Creative Works (Art, Sewing, Comics, Theatre)

 

New! The Art & Science of Superpowers! – Gr. 2-6  

The world of comic books is full of heroes, villains, challenges and triumphs — and the heroes need help! Ready to see just what it takes to be super? In this camp, we combine your favorite heroes (and villains!) into a week full of art, science and engineering projects: fly alongside Superman, sling webs with Spiderman, use the Lasso of Truth like Wonder Woman, make a diorama of the Bat Cave, or construct a glove with claws like Wolverine. paint a mask to keep your identity a secret, create magic weaponry. Discover our own Superhero training camp and Hall of Fame and learn how to pencil and ink like professional comic book artists! Whether you’re an amazing avenger or an uncanny mutant, this camp is sure to be a lot of fun. Dive headfirst into the comic universe where student character development, art, science, creative thinking and community awareness reign supreme.

Art Potpourri – Gr. 2-6

Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture! No theme, just great fun creating wonderful pieces of artwork while using a mixture of artist quality materials including clay, watercolor, paint, soft pastels, oil pastels, Art Stix, illustration markers, AquaStics, and more!  Try your hand at Zentangle patterns, printmaking, sewing, and collage to create mixed media and 3D designs. As students work in these different media components, they will culminate in self-discovery and creation of original art projects with a distinctive flair!

Sew For Fun! – Gr. 2-4

Campers will learn to translate an idea to a design on paper, sew by hand and on a machine under carefully managed sewing machine time. They will learn basic pattern making skills, safety skills and how to create patterns for their designs.  Once patterns are made campers will construct their designs using hand-sewing techniques and simple sewing machine stitches (straight and zig-zag). At the end of the week they will create a custom project from start to finish.  Examples of projects include: plush toy, tote bag, house shoes, apron, play cape and mask, pillowcase, and more! Sewing machines, fabric, and all sewing tools are provided. Students will take home their own personal sewing kit. Maximum of 10 students per camp.

Pirate Adventures – Gr. 2-6

Ahoy Matey! So, ye Lads and Lassies want t’ be like a pirate aye… well then…sign ‘er up quick! We will spend the week training our young sprogs in the way of piracy, painting, drawing, sculpting clay, carving, collage, map making, knot typing, ship building, and learning pirate lingo. Through the course of the week young pirates can be found playing pirate games, singing sea shanties, or telling tales of the high sea. Shiver me timbers…we have an exciting week! Our counselors shed their landlubber stories and don “Captain Names” during the week. Come get yer swagger on an’ share some o’ yer favorite piratical ramblin’s with yer mates!

 

Great Masters of the World! – Gr. 2-6        

Design, draw, build, paint, construct, engineer and sculpt as you explore the great artists, designers and architects of the world while creating your own distinctive flair! Travel throughout time as you experiment with thick paints like Van Gogh, go wild with clay a la Pablo Picasso, design 3D Nevelson sculptures, experience first-hand the challenge of doing Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings, discover the playful art of Matisse, and create the amazing works of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe. Learn design engineering skills to build architect Julia Morgan’s Hearst castle and imaginative fairground rides, construct a prototype flying machine like Leonardo da Vinci, create 3D abstract architectural designs, and fashion rescue bots via Robin Murphy. This camp offers hands-on projects while combining art, architecture and engineering!

Art Expedition II – Gr. 2-6

Grab your passport and head out on a bold art adventure! Using clay, watercolor, acrylics, charcoal, oil pastels, sand art, scratch art, foil and metal, wood and paper, we will draw, paint, sculpt, and construct 2D and 3D art projects that span the globe. Inspired by prehistoric cave drawings as well as Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, African, North American and Australian cultures, campers create fun and exciting projects that bring together art and history from around the world!

Some examples include: Stonehenge sculpture, Inuit wood burning, Aboriginal animal paintings, Mayan metal masks, Egyptian Scarabs and lots more!

Star Wars Galactic- Gr. 2-6 

Join us for a Star Wars adventure! Let your imagination run wild as you create a model of BB-8, sew a Baby Yoda, design an R2-D2 tote bag, and build a light saber. Team up to play our Star Wars Trivia Game, Zentangle the legendary Darth Vader, create your own space creatures, make alien slime, construct a death star, and join the Rebellion effort with projects such as painting AT-ACT combat walkers and drawing K-2SO empire security droid. Come dressed as your favorite character on the last day of camp! So many projects and so much fun in only 1 week!

