3rd & 4th Grade Catalog

Do you miss playing and watching sports? Sportscenter is meant for campers to dive deeper into their passion for sports. In one week, students will learn what the life of a sports broadcaster looks like, the roles of a broadcasting team, what it takes to become a broadcaster and what a broadcaster does to prepare for a sporting event. Campers will research a broadcasting mentor for an example of someone to look up to in the sports world. At the end of the week, each camper will broadcast a sporting event of their choice. The week will be filled with watching, listening, researching and broadcasting sports!

Roller Coaster Mania will teach some fundamental physics concepts behind rollercoasters. After studying speed, acceleration, and Newton's laws of motion you will have all the information you need to build your own working roller coaster at home. Your roller coaster kit will include a worksheet packet (filled with information, video links and various activities) as well as the supplies needed to build your roller coaster (foam tubing for the track, marbles, masking tape and a few other small materials). Buckle up, hold on tight, and get ready for the ride!

Engineer Design Challenge provides students the opportunity to brainstorm, build, and problem solve engineering challenges. There will be different challenges where students will explore the design process. Students will be given materials and asked to accomplish a goal. An example is to design and build a vehicle that will travel the longest distance while carrying an upright gummy bear when released from the top of a ramp. The challenges are supposed to be fun, educational, and provide a chance for campers to explore the life of an engineer.

Note: This camp is the same as Engineer Design Challenge (Project Set 2) and Engineer Design Challenge (MS Only) for grades 5 through 8, but the projects and challenges will be different. Campers can take each of these camps and get a different experience!

Spend the week studying a movie and the book upon which it was based. We will focus on the practical, imaginative and logistical problems of adapting a book to a movie and the general differences between the two. We will also explore how character development, plot, narrative, symbols and language are translated from the book to the movie as well as considering the limitations of movie adaptation.

Engineer Design Challenge provides students the opportunity to brainstorm, build, and problem solve engineering challenges. There will be different challenges where students will explore the design process. Students will be given materials and asked to accomplish a goal. An example is to design and build a vehicle that will travel the longest distance while carrying an upright gummy bear when released from the top of a ramp. The challenges are supposed to be fun, educational, and provide a chance for campers to explore the life of an engineer.

Note: This camp is the same as Engineer Design Challenge (Project Set 1) and Engineer Design Challenge (MS Only) for grades 5 through 8, but the projects and challenges will be different. Campers can take each of these camps and get a different experience!

Students will learn about Rube Goldberg, an engineer artist tinkerer who always was trying to invent a better "mouse trap." The idea behind this project is for students to use their vivid imaginations and come up with a way to move one object to another or to cause an object to do something by a series of events. Throughout the week, we’ll brainstorm ideas, tackle different challenges, and see what kinds of tasks we can accomplish around our homes!

Do you like to build things? Do you like to solve problems? Would you like to compete in virtual competitions with other campers? Then this is the camp for you! You'll receive a kit of materials at the start of the week, and then participate in 4 challenges. Each day, you will have instructions for a challenge. At the end of the camp time for the day, you will get on a virtual meeting with the other campers to share what you made.

During this camp, you will create a work of science fiction! You'll begin by researching a science topic. Then you will incorporate that into a work of science fiction. You might write a story, create a video, or draw a comic book, the form is up to you! As we go through the week, you'll have the chance to share your work with the other campers and peer edit. At the end of the week, we'll get to share our creations virtually with each other.