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Adventures in Web Design
Grades
5–9
Imagine a website created by you, for you, showcasing all of the things that you love. Using professional web design programs and your artistic skills, you will design colorful, informative, and interesting
web pages with pictures, music, and animation. The possibilities are endless!
Amusement Park Robotics
Grades
5–9
Using LEGO bricks, a computer, and a programmable RCX brick, you’ll learn principles of computer control, programming, and robotics while you build an amusement park complete with fairground rides. Try your hand at a haunted house ride, a bumper car, a merry-go-round, or a tour bus!
Computer
Animation Grades
3–9
Learn how to produce simple (and
not-so-simple) computer animations,
ranging from two-dimensional cartoon
sequences to more exotic
three-dimensional masterpieces. Unleash
your creative energies as you sample
some of the hottest computer
applications around!
Computer
Crafts Grades
5–9
From designing an architectural dream house to personal greeting cards, calendars, and iron-on t-shirts we’ll use computers to create dynamic projects. Using Paint and Google Sketchup, we’ll perfect our graphic design skills and turn the computer into an incredible art tool.
Digital
Photography Grades
3–9
Computers and photography go hand in
hand as you learn the principles of
digital photography in this exciting
course. Discover how to use a digital
camera (provided by Summer Place),
download your pictures, manipulate your
photos, and print out finished copies that will impress even the best photographer.
Digital
Scrapbooking Grades
5–9
Put all of your precious photos of friends and family to good use by creating a scrapbook on the computer. Insert backgrounds, frames, and images from the internet to create a perfectly personalized scrapbook. What a fantastic way to display, share and save your favorite photographs!
Engineering Challenge
Grades
3–9
Explore, investigate, and solve problems while learning about the building blocks of engineering. Combining
LEGO Education and LEGO materials, you will explore motorized simple machines by building realistic models. Are you ready for the challenge?
Game
Show Marathon Grades
5–9
Whether your favorite game show is Jeopardy,
Deal or No Deal, or Who Wants
to be a Millionaire, you’ll not
only play old
favorites online but you’ll also
create game shows to challenge your
friends. You’ll learn advanced
features of PowerPoint to produce
impressive game boards with all the
bells and whistles of real game shows.
Use game show buzzers to earn points for
your team while playing your
self-created game shows projected on a
big screen. Deal or No Deal?
Junior Engineering
Grades
1–2
Explore, investigate, and solve problems while learning about the building blocks of engineering. Enjoy hands-on activities with levers, gears, wheels, axles, and pulleys that incorporate math, science, and creativity.
Lights,
Camera, Action Grades
3–4
You will gain hands-on experience with
basic video-camera handling, simple
shooting techniques, and easy computer
editing as you learn how to alter your
video digitally to produce an
impressive, final recorded piece. Your
home and school video projects will
never be the same!
Mind Twisters
Grades
3–9
Do you want to challenge your brain and have a great time? Using the computer, Nintendo DS, and plain old paper and pencil you’ll test your skills and challenge your mind with teasers, puzzles, problems, mazes, and more. Try this mental workout if you think you’re so smart!
Roamer
Robotics Grades
1–2
Our robot, Roamer, can turn, draw,
measure, do math, and even make music. Learn how robotics and programming go
hand in hand as you write programs and give commands for Roamer to follow.
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