Famous Faces & Places- Gr. 2-6 

Grab your passport and explore your way through the world of ART that spans the globe! From the Eiffel Tower, to deserts, igloos, the Colosseum, windmills, and famous cities, travel throughout time and location, as well as, create artwork in the style of famous artists like Rivera, Höch, Kandinsky, Dali, Klimt, Monet, Warhol, and Delaunay! Using clay, watercolor, acrylics, charcoal, oil pastels, scratchboard, illustration markers, and soft pastels, we will draw, paint, sculpt, photomontage and construct 2D and 3D masterpieces. Inspired by work from France, Germany, North American, Mexico, Holland, India, Japan, and Italy, campers create exciting projects that bring together art and architecture from around the world!

Pokémon & Stop Motion – Grades 3-6

Welcome Trainers! Do you love the world of Pokémon and animation? Learn to draw, paint, and create your favorite Pokémon characters, sculpt them to life from clay, and make your own Pokémon stop motion video. Stop motion animation is a fun filming technique in which objects (such as clay figures) are photographed in a series of slightly different positions so that the objects seem to move. Using ZU3D software and webcams, campers create their own video full of action and suspense, learn storyboard techniques, character development, film angles, lighting, special effects, and methods to add titles and rolling credits!

Pokémon Characters you create in this camp include: Lugia, Alolan Vulpix, Poké Ball, Leafeon, Ditto, Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Pikachu.  For extra fun, we encourage you to bring your own Pokémon cards and battle with other trainers at break or lunch times.

Take home ZU3D Stop Motion Animation Kit: software licenses, webcam, green screen, modeling clay, mini-set background, and handbook. A flash drive for camper’s video creations is also included.

All Things (Harry Potter) Magical – Gr. 3-8

The legend lives on…come join us for the time of your life as we celebrate Harry’s Birthday this week! Let your imagination run wild! From hippogriffs, dragons, house elves, basilisk, and owls, to sorting hats, dementors, potions, spells…and all things magical, come join us for the time of your life! Search for Horcruxes throughout the week, team up for our Harry Potter Trivia Game, and design a broom. Paint Hogwarts castle, sculpt Dobby or Kreacher house elf, draw mythical creatures, make a Marauder’s map, brew up Butter Beer, create your own wand and Death Eater’s mask, patronus, chocolate frogs, and lots, lots more! Bring your favorite HP book(s) to camp to freshen up on spells, characters, and discuss analogies to the muggle world today. So much magic to do!

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Gr. 3-6

Grab your suitcase, catch the train, and join the hunt to find the fantastic beasts who await your arrival! Explore our guide to Mythical Creatures and learn where to find them. In this special wizard camp away from the muggles of the world, you will design your own suitcase, construct a Bowtruckle, paint an Occamy egg and Merpeople, draw a Phoenix and Doxy, sew a loveable Niffler, make a Deathly Hallows necklace, sculpt the wild Erumpent, and invent your own incredible creature! Throughout the week, take notes, create a map and draw sketches in your special journal. When our travels come to an end, take home your suitcase of beasts and note-worthy journal.

Stop Motion Animation – Gr. 3-6

Embrace the art and science of animation and let your creativity shine as you bring inanimate objects to lifeusing ZU3D software and webcams to create your own Stop Motion Animation movie! Stop motion animation is a hands-on technique used to create the illusion of movement by taking a series of still images and playing them back in sequence.  Using clay figures, puppets, paper cutouts, LEGO mini-figures, and other everyday materials, the journey of stop motion animation is filled with endless possibilities. Whether you’re making a simple story or a complex adventure ZU3D makes the process easy and enjoyable, including frame-by-frame capturing, onion skinning, and a simple interface for adding sound, titles, and special effects to give your animation a polished, professional look.

Camper Projects: Animate a Story, Space in Motion, LEGO Party, The Dragon Who Came to School, and much more!

