Kids on Campus
All Grades—Extended Care Options
Add Before and After Care to your child’s schedule to make
a full day of fun on campus. Note for parents of children in
grades 1 & 2: camps end at noon and there is no extended
care option available noon–3 p.m.
Before and After Care CES 3445
Students will engage in supervised activities which include,
but are not limited to arts, crafts and structured games.
Entering Grades 1 & 2
The Arts
Acting Adventures: Grades 1 & 2 CES 3598
Have you ever tried to stalk like a lion or strut like a king? Have
you ever pretended to be someone totally different from yourself ?
Want to try? Come on an acting adventure! Have fun doing pantomime,
improvisation and storytelling. Learn how to plan sets,
props and costumes. Be part of an informal production on the last
day for friends and family. Lights, camera, action!
3D Art Garage: Grades 1 & 2 CES 3599
Rev up your imagination and design, weave, sculpt, paint, and
assemble your way into the 3D art world. Have fun making an
awesome cloth design, sculpting animals from clay, making a 3D
plaster picture, and even creating a stained glass-like sculpture.
At the end of class display your works at the 3D art garage sale
for your parents and friends to see.
Science
Science Safari: Grades 1 & 2 CES 8459
Grab your jungle hats; we’re going on a safari! Check out all the
cool creatures and the places they live. Find out what a habitat
is, what a food web is, and all about pond life. Learn about birds,
bats, insects and the places they call home. Each day will be
packed with new and exciting fun activities. All Aboard!
Entering Grades 3 & 4
The Arts
Art Explosion! Grades 3 & 4 CES 3600
Three... two ...one...ka-boom! Be a part of the art explosion. Once
the dust settles, create cool art projects. Try your hand at pencil
and charcoal drawings ; create giant paintings; get down and dirty
with sand castings, string art and clay. On the last day burst on
the scene with all your art ammunition and ignite delight in your
family and friends.
Just for Fun
All Star Chess! Get in the Game:
Grades 3 & 4 CES 7242
Make your first move—the one that brings you here! Learn the
essentials of chess, the vocabulary and terms associated with
the game. Then spring into chess action as you learn about
chess openings, tactics, traps and strategies. Be part of exciting
competitions: tournaments, puzzle contests and Bughouse—a
fun form of chess using partners. Become a chess all-star!
Math
Math Mania : Grades 3 & 4 CES 8457
Get wild and crazy about math! Hold onto your hat and PLAY your
way into the world of probability, statistics, story problems and
graphing. You’ll pick up new math tricks and skills while exploring
higher level thinking. Have fun discovering why math rules . No
geeks allowed.
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Entering Grades 3 & 4
Science
Physics Fun! Grades 3 & 4 CES 8461
Better understand the world around you in this interactive play
land. Discover the world of physics and laws of motion through
exciting experiments and games. Build and launch a paper airplane,
connect an electric circuit, play with white light, see sound
and explore the universe. Learn while you play!
Robots Rule: Grades 3 & 4 CES 8396
Robots are used to clean, build, communicate, search and
explore the world around you. Discover how robots work as you
help dream-up, design, build and program a robot using LEGO®
MindstormsTW! Learn about different types of engineering as you
do many robot experiments. Examine the history of robotics and
find out how robots compete. At the end of this class you’ll raise
your fist and exclaim, “Robots rule!”
Wacky World of Science:
Grades 3 & 4 CES 8460
Enter the wacky world of science that allows you to explore a
different science every day. Learn about plants, animals, rocks,
ocean creatures, dinosaurs; even the human body. Keep a journal,
do experiments and conjure up the budding “ologist” in you.
Writing
Kid Writers—Join the Club!
Grades 3 & 4 CES 7333
Write, illustrate and publish your own book! Let your imagination
run wild as you dream up a main character, give them life and
breath and a story in which to live. Kick it up a notch and actually
create your one-of-a-kind character in puppet form. Help to organize
and display your published work of art at the class book fair.
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Entering Grades 5 & 6
The Arts
Come to the Art Arcade: Grades 5 & 6 CES 3601
No tokens needed! Take your art creativity and feel like you are
inside an ‘art arcade’. Experience the fun challenge of trying out
new art styles and techniques using a variety of mediums. Paint
with watercolor and acrylics; try printing techniques and mush and
glop-around with clay. Create your masterpieces and share your
creative opinions with your fellow art-gamers.
Career Exploration
Camp Scrubs—Adventures in Medicine:
Grades 5 & 6 CES 4278
Put on scrubs and enter the world of medicine! Learn about many
fields in health care from what it takes to be a nurse, paramedic,
test technician and a surgeon. Discover how to take a pulse and
blood pressure, start an I.V. and see a virtual knee surgery! Enjoy
a field trip to a hospital to see medical professionals in action.
Learn about the real world of health care hands-on.
