CAMP LIFE
OVERVIEW
Read Class and curriculum detail at FAQs page
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BUSINESS
During invention, marketing or business weeks, students in grades 2-5 and 5-8 brainstorm ideas, survey customers and research their market, competition and price. They build a business plan and create website. Students learn about truth in advertising, marketing strategies, manufacturing challenges as well as basic of money and finance... all using a fun age-appropriate curriculum!
Teens take the TeenStartup week-long camp and build a business plan for their or their team's craft or STEM idea. All businesses, for profit or nonprofit evaluate the social and community impact of their ideas.
MAKER
Build a prototype of your craft or STEM product idea. Learn Science, IP, patents, money and basic financial Math concepts too! Students learn about teamwork, diversity, managing project timelines, resources and more.
CODER
Students in Grades 2-5 and 5-8, learn programming skills to write real code, create games or apps. Just as importantly, students learn logic and solve simple coding and logic puzzles. They bring their ideas to life with Code!
Coding is combined with fun business concepts in a Summer Day Camp to exercise both right and left side of the brain!
TEENS
TeenStartup camp is a week-long late afternoon camp where Gr8-12 students bring or develop an idea, conduct research into feasibility of their idea, create surveys, learn about lean startups and write a lean business plan!
SAT/ACT prep bootcamp is another weeklong late afternoon camp for Grades 8-12 to learn strategies for both SAT and ACT to reach your best possible test scores.
Teens can additionally participate in more learning as camp counselors through our leader-in-training program.
VIDEOS
See videos of Convention and Contest on YouTube channel
PICTURES
A Typical Camp Day Schedule (Gr 3-8)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:05 | Check-in |
| 9:05 - 9:10 | Team Building |
| 9:10 - 10:15 | Class session 1 |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Guided break * |
| 10:30 - 11:45 | Class session 2 |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Check-out (AM) & start lunch |
| 11:40 - 12:20 | Lunch (All day camps only) |
| 12:20 - 12:25 | Team Building |
| 12:25 - 1:30 | Class session 3 |
| 1:30 - 1:45 | Guided break * |
| 1:45 - 2:50 | Class session 4 |
| 2:50 - 3:00 | Check-out (PM or All Day) |
| 3:00 - 5:30 | Extended day (optional) |
* Guided break includes indoor/outdoor activities, including Art, Sports and Leadership Circle ("character counts," "growth mindset," "negotiation," "presentation," "dealing with difficult people" and much more.)