Internet and share them with your friends! |
| Afternoon | Physics of Star Wars: Get ready to jump to light speed! Droids, aliens, death stars and galactic empires await you! How much is science and how much is science fiction? Join us for a week of Star Wars! (This class has an extra $10 materials fee.) |
| 8/22/2016 - 8/26/2016 (Week 9 - GRADES 4-7) |
| Morning | Molecular Gastronomy:Humans are the only animals that eat cooked food. Did you know that cooking is chemistry? Learn about chemical reactions while making some amazing treats. | Web Design: Learn to code in HTML and create your own website. Make it fun and interactive by adding menus, images, video files, animation and sound, then publish it so you can share with your friends! |
| Afternoon | Dungeoneers' Guild: You are searching castle ruins for a lost artifact by the light of a flickering torch. Suddenly a giant troll steps out of the shadows, and he looks mad! What will you do? Run, fight, cast a spell? The choice is yours as you and your friends play heroes in a fantasy world set in the Middle Ages using the Dungeons and Dragons rules. Search dark dungeons, solve insidious riddles, fight monstrous evil and finally escape with the fabulous treasure. Make sure to bring your imagination! |
Summer Tuition
| Dates: | June 27th - August 26th. Program hours: 9:00am-4:00pm. Each morning includes a science class and a robotics or technology class, the afternoon program includes a fun educational activity! |
| Extended hours: | Extended AM hours are offered from 8:30am to 9:00am at an additional weekly cost of $30. Extended PM hours are offered from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at an additional weekly cost of $30 per half hour. |
| Cost: |
Single week tuition: $400 (the cost for July 4th week is $350) Campers get a free t-shirt with the first week's tuition and a bonus educational toy for every additional week. |
| Tuition payment: | A $100 non-refundable deposit per week is due at registration. The remaining $300 can be paid at any point between registration and the first day of enrollment. You can sign up either by downloading and printing this form or register online here. |
| Discounts: | 10% sibling discount |