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7th & 8th Grade Programs

Full Day! aMAZEing Robots

Who needs lab rats when you can use robots? Design and build an independent robot that can navigate its way through a maze of your design by using its own senses. Watch as your robots perform a dance you choreograph just for them. Now if you could only teach them to clean your room!

Dates Time Status
Mon - Fri June 24 - 28 9 am - 3 pm closed
Mon - Fri July 22 - 26 9 am - 3 pm closed

Fee (for one child): $270 members / $310 non-members

NEW Full Day! Living in Space Advanced

Explore the extreme conditions of the universe. Design your own robotic arm as you learn how computers use binary code to communicate with other computers and robots. You will learn about different methods to explore objects in space and the cost involved with space exploration by planning a mission. Learn what it takes to live in space!

Dates Time Status
Mon - Fri July 29 - Aug. 2 9 am - 3 pm closed

Fee (for one child): $270 members / $310 non-members

Full Day! Radical Reactions

Take chemistry to a whole new level. Test how different chemicals contribute to a variety of reactions and products. Be a chemist and learn how to make things like elephant toothpaste while creating fun and exciting chemical reactions.

Dates Time Status
Mon - Fri June 17 - 21 9 am - 3 pm closed
Mon - Fri July 15 - 19 9 am - 3 pm open
Mon - Fri Aug. 5 - 9 9 am - 3 pm closed

Fee (for one child): $270 members / $310 non-members

Full Day! Skate Science

Carve out time this summer to explore the mechanics of skating. Put your “goofyfoot” forward as you dissect ollies, vert skating and all the other physics of fun on wheels. Engineering will be highlighted as participants design, build, and decorate their own customized skateboard that will be theirs to keep.

Dates Time Status
Mon - Fri July 8 - 12 9 am - 3 pm closed

Fee (for one child): $300 members / $340 non-members
(fee includes all material costs for skateboard)

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Full Day! The Science of 3-D Animation 102 *

Continue exploring the world of 3D animation and focus on advanced techniques including character modeling, keyframe animation techniques, and advanced sound. Students will have the chance to work on one longer film project to be screened on the final day of class in a film festival for parents and family members!

*Prerequisite: Students must complete The Science of 3D Animation 101 before taking this class. Students will not be able to enroll in this class if they have not taken The Science of 3D Animation 101 within the last year.

Dates Time Status
Mon - Fri July 8 - 12 9 am - 3 pm open
Mon - Fri Aug. 5 - 9 9 am - 3 pm closed

Fee (for one child): $270 members / $310 non-members

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