Make It Work! Structure & Design:
Grades 5 & 6 CES 8365
Have you ever wondered how architects design buildings or how
engineers design roller coasters? Wonder no more. Design and
build your own roller coaster; construct your own balsa wood
bridge to withstand weight; create and erect your own tower; and
shape and fabricate your own airplane. Roll-up your sleeves and
get ready to make it work!
Aviation & Aerospace—Full Throttle Ahead!
Grades 5 & 6 CES 8449
Let your mind take flight! From the Wright Brothers’ principles of
flight, through today’s high-tech aerospace industry, you’ll experience
the world of flight through rocket building and launching,
space survival activities, glider and Delta Dart construction and
test flights. Explore the exciting new careers in aeronautics in this
power -packed week. Up, up and away!
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Computers
Video Game Wizard: Grades 5 & 6 CES2 6133
Conjure up your own video game! Using Game Maker software
design and program a real working game. Learn to create 2D
environments, and discover how to access and use online game
resources. Best of all, at the end of class show off your creation
to friends and family and then, take it home to play. Experienced
gamers are welcome to work at a more advanced level.
Web Magic: Grades 5 & 6 CES2 6131
Learn tools and tricks to build your own Web Page, and the ins
and outs of posting it on the World Wide Web. Using Macromedia
Flash and Director try your hand at the basics of animation. Discover
how to build basic graphics, film clips and short animations
for your Web Page. Create an awesome Web site that will wow
your classmates and family! Prerequisite: basic computer skills.
Just for Fun
All-Star Chess! Get in the Game:
Grades 5 & 6 CES 7336
Make your first move—the one that brings you here! Learn the
essentials of chess, the vocabulary and terms associated with
the game. Then spring into chess action as you learn about
chess openings, tactics, traps and strategies. Be part of exciting
competitions: tournaments, puzzle contests and Bughouse—a
fun form of chess using partners. Become a chess all-star!
Math
Mathbusters! Grades 5 & 6 CES 8458
No challenge is too great for mathbusters! Take math on with a
vengeance as you dig in and play games, solve riddles and complete
spine-tingling experiments. Use math skills like probability,
statistics, story problems and graphing to determine if the math
problem is confirmed, plausible or BUSTED!
more grades 5 & 6 =>
Science
Crime Detectives: Grades 5 & 6 CES 8387
Solve a mystery! Become a first rate detective using techniques
detectives and forensic scientists use to solve crimes. Use fingerprinting,
fiber and handwriting analysis, and the casting of
footprints to solve a mock crime. Discover how to handle a crime
scene, photograph the area, and collect and process clues. Be
the one to break the case wide open at the week-ending mock
trial of the suspect.
Rev Up a Robot: Grades 5 & 6 CES 8462
Robots are sweeping the world. They can be found in factories,
the military, in space exploration, transportation and medicine.
The possible uses are mind-boggling and never-ending. Learn
how to dream-up, design, construct and program a robot using
LEGO® MindstormsTW! Enjoy the fun of being part of a robotics pit
crew that gets a robot’s motor running.
Science Myth Busters: Grades 5 & 6 CES 8464
Discover the truth or untruth behind many science myths. As
a member of a scientific research team your team will choose
myths to test. You’ll design investigations, choose experiments,
test your theories and do data analysis. On the final day you and
your team will announce your results—confirmed or busted!
Rocket Science: Grades 5 & 6 CES 8463
“All personnel…this is NASA’s director. The countdown clock will
start in one minute. Five…four…three…two…one…ignition.” Be
designer, builder and director of your own mission control! You’ll
test rocket design, mass, fuels and payloads. Have fun launching
bottle rockets, an egg-a-naut and building and launching your
own personalized rocket. Lift-off!
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schedule to make a full day of fun on campus.
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Writing
The Great Tween Writers Machine:
Grades 5 & 6 CES 7334
Roar into summer! Get more comfortable as a writer and make a
ton of new friends. Try your hand at different types of writing like
autobiographies, circle stories , poetry; even news articles! Get
into illustrating your works in new and creative ways. Have fun
hanging with tweens who love to write as much as you.
Entering Grades 7, 8 & 9
The Arts
The Art Cafe: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 3602
Are you passionate about art and want to escape to a place
where you can create more? Come to the Art Cafe. Learn by
doing as you try your hand at different styles and techniques
using a variety of mediums such as painting with watercolors
and acrylics, print techniques using ink and ceramics using hand
building techniques. Enjoy the laid-back, comfortable atmosphere
where you can create, create, create!
Culinary Arts Boot Camp: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 2374
Don your chef jacket and prepare for five days of basic training.