EXTREME Art! – Gr. 4-8           

Take art to a new level! Whether you are an accomplished young artist or someone who thinks they can’t do any art, we promise you are in for a hands-on 3D fun experience with wood burning, tie-dyeing, drawing, printmaking, weaving, sewing, and clay sculpting that is truly EXTREME! Use charcoal to draw on aqua-board creating unique mixed media designs. Learn to use a special pyrography (wood burning) tool to “draw” designs, patterns and texture into wood and dried gourds. The ancient Greeks called it “writing with fire”. After the design is burned in, shading and coloring can be added. Discover the art of printmaking, how to carve linoleum blocks into stamps, create a masterpiece using natural items, and a collagraph abstract print. Dye fibers using natural indigo and tie-die your camp t-shirt to the EXTREME! Design and sew your own creature and sculpt 3D projects with clay. Create faux vase using a heat embossing tool and weave your own tapestry with card or hand looms from simple to complex. So much to experience…too little time!

Manga Maker Comics – Gr. 4-8

Make your own high-quality Manga Comics using ComiPo manga software!  Campers can easily create their own unique stories and situations using the library of 3D character models! Explore narrative elements, like point of view, character expressions, and social justice themes such as environment, healthcare, human rights, gun safety or world hunger. Throughout the week, you will learn Manga drawing techniques and look at examples of Japanese Manga. Create comics full of action and suspense by building a story arc with a beginning, middle, and end. With over 100 unique body poses and facial expressions to choose from, along with many background images, items, sound effects, word balloons… you have everything needed to make a visually impressive and professional looking Manga Comic come to life.

Mini-Theatre Stop Motion Movie Making – Gr. 4-6

Explore the world of theatre as you build a mini theatre, light up the stage, design background scenes, create your own plays, develop animal characters full of action and suspense, and film your own animation movie using ZU3D software and webcams! Learn storyboard techniques, point of view, film angles, lighting, special effects, and discover the many career-related roles in the world of theatre. Bring your imagination and love of creating stories to camp!

• As an Engineer, build a model Proscenium Arch theatreand learn about different types of theatres.
• As a Lighting Designer, create a light box to control colors, location, brightness of lights, and set mood.
• As a Playwriter, create acts for your plays with the characters and scenes. Cut out the charming animal characters, sloth, frog, mouse, alien bean and develop roles to play in the Western, Superheroes and Medieval background scenes.
• As a Scenic Designer, envision the stage with the three background scenesto carry out plays.
• As a Scenic Artist, complete the Medieval Sceneas it would be done on a large backdrop in a theatre, draw and color the
• As a Movie Director, make your own stop motion film of this engaging theatre and cast of characters using ZU3D animation software.

Take Home: Mini-Theatre model, a light box, background scenes, characters, and the ZU3D Stop Motion Animation Kit with software licenses, webcam, green screen, modeling clay, mini-set background, and handbook. A flash drive for camper’s film is included.

Couturier: Sewing & Pattern Making- Gr. 4-8

Sewing is design thinking at its finest, both artist and engineer!  Our young couturiers will learn to translate an idea to a design on paper, sew by hand and on a machine as they convert 2D ideas to 3D projects. As they draft patterns, construct with different fabrics, and learn sewing techniques, campers will increase their math, spatial cognition, and engineering skills. Using hand-sewing techniques and various sewing machine stitches, campers create custom projects throughout the week: beanie, tunic, costume, house shoes, Chef’s Apron, tote bag, oven mitt, zipper bag, pillow with applique and more! Sewing machines, fabric, and all sewing tools are provided. Our young couturiers will take home their fashion creations and their sewing kit! Maximum of 10 students per camp.me their fashion creations and their sewing kit! Maximum of 10 students per camp.

Intro to Sketching – Gr. 5-8

Sketching is something you can do anywhere anytime with just a pad and pencil. Sketching is freehand drawing that focuses on capturing the essence rather than going into details and it takes patience to learn! Students will explore proportion, perspective, light and shadow as they sketch basic shapes in life drawing. Learning to draw the cube, the cylinder and the sphere are fundamental shapes artists need to know. Discover different mark making methods and how to use soft and hard graphite pencils and a blending stick. Each student will take home their sketch book with their showcase of sketches as well as their drawing pencils.

