Week 1: STEAM Smorgasbord
June 20 - June 23
Instructor: Various
This week will provide a different theme and instructor each day to introduce campers to a variety styles and projects.
June 20 - June 23
Instructor: Various
This week will provide a different theme and instructor each day to introduce campers to a variety styles and projects.
Tuesday (June 10th): Circuitry Day
Instructor: Lauren Cage
9:00 am Housekeeping and intros
● Introductions
● Classroom expectations
● Rundown of activities for the day
9:10 am Ice Breaker activity: Circuits are Everywhere
● Campers will call out what items in their homes need power (plug-ins, batteries, etc).
● Compile a list on the board.
● Ask campers what these items have in common (they all use a circuit to give the item power)
9:20 am Slides: Intro to Circuitry
9:35 am Interactive Storyboarding
A storyboard is a visual map or layout. Many kinds of storytellers (filmmakers, etc.) use storyboarding to organize and plan out the structure of their story.
Our storyboard is going to go a step further by being interactive. Punch an LED through the storyboard where you want a light and follow the instructions on the back to build your copper tape circuit.
Materials: Interactive Storyboards (on cardstock, both sides), pencils, markers/colored pencils, copper tape, LEDs, coin batteries
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Activity: Circuit Wands
Material: copper tape, electrical tape (multiple colors), coin batteries, 3/8" x 12” wooden dowels and gumdrop LEDs, assorted decorative items, scissors, glue guns and sticks, rulers, styrofoam balls
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Continue morning activity
12:45 pm Transition into Tinker Time: brief reflection in Maker Journal
1:00 pm TINKER TIME Intro to Tinker Journal
2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm Clean Up
3:00 pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Instructor: Lauren Cage
9:00 am Housekeeping and intros
● Introductions
● Classroom expectations
● Rundown of activities for the day
9:10 am Ice Breaker activity: Circuits are Everywhere
● Campers will call out what items in their homes need power (plug-ins, batteries, etc).
● Compile a list on the board.
● Ask campers what these items have in common (they all use a circuit to give the item power)
9:20 am Slides: Intro to Circuitry
9:35 am Interactive Storyboarding
A storyboard is a visual map or layout. Many kinds of storytellers (filmmakers, etc.) use storyboarding to organize and plan out the structure of their story.
Our storyboard is going to go a step further by being interactive. Punch an LED through the storyboard where you want a light and follow the instructions on the back to build your copper tape circuit.
Materials: Interactive Storyboards (on cardstock, both sides), pencils, markers/colored pencils, copper tape, LEDs, coin batteries
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Activity: Circuit Wands
Material: copper tape, electrical tape (multiple colors), coin batteries, 3/8" x 12” wooden dowels and gumdrop LEDs, assorted decorative items, scissors, glue guns and sticks, rulers, styrofoam balls
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Continue morning activity
12:45 pm Transition into Tinker Time: brief reflection in Maker Journal
1:00 pm TINKER TIME Intro to Tinker Journal
2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm Clean Up
3:00 pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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Wednesday (June 21st): Starting to Draw
Instructor: Josue Cruz
9:00 am Housekeeping and intros
9:30 am Warm Up: Draw Yourself/ Neighbor/ Instructor
Materials: Markers, Worksheet 1
Right Hand (10 min, 5 min, 2 min, 45 sec, 15 sec, 5 sec)
Left Hand (10 min, 5 min, 2 min, 45 sec, 15 sec, 5 sec)
Discussion
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Short Lecture: Draw for clarity, not perfection.
11:00 am Activity: Detective Sketch Game
Materials: Whiteboard and Whiteboard markers
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Activity: Fax Machine Collaborative Exercise
Materials: Any mark-making tool, Sticky Notes
12:15 pm Continue morning activity
12:45 pm TINKER TIME
2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm Clean Up
3:00 pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Thursday (June 22th): Costume Creation
Instructor: Dennis Chan & Alyssa Winans
9:00 am Housekeeping and intros
9:10 am Activity: Helmet Origami
Fold a helmet out of paper together.
Materials: Origami paper
9:30 am Activity/Lesson: Gauntlet Project
Build a gauntlet from a provided kit out of cardboard, brads, and rubber bands.
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Activity/Lesson: Helmet project
Build a helmet from cardboard, glue, and decorations.
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Continue morning activity
12:45 pm TINKER TIME
2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm Clean Up
3:00 pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Friday (June 23rd): Building a Story
Instructor: Josue Cruz
9:00 am Housekeeping and intros
9:00 am Warm Up: Mix ‘n Match
Images (funniest, scary, boring/mundane, something you saw, dreamed)
Phrases (overheard, said, slogan/catchphrase, question, interjection)
Materials: Any mark-making tool, Index cards
9:30 am Short Lecture: Building a Story a Panel at a Time
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Activity: Jam Comic
Materials: Any mark-making tool, Worksheet 2
11:30 am LUNCH
12:15 pm Continue morning activity
12:45 pm Activity: Sharing our Jam Comics
1:00 pm TINKER TIME – ONLY if weekly project is complete
2:30 pm Daily Camper Assessment
Weekly Camper Survey
2:45 pm Snack
3:00 pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30 pm Student Showcase
4:30 pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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