Not the military kind of training—but the cooking kind! You’ll begin
with basic sanitation and knife skills. You’ll prepare daily menus,
cook your lunch, eat it and critique your efforts. Everyday will be
a new and exciting experience, filled with information on nutrition,
preparation techniques and hanging out with other chefs. No
experience necessary. Please bring a tool kit with the following: a
paring, chef and bread knife; spatula; dough cutter; pastry brush;
thermometer; and measuring spoons. Plan to wear an apron, long
pants and comfortable shoes.
Computers
Create Your Own Video Game:
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES2 6134
You always play video games. Now learn to create them! Using
Game Maker software, design and program a real working game.
Learn to create 2D environments, and discover how to access
and use online game resources. Best of all, at the end of class
show off your creation to friends and family and then, take it home
to play. Experienced gamers are welcome to work at a more
advanced level.
Web Design: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES2 6132
Learn how to design your own Web Page and the ins and outs of
posting it on the World Wide Web. Using Macromedia Flash and
Director try your hand at the basics of animation. Discover how to
build basic graphics, film clips and short animations, the building
blocks, for your Web Page. Impress everyone with your newly
created Web page!
more grades 7, 8 & 9 =>
Career Exploration
Aviation & Aerospace—Full Throttle Ahead!
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8471
The entire story of aviation and aerospace will be the subject of
this awesome summer camp adventure. From the Wright Brothers’
principles of flight, through today’s high-tech aerospace
industry, you’ll experience the world of flight through field trips,
rocket building and launching, and flight simulator software.
Explore the exciting new careers in aeronautics in this power-packed
camp. Up, up and away!
Camp Scrubs—Adventures in Medicine:
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 4290
Put on scrubs and enter the world of medicine! Learn about many
fields in health care from what it takes to be a nurse, paramedic,
test technician and a surgeon. Discover how to take a pulse and
blood pressure, start an I.V. and see a virtual knee surgery! Enjoy
a field trip to a hospital to see medical professionals in action.
Learn about the real world of health care hands-on.
Make It Work! Structure & Design:
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8470
Have you ever wondered how architects design buildings or how
engineers design roller coasters? Wonder no more. Design and
build your own roller coaster; construct your own balsa wood
bridge to withstand weight; create and erect your own tower; and
shape and fabricate your own airplane. Roll-up your sleeves and
get ready to make it work!
Machine Adventures! High-Tech Manufacturing:
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES2 6129
Experience how “stuff” is made in Schoolcraft’s state-of-the-art
manufacturing lab. Design parts and see them made right before
your very eyes! Make a hand-held game, a 3D photograph
and professional looking nametags. Design using computer
aided design (CAD) manufacturing software and real Computer
Numerical Control (CNC) machines, taking the finished product
home after being built. Safety is a priority and students will work
in small groups .
Add Before and After Care to your child’s
schedule to make a full day of fun on campus.
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Science
Robotics for Teens: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8465
Robots are used in everything from building cars to space travel.
Discover the principles of real robotic engineering as you help
dream-up, design, build and program a robot using LEGO® MindstormsTW!
Learn about electrical and mechanical engineering as
you do different robot experiments. Examine the history of robotics
and find out how robots compete. Have fun and experience
being part of a teen robotics team.
Myth Busters Science: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8466
Unravel the mysteries of modern science as a member of a
scientific investigation team. You’ll help pull apart and uncover
the truth like on TV’s popular show MythBusters. Your team
will choose a science myth to test. You’ll design investigations,
choose experiments, test theories and do data analysis. On the
final day your team will lay it all out—confirmed or busted!
Bio/Chem—One World: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8468
The world around you is a humungous science lab waiting to
happen. Look closely at everyday things and discover how
their chemical and biological make-up defines them. Through
information sharing and exciting labs you’ll see science in a
whole new light. Don’t worry if you are not really experienced
with science, the class is flexible and maybe adjusted to suit
any range of abilities.
Physics & Astronomy Central:
Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8469
Why does a person with a parachute fall slower than a person
without? How many miles does the earth travel in a day? Find
out the answer to these questions and many more at physics and
astronomy central! By doing lots of super experiments you’ll jump
into the innards of physics learning about light, electricity and
flight then push the limits of space. All aboard!
X-treme Rocketry: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 8467
Do it all! Learn about, plan, design, build and launch a variety of
rockets. Explore the variables of rocketry, flight and physics as
you test rocket design, mass, fuels and payloads. Analyze situations,
gather relevant information, define problems and generate
and evaluate creative ideas into tangible solutions allowing you to
be able build and launch a personalized rocket. Blast-off!
Writing
Teen Writers Inc.: Grades 7, 8 & 9 CES 7335
Spend time with other teens who love to write as much as you do.
Define and fine tune your own writing process while enjoying free
writing time, peer editing and some computer illustration opportunities.
Write both narratives and poetry focusing on character,
plot , and theme and scene development. Get down to business.
Become a writer extraordinaire!
Add Before and After Care to your child’s
schedule to make a full day of fun on campus.
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