Digital Art w/Wacom Tablets Gr. 5-8

In this camp, campers learn to digitally draw on the computer using a Wacom tablet and to use the digital art tools that come with it. Discover how to structure a piece and use the tools provided by the program to draw and experiment with colors and blending techniques. This is an incredibly creative medium as there are fewer limits when compared to traditional art. This camp is geared towards young artists who are interested in exploring this art media, who want to start a digital art portfolio or who just want another creative outlet to express themselves! Understanding digital art tools and programs has become an increasingly important part of art, design, and creative industries.

Edgy 2D Art – Gr. 6-8

Want to experience original and inventive art? You won’t find this art camp anywhere else! No experience required other than creative energy and a willingness to stretch your imagination through drawing, painting, printmaking, and multi-media collage. Campers will try out pop art, water-color layering, plein air and expressionist painting, graffiti street art, and printmaking with jelly plates. They will learn brush and other tool techniques, and use different media like graphite, ink, charcoal, pastels, and acrylic paint. Discover the power of color and how color works together. Then get ingenious and edgy by combining different mediums and approaches to create your own innovative art.

Engineering, Robotics & Technology

 

New! SPIKE Lego Robotics – Gr.1-4

Using the latest LEGO SPIKE Essential Robotics, discover what you can create, build, and code. Combine Lego bricks with intelligent hardware, a 2-Port Hub, Motors, Light Matrix, and Color Sensor, block coding and Lego Mini-fig characters and their story to construct space rovers, helicopters, catapults, a snow mobile, crazy carnival game, swamp boat or a battle bot. Next create a virtual background scene to enhance the character’s story. Add in more LEGO bricks and KEVA planks to create ziplines, Plinkoboards, marble mazes, buildings, bridges and vehicles, along with Scratch programming to code projects. Students learn the fundamentals of engineering, robotics and architecture.

Space Engineer – Gr. 2-4

Five, four, three, two, one…Blast Off! Have you ever wondered how rockets get into outer space? Or maybe you’re curious about how rovers and robots are used on Mars and in space exploration? Then this is the camp for you! Throughout the week campers will be tracking the International Space Station while learning about the Solar System, design and launch stomp rockets as they learn about propulsion, friction, force, gravity, and aerodynamics, and build two beginner-level Estes model rockets that they get to take home! Using Lego WeDo2, they will create brick models of a Satellite, Mars Rover, Lunar Lander, Spaceship, and lots more! Campers will also make their own “space gloves” and investigate how space suits are made safe from the environments astronaut’s encounter. Make way for the final frontier… this is a camp your child will not want to miss!

Robot & Machine Builder Gr. 4-8

Campers will:

1. Discover engineering, science of robots and design technology though building and taking home robots and various machines:

• Robotic Arm Edge (identical in nature to the robots being used in industry today).  
• Meta Transforming 4 model Robot
• Cybercrawler robot

2. Discover circuitry as you use Makey Makey to complete electrical circuits with household items.
3. Construct and assemble other DIY projects and machines

Learn engineering skills such as crafting, tinkering, assembly, building, design, circuitry, and electronics that allow you to go on to build more sophisticated robots and machines!

VEX Robotics Club Gr. 4-8

Girls & boys welcome to the NEXT level of robotics! VEX uses snap-based rods, planks, beams, game controller, multi-port brain, optical sensors, touch LEDs, and a Smart motor. Construct a motorized Catapult, a Drift car, Sumo bot, video game controllers, pinball wizard, robot basketball, or create your own robotic design. Engage in game-based engineering while working in teams to build and code a competition robot that will drive autonomously, play soccer, navigate through mazes, pick up objects, solve tasks and deal with obstacles. Using our VEX IQ Educational Robotics System, learn the fundamentals of robotics and engineering. VEX allows for creative freedom and encourages teamwork, leadership, passion, and problem-solving among students. YOU can be a coder, a coach, a designer, and a creative thinker. Learn, Build, Compete!

