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Classes for Little Nerds

These classes are geared towards grades 1-3
Summer Camp Note: Based on grade your nerd will enter after summer.

Grades 1-3

Code a game! Code a turtle! Code a friend!
Physical and digital games, games, and more games! Are you ready to join the exciting world of programming? In our "Coding Mini-Games" class, we will have a blast learning the basics of coding by making interactive games.

This class is great for nerds that like games! Playing them and building them! The Scratch Jr platform is easy to use and understand, with blocks, colors and symbols that are friendly to our little noob nerds, but is also capable of creating complex scripts for our more advanced nerds! Our little nerds love that this class is interactive, with lots of movement and physical coding, while still creating fun digital games.

 

 

Fun Fact: The first ever computer programmer was Ada Lovelace. She was coding way back in the 1840’s!

Grades 1-3

Be a Paleontologist!
Learn about dinosaurs, fossils, and participate in your own dino excavation dig!

It’s really hard to NOT love this class. Any nerd that is interested in dinosaurs or animals will love this class. There is so much to learn and do for a young paleontologist!

Fun Fact: Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent- even Antarctica!

Grades 1-3

Calling all artsy nerds!
The blend of art and engineering in this class is simply magical!

This class is for creative nerds that love art and to build. And WHO DOESN’T?

Fun Fact: More than 80% of our planet’s plants and animals call the forest home.
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Grades 1-3

My other set of wheels is a robot…
1/2 new for 2023! We we still have our Ozobots, but are ADDING 2 new types of bots to the class, Dash and Indi! This class will be a whole robotic adventure! Program robot and learn all about robotics and coding!

The nerds that love this class are interested in robotics and coding, but there is still LOTS of room for creativity, art, and building in this class! Our little robots are easy to understand, but are also capable of complex tasks and conditional logic. This is great for nerds that have no coding or robot experience, but also those that need a challenge!

 

Fun Fact: A robot named Raptor runs twice as fast as a human!
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Grades 1-3

Let’s dig deep and unearth the mysteries of geology!
New class for 2023! Join us on a rock-solid adventure as we become Rock Detectives and discover the wonders of the Earth.

If your kid loves to explore and get their hands dirty, this geology class is the perfect fit for them! Whether they’re the adventurous type who’s always looking for the next big thrill or the creative type who loves to build and make things, they’ll have a blast in this class. It’s great for curious minds who are always asking “why?” and “how?” and love to learn by doing. If your child has a love for rocks, fossils, and crystals, they’ll fit right in with our group of young geology enthusiasts. So, come join us and let’s rock this summer!

Fun Fact: Geologists study more than just rocks and minerals. They also study things like earthquakes, landslides, and even the effects of climate change on the Earth’s surface.

Grades 1-3

It’s SLIME TIME!
Slime is cool, but how does it work? Make your own slime like gak, floam, and kinetic sand!

Nerds LOVE to learn about how slime works and experimenting with variables to change the properties of their slime. Nerds also love getting their hands right in there and feeling the interesting textures and sensations of different types of slime.

Fun Fact: An inventor accidentally made Silly Putty when a rubber experiment failed. Failures can lead to unexpected discoveries!
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Grades 1-3

A Hands-On Exploration of Sound and Music!
**BACK for 2023! This awesome class is BACK with Mr. Devlin, an amazing guitar player and former teacher/principal! Learn about the science behind sound and music, discover instruments, and create our own crazy instruments and do sound experiments!

This class is the perfect fit for curious young musicians who love to explore and create! If you’re a kid who loves to listen to music and wonders how it’s made, then this is the class for you! Whether you’ve never made an instrument before or you play an instrument of your own, you’ll have a blast learning how to build your own unique creations. If you’re the kind of kid who loves to experiment and discover new things, then you’ll fit right in with our sound explorers!

 

Fun Fact: Music used to be an Olympic event from 1912 until 1948!

Grades 1-3

I need my SPACE!
Join our Astronaut Training program! In this class learn about our solar system: what's in it, how it formed, and how we are exploring it!

Are you a star-gazer? An adventurer? Hop in the ship and let’s BOLDLY GO! In this class, nerds learn a ton about space exploration, but they also get to build, imagine, and create! Sometimes we are learning together and discussing what difficulties we might have living in space, and other times we are working in interactive stations throughout the room sending “planets” (marbles) around a “star” (weight) in our gravity well demonstration (its like a trampoline)! There is lots of science in this class, but it isn’t about memorizing facts. This class is about wondering, discovering, and building!

Fun Fact: One day on Venus is longer than one year on Earth!

Grades 1-3

May the force be….understood.
Experiment with physics to help you understand and use the force!

Some interest in sci-fi space movies is certainly a bonus, but if you don’t love it already, this class might convert you… There are a ton of fun building projects and challenges in this class mixed in with real science and science fiction! Any nerd’s dream!

Fun Fact: Physics is a scientific field that is always changing and evolving. Physicists study everything from electricity, astronomy, light, sound, motion, and more!

Grades 1-3

Are you a future zookeeper or wildlife biologist?
Hold LIVE animals! Learn all about amazing animals and use awesome digital microscopes! From the jungle orangutans to the arctic polar bears, we will learn all about incredible animal species while doing fun, hands on science!

