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4510 North Illinois Street Suite #54510 North Illinois Street Suite #5
Swansea, IL 62226
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If you’re looking for ways to engage your child in new and exciting experiences this summer, you’ve got to check out "Eureka! The Inventor's Camp".
Elite Scholars STEAM Academy will offer the little inventor in your child great activities to explore this summer. Eureka camps will focus on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Your little inventor will imagine, collaborate, explore and create, all while learning super cool STEAM skills that will help them in school and in life.
Elite Scholars STEAM Academy’s "Eureka! The Inventor's Camp" classes are designed to be fun and interactive. All of our camps have group dynamics, so your child can bring his or her friends – or make new ones! All classess are $105 with a $15 material fee for each class, Monday - Friday from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
ALL CLASSES ARE CREATED FOR GRADES 1ST - 8TH
OSIRIS-REx MOTORIZED MOBILES (JUNE 11 - 15)
Learners work in teams to create motorized mobiles of NASA's new sample return mission OSIRIS-REx. Traveling to asteroid Bennu in 2016, students investigate science goals, design features and engineering solutions unique to this unprecedented mission. Working in groups paralleling real NASA teams, learners create mini scale models of the OSIRIS-REx mission. Through a guided approach, teams utilize their simple and complex machine knowledge to make kinetic systems and create their own asteroid. Teams then add a tech pack - tape circuit, battery base and tiny motor - to create an exciting mobile with emerging technologies. Register Now!
BLOW & GO RACERS (JUNE 18 - 22)
Blow & Go Racers is the first lesson in our Simply Machines curriculum. Learners have a blast exploring engineering through this action-packed Maker-based program! Blow & Go Racers guide learners on a robust series of investigations about how things are built, move and work. Through engaging art-making, learners are introduced to the basics of engineering, classical mechanics, design process and foundational science principles. Includes a Guided Engineering Project and Open Design Challenge - to take learners through the making, testing, evaluating and re-design process. Register Now!
SIMPLE MACHINE SHOEBOX ROVER (JUNE 25 - 29)
Simple Machines form the foundation of all engineering and complex NASA missions still employ their use! Learners build crucial engineering skills with our Shoebox Rover project. This exciting activity features all six simple machines - lever, wedge, screw, pulley, inclined plane and wheels & axles - which are also combined to create more complex, kinetic systems. Students are inspired by real NASA missions while gaining critical mechanical skills, design-thinking principles and physical science concepts. Shoebox Rover also incorporates geometry, measurement and storytelling. Designed with all learners in mind! Register Now!
SPACE ART ADVENTURES (July 2 - 6)
Our extensive Space Art Adventures program integrates art and space science to teach learners about the solar system and space exploration through creative learning. Students have a blast making real fine art while simultaneously expanding their knowledge and gaining a broader perspective of their home world, Earth. This transdisciplinary curriculum fuses scientific investigation with a variety of 2D and 3D art projects including drawing, collage, mixed-media, painting, sculpture, ceramics and rockets. The journey starts with an investigation of ancient astronomy and sky stories from around the globe. Students build their own ancient instruments, like pocket sun dials, to investigate time, engineering and why the heavens were so crucial to ancient cultures. Learners also investigate geologic process through science experiments and explore our celestial neighborhood through many art projects which build in content and complexity. Finally, students investigate space as a human endeavor through engineering and NASA missions with emerging technology. Register Now!
INSIGHT TECH LANDER (JULY 9 - 13)
Explore complex engineering and emerging technologies with this exciting project for the more advanced leaner. Students design their own mission inspired by NASA's new Mars lander, InSight. Using NASA's modular bus system, students create a kinetic model employing more complex machines and engineering systems - actuator legs, movable lever arms, solar panel systems, etc. Students then add a micro-controller, battery pack and tape circuit to power LED lights. Throughout, students are encouraged to create custom engineering solutions through a sequence of Open Design Challenges. Once learners have created a working prototype, they have the perfect project to convert to 3D printed designs. Register Now!
ENGINEER-INVENT-EXPLORE (JULY 16 - 20)
Engineer-Invent-Explore fuses takes a historical perspective when exploring engineering, design and building. This foundation program looks at key concepts in architecture, design and engineering through the lens of human invention. Students explore ancient tools, architecture, engineering principles, optics, inventions and space exploration through Maker projects. Students have a blast tinkering and building as they take a hands-on approach investigating how our world, and the universe, works. They explore basic mechanics and physics as essential elements in the history of innovation. Throughout the program, students also gain a broader perspective of history, civilization and space as a human endeavor. They focus on building and invention as human pursuits in response to and advancing societal development. Register Now!