Summer Academic Enrichment Eligible Programs

Goals

Goal #1: Stimulate interest and awareness of careers in engineering and related STEM fields. Objectives: campers will demonstrate increased awareness of engineering industries and their career attributes, campers will be able to describe the four main branches of engineering, campers will demonstrate increased understanding related to the work of an engineer. Goal #2 - Strengthen analytical and problem-solving skills Objectives: Campers will show progressive problem-solving skills throughout their approach to the project challenges, campers will show increased knowledge of core concepts as they apply them to their project solutions, campers will show the progression of knowledge related to the design process through team interviews, presentations, finished project work, etc. Goal#3 - Strengthen communication and team-building skills Objectives: Campers will show increased communication and teamwork through the idea sharing and project plan development process, campers’ complete projects in teams striving for each team member to have a notable role, campers communicate effective phases of work through team interviews, and demonstration of balanced work-load, etc. Goal #4 - Mentor students to be proactive in their math and science education choices Objectives: Through the use of tours, speakers, and visiting engineers, campers will learn to identify essential courses that will benefit them in high school, and topics and skill development areas that will build confidence in the STEM areas of study. Goal #5 - Foster the development of self-confidence, pride in work, and recognition of challenges overcome. Objectives: Through discussion, interview, presentations, etc. campers will communicate the theory behind their designs, challenges they overcame, and future corrective measures. Campers will identify skill areas they would like to work on and identify their areas of strength and how they contributed to their group.

Activities

The goals/objectives and learning process are the same in each of our programs. However, we achieve these through slight differences in our content and project selections depending on the age group. The instructor uses mini sessions with concept development and skill-building activities (ex. pulleys, levers, simple gears, 3D drawing, speed controllers, RC controllers, etc.). Design challenges are then presented to small teams where they apply the concepts to their design solution (ex. RC air cars/boats, bridges, Rube Goldberg designs, simple speakers, simple motors, etc.) Other activities to relate project work to the real world are industry tours, visiting engineers. Many recreational and traditional camp activities are included to promote a healthy social dynamic and positive teamwork.

Program Dates

First Day: Wednesday, July 20 Last Day: Saturday, July 23 We offer one - modified week session (just short of a week as it is for the younger Jr High age group)

Can students reside on campus? Yes

Can students commute to campus? No

Can students take online classes? No