Architectural Engineering- Gr. 5-8

Don your hard hats and get hands-on creativity flowing as you learn the complexities of designing structures from buildings to bridges. Investigate how ancient architectural breakthroughs led to the fundamental design elements of today. From walls and arches to post-and-lintel building techniques, use hands-on manipulatives to inspect and duplicate design elements from around the globe. Replicate some of history’s most famous designs (from castles to the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Parthenon), then uncover how different societies made the stylistic, artful, and structural aspects of construction and architecture. With new buildings today reaching higher into the sky, architects and engineers are constantly working through questions of structure and style. Develop an understanding of the real-world applications of architecture and gain an appreciation for everyday structures!

 

Game Design & Programming

 

Code & Design with SCRATCH & Makey-Makey- Gr. 2-5.

Go to the next level of coding with Scratch & Makey Makey!  Program with, quirky graphics, and fun sounds to make a character (sprite) walk, speak, play music, or interact with other sprites. Add in “Makey Makey” microcontroller that uses resistive sensing and turn everyday objects into keyboards, including random items like fruit, graphite, ice, modeling clay, and more! Scratch has a rich library of built-in features to create animated stories, interactive movies, games, and an art block to create images, illustrations, and sculptures. Learn fundamental coding concepts such as sequences, loops, conditionals, variables, and functions.
Scratch never ends, students can take it continually and develop more skill and sophisticated projects! 

New! Game Maker – StemForged Gr. 4-8

This fun and challenging game design camp teaches skills in programming, digital literacy, animation, and 3D modeling. Using project-based curriculum and user-friendly custom game design software, BlocksmithXR, students are involved in creative game design projects for multiple levels of experience. The software is a 3D creation tool that’s changing the way students discover video games, cultivating critical thinking and problem-solving, and propelling students to excel in game design while deepening their understanding.

JavaScript Programming – Grades 4-8

Learn to program in JavaScript with a focus on creativity and confidence, a next level up from SCRATCH! Utilizing a video coding platform and web programming language designed for tweens & teens, students create videos, games, graphics, animation, filters, and their own “meme”. As they create, students see a thumbnail of the project and code behind it side-by-side. As they make changes to the code, they can see the effect in the thumbnail. A very exciting and fun way to learn to program! Students gain problem solving skills and learn about the core programming concepts of sequence, functions, variables, and objects.

Spore Digital Game + Alien Crafts – Gr. 4-8

Discover the wonders of SPORE, a real-time life simulation, digital science game, where you as the player create and nurture your own alien species. From microscopic to macrocosmic life, mold your species through five stages of life: Cell Stage, Creature Stage, Tribal Stage, Civilization Stage, and Space Stage. The fate of your creatures lies in your hands as your actions in each stage will affect the conditions of the next. A secret to the game: Happiness matters! Cooperative actions will form strong allyships while fighting triggers conflict. Learn how cultures develop by interacting with foreign civilizations while developing your own. How will you navigate YOUR galactic adventure?

Projects to add to the fun: Create some favorite aliens to take home. Let your imagination run wild as you venture into other worlds. Draw and paint the Phylorm Villain, design a Zentangle Spaceship, make a Che-F droid, and launch a Cosmic Rocket. So much fantasy to enjoy!

RPG VXAce Game Maker – Gr. 4-8

This never ending game, RPG Maker VXAce, shows campers how to create their very own epic role-playing game in the classic 2D game style like Zelda, Pokemon, Final Fanasy, and Dragon Quest! Create your fantasy adventure with playable zones and maps, develop characters with interactions and dialogue to fill your world, create allies and implement enemy encounters…all to achieve your ultimate quest! RPG Maker focuses on developing a story and creative worlds instead of mechanics and game physics, so that campers jump into creating their adventure immediately. Campers learn what RPG is, the history of RPG, all the basics, the character, and all aspects of the game. Make your role-playing games come to life! Once you have finished your world you can export your game to a portable EXE file that can be played on any Windows system. You can share it with your friends, your family, or even the Internet. Flash Drive is included.

Beginning Minecraft Adventures – Gr 1-4
(no experience needed)

Think Minecraft is just a video game? Think again. Create, explore, and put your problem-solving skills to the test in Survival or Creative Mode adventures. In Survival Mode there are many hidden dangers, and you have only minutes to find food and shelter before darkness falls and the monsters come looking for you. What do you do? What we teach you might just save your life! Learn how to find resources; make a shelter; craft tools, armor, and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters. In Creative Mode there are no monsters, and you will be able to fly around and have unlimited resources to build amazing creations and buildings. Campers create their own adventure map as design, production, and test playing guide them. What kind of adventure will you choose?
NO Minecraft account is needed for THIS CAMP as we have licenses ready for in class use. Just come and learn the basics, as well as techniques and strategies of this great game!