A great fit for caring nerds that want to learn about our incredible animal world and also what they can do to help endangered species survive and thrive.

Fun Fact: An elephant weighs less than a blue whale’s tongue.

Classes for Big Nerds

These classes are geared towards grades 4-7
Summer Camp Note: Based on grade your nerd will enter after summer.

Grades 4-7

Print your imagination into the palm of your hand!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to imagine, design, and print your very own 3D creation? In this class, you will learn all about 3D printing, how it works, and learn the software to create your own unique designs!

This is the perfect class for nerds who are interested in 3D printing technology and the amazing impact it has – and will continue to have – in today’s world! We’ll use TinkerCad, an easy-to-use online program, to learn how to design and build our awesome creations.

Successful nerds are imaginative learners who enjoy visual planning and designing on the computer. Nerds will share their clever ideas and projects during the week!

Your nerd will also interact with kids with similar creative interests and will make new friends as they cheer each other on.

Fun Fact: 3D printing is older than you think- they first started experimenting with 3D printing in the 1980’s!

Grades 4-7

Where bananas become piano keys!
Learn the shocking secrets of electronic circuits and make inventions of your own! You'll also use a Makey Makey to build fruit pianos, gummy game controllers, and wacky keyboards!

This class is for nerds who are creative, inventive, and sometimes silly! Anyone who finds circuits intriguing and wants to learn more about how electronics work will have a blast in this shockingly fun class!

Fun Fact: The first electric circuit was made in 1800 – it used bowls of salt solution connected by metal strips!

Grades 4-7

Can you break into the box in time?
"Unlock" the secrets to ancient civilizations and lost cities! Use your code breaking skills, figure out ciphers, and solve puzzles to open the box!

This class is for nerds who love histories and mysteries! And puzzles, and clues, and cyphers, and teamwork, and ah-ha moments!

Fun Fact: The first ever escape room opened in Japan in 2007 and was inspired by a Japanese video game!

Grades 4-7

WEAR your designs!
Learn about graphic design and make digital designs and then heat press them onto a t-shirt!

This class is awesome for artistic Nerds who love drawing and designing. It’s especially superb for anyone who wants to see how art and technology can be combined to do amazing things like create t-shirt designs and print 2D graphics! No artistic skills necessary – whether you’re a master artist, or you think you can’t draw, you’ll have a great time in this class!

Fun Fact: Like the shirts you’ll make in this class, all of our Nerding shirts are hand-pressed! We usually press them on campus!
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Grades 4-7

Discover the secrets of light and optics!
New class! Dive into the world of optical sciences as we make 3D glasses, pinhole cameras, and even attempt to hide from an IR camera. Discover the fascinating optical properties of everyday items and learn how engineers are using light to create epic technologies.

This class is perfect for curious and inquisitive kids who have a natural love for science and technology. It’s for those nerds who have ever pondered the mysteries of rainbows and wondered how polarized sunglasses work. It’s for the young minds who are fascinated by the captivating beauty of colorful images and always wonder about the physics behind the colors. This class is designed for kids who love exploring and discovering new things, and who want to learn about the world of optical sciences in a fun, interactive, and engaging way.

 

 

Fun Fact: Light travels at an incredible speed of 299,792,458 meters per second!
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Grades 4-7

Build, test, improve, race!
Partly new for 2023 with new flexible track for creating loops and stunt tracks! Design and build your own racers and show off your skills in speed, distance, and style in a friendly, supportive, and energetic environment!

This is the ideal class for anyone who loves to make things out of recyclables, and anyone who loves building! If you think you’d enjoy designing and building your own car out of cardboard and creating crazy tracks and tricks for it, you will LOVE this class!

 

Fun Fact: The first official auto race took place in 1895 in France!

Grades 4-7

Stop. Code. And Roll!
Learn about everything robotics in this class and learn to program Sphero bots!

Nerds who love coding will love this class because of the immediate feedback your robot gives as you iterate your code. Coding games on the computer is fun too, but it’s a bit more of a rarity to see your code come to physical life! Of course, nerds who love robots will also LOVE this class.

Fun Fact: The world’s smallest robot is as big is as big as a fly, can also take pictures and fly, and weighs less than a gram!

Grades 4-7

Design and code your own reality!
Have you ever wanted to learn more about virtual reality (VR)? Do you want to code your own unique games and play them in a VR headset? If so, this class is for you!

This class is for our techies and gamers! Nerds who love coding and/or video games will have a blast in this class. No VR experience is necessary for students in this class – whether you’re a seasoned veteran with a VR headset or a newcomer to the world of virtual reality, this class will be just as thrilling! Plus, if you’ve ever wanted to try a VR headset on, this is your chance.

Fun Fact: In the future, VR might be all around us! Imagine being inside your favorite video game or interacting with people thousands of miles away in a virtual space!

Grades 4-7

It’s leviOsa, not leviosA!
It's not magic, it's science! Experiment with chemical reactions, acids and bases, and more!

This is the PERFECT class for any nerds who love fantasy and magic (especially Harry Potter fans ?). Anyone who wants to learn about science within the context of spells and use chemistry and physics to do things that seem like magic will have a blast in Wizard Science.

Fun Fact: The word “wizard” (spelled “wisard” in the 15th century) originally simply meant a wise person.