Minecraft Supreme – Gr. 3-8

Minecraft™ has taken the world by storm with its block-building, digital game design that allows players to build, explore, create, collaborate, and even survive. Students take on the real-world jobs of programmer, game designer, artist, and architect. With no set rules, you can build anything you can possibly imagine. Students learn Creative and Survival modes of playing. They use cool mods as they escape monsters, build amazing structures, create maps, mine the world under their feet, climb the tallest mountains, and utilize robotic “turtles” to manipulate the vast world around them. They will learn real coding techniques to program their turtles to accomplish tasks while working as a team with other campers to unleash their creativity!
NO Minecraft account is needed for THIS CAMP as we have licenses ready for in-class use. With our licenses, campers can work in groups and interact with each other in their game. 

Ultimate Minecraft Modding – Gr. 4-8

Required: Experienced with Minecraft and interested in PROGRAMMING.  This MODDING camp can be taken repeatedly! Kids NEVER reach the end as campers are challenged to write more complex code and build more mods.

Did you know that Minecraft was built using Java code? If you aspire to be the greatest Minecraft warrior of all time, this camp is for you.  While building a variety of mods (games within the game) using a code editor that supports both drag-and-drop and text-based programming in a single environment, you learn valuable real-world programming skills. The code editor allows campers to learn at their own pace while participating in a group and teaches fundamental concepts like algorithms, data types, variables, and loops. Explore your creativity through real computing and have a blast sharing mods with your friends!
NO Minecraft or Modding account is needed for THIS CAMP as we have licenses ready for in-class use.With our licenses, campers can work in groups and interact with each other in their game. 

ROBLOX Modding & Game Design – Gr. 4-8

Become a coding Ninja! Learn to make your own Roblox games first using drag and drop programming and then learn to write real Lua code with its kid-friendly conventions to program more advanced games and 3D worlds. Code, test, and publish your own Roblox games. From building your own Obby to launching a tycoon game, we will teach you the skills you need to build games inside the Roblox platform. NO ROBLOX Modding accounts are needed for THIS CAMP as we have licenses ready for in class use.  

 

Science

 

New! The Art & Science of Superpowers! – Gr. 2-6  

The world of comic books is full of heroes, villains, challenges and triumphs — and the heroes need help! Ready to see just what it takes to be super? In this camp, we combine your favorite heroes (and villains!) into a week full of art, science and engineering projects: fly alongside Superman, sling webs with Spiderman, use the Lasso of Truth like Wonder Woman, make a diorama of the Bat Cave, or construct a glove with claws like Wolverine. paint a mask to keep your identity a secret, create magic weaponry. Discover our own Superhero training camp and Hall of Fame and learn how to pencil and ink like professional comic book artists! Whether you’re an amazing avenger or an uncanny mutant, this camp is sure to be a lot of fun. Dive headfirst into the comic universe where student character development, art, science, creative thinking and community awareness reign supreme.

Secret Agent – Gr. 2-4

Everybody loves a good mystery. Mysteries can take us out of ourselves and lead us to explore the far reaches of our imagination. But mysteries don’t just happen in books or movies, “Who Dunnit” investigations happen in real life as well. Our young detectives will collect evidence and facts to find the culprit of a devious plot. Through hands-on projects, we will learn about forensic science and how detectives and forensic scientists use science and critical thinking to do their job. We will search for clues, collect and analyze evidence, draw reasonable conclusions and leave no stone unturned! In no time at all, you will be thinking like a detective.

Sample Projects include: spy decoder and missions, maze obstacle course, footprints, invisible ink, DNA, special agent badges and disguises, fingerprinting, and lots more!

Vet Tech – Gr. 4-6

Does your child LOVE animals?  Does she or he dream of becoming a veterinarian?  Sign them up!  This camp will give campers the inside scoop on the exciting world of Veterinary Medicine. Hands-on projects and lessons will give campers the opportunity to learn what veterinary medicine is all about.  Campers will participate in a health exam, observe teeth brushing of a dog, learn about common pet infections, parasites, and injuries, examine bacteria under a microscope, learn about first aid and practice splinting a “broken” limb on their stuffed animal! Campers will explore how to use the appropriate tools and dissect a: Frog, Owl Pellet, and Crayfish. Each camper will receive their very own veterinarian kit!

New! Oceanography – Gr. 4-6

Explore the depths of this STEAM camp, the ocean and some of the animals in it! Learn about hydrographic surveying of the ocean floor and coastal areas, high and low tides, tide pools and the marine life in them, the importance of coral in our lives and environment, and the fascinating jellyfish and shark. Discover the cleverness of an octopus, study the lovable manatee, learn to eat like a whale, clean an oil spill, make ‘fish prints’, and examine tiny life under the microscope. This camp has career related projects in Hydrography, Marine Biology, Engineering, and Art.

• As a Hydrographic Civil Engineer, measure water depth and the contour of the ocean floor so ships and boats can navigate our waterways without hitting the bottom.
• As a Marine Scientist, discover why jellyfish glow in the dark and how they move, why sharks have thousands of teeth, and why tide pools are important to marine life.
• As a Coral Biologist, learn the types and colors of these polyps or coral, the algae in them, and their importance for food, medicine, and earth’s oxygen.
• As an Artist, create a clay coral reef, draw sharks, make a Gyotaku fish print, a shark’s tooth necklace & a seashell wind chime.

New! Crime Solvers – Gr. 4-6

What does a stolen bunny, a broken cookie jar, a dollhouse, and a footprint all have in common? Find out as you put your deductive reasoning skills to work solving crimes and mysteries that would unravel any student and you have only 5 days to do it!  Process mock crime scenes using “real world” techniques and equipment and analyze evidence used in the forensic laboratory. Discover Frances Glessner Lee, known as “mother of forensic science”, who created crime scene models or dollhouses to train law enforcement officials in forensic science. To add to the intrigue, play out the role of investigators, witnesses, and suspects as you work together to solve these crimes. Will you be able to discover who broke the cookie jar, figure out whose footprint was left at the crime scene, find the real bunny thief, and save Honey the Bunny before it’s too late?

Campers projects include: DNA tests, finger prints and lip prints, bite impression, blood typing, toxicology, microscopy, hair and fiber analysis, chromatography and DNA.

New! Genetics & Bio-Medical Engineering- Gr. 5-8

LOVE SCIENCE? Then join us for hands-on-learning experience in biology, medicine, physiology, and engineering while solving a variety of medical cases: 

• If two parents have blue eyes, how does their baby have brown eyes? Discover genetics and learn concepts of heredity and basics of human inheritance! Using BrickLab Genetics construct strands of DNA and watch as intricate coding of genes and the impact of DNA mutations come to life!
• Discover how a prosthetic or artificial limb works. Design a model leg for an elephant, beak for an eagle and a prosthetic device for a fish.
• Learn how helmets keep our brains from turning to mashed Jell-O! Engineer a helmet design for a crash-test dummy and discover how it works to protect the brain when skating, biking, or boarding!  

This camp teaches an inquiry-based design process and guides students through problem solving as they work through open-ended problems creatively!

Engineering Food! Gr. 5-8

Campers will design and engineer a solar oven, ice cream, and vertical farm; create Gummy candy out of seaweed, test types of honey; and learn about composting for better food and soil. Using an inquiry-based design process, campers work through open-ended problems creatively.

• Discover how ice cream gets to be so creamy and delicious and process engineers create and improve recipes to control the color, texture, flavor, and shelf life of a product.
• Discover how ice cream gets to be so creamy and delicious and process engineers create and improve recipes to control the color, texture, flavor, and shelf life of a product.
• Use natural flavors and colors from Beet juice powder and beta-carotene, to make and mold Gummies from seaweed powder!
• Build a model vertical farm as a potential solution to food scarcity and imagine what the future could bring.
• Test out composting indoors or outdoors and make side-by-side comparisons between different materials. Composting strengthens the soil, reduces waste, and promotes healthy plant growth.
• Try out 4 different types of real honey and where it comes from. Food doesn’t grow in supermarkets!