Description
Light It Up: A Sci-Tech February Break Boot Camp
As the name implies ‘Sci-Tech Boot Camp’ is not your everyday science camp. Will your child have FUN? Of course! Will your child learn more science in 1-week than they dreamed possible? Without a doubt! But that’s not what sets Camp STEAMwhiz apart. Camp STEAMwhiz has been created to be a part of the change and help empower the NextGen ‘thinkers & doers’ with the critical tools of creative problem-solving and analytical thinking to be successful!
Our Method of Success
Eliminate the fear and allow our children the time and space to fail forward and succeed. The STEAMwhiz Method will help students build their confidence in themselves and their abilities through discovery, tests, creation, and analysis. STEAMwhiz kids will be able to embrace the idea that failures lead to opportunities to learn and grow. STEM/STEAM learning experiences offer amazing opportunities to develop powerful GROWTH MINDSET attributes, which are pivotal for success!
Prior Knowledge
Each lab is built upon the other. Students will be given the time necessary to develop new connections resulting in new learning. When instruction is not jumping from one new thing to the next, students can develop goals, take on challenges, learn from mistakes, practice new skills, persevere, and ultimately create a culminating “Show-What-You-Know” PBL unit (project-based learning).
Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning empowers students to seize control over their camp and learning experiences, following their interests and passions as they address a driving question or challenge; through investigation and inquiry; student voice and choice; reflection; revision; and finally, a project to be shared and celebrated. As students work with one another to create projects to share, they become responsible for the assessment of their work. Project-based learning frees students from the anxiety of meeting the expectations of school and/or instructors while allowing them the agency to create using the meaning they’ve developed from their experiences. This is a powerful re-imagination of what is possible!
Session details
What is it? Light It Up! A week long Sci-Tech February Break Boot Camp
- Camp STEAMwhiz is an in-person, Half-day Sci-Tech FEBRUARY Break Boot Camp
- MON-FRI @ 9 AM-12 PM
- Small Lab Sizes- 6:1 ratio
- Top Instructors: certified educator Allie Pulecio and Ph.D. Engineering Scientist Dr. J
Who is it for? Capitial District Kids
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Ages 7 and up
- For students who want to be challenged, develop deep fundamentals, and become a ‘thinker & doer’ ready to persevere, innovate, create, fail-forward, and succeed!
Time Commitment? 3 Hours per Day for the week
- MON-FRI @ 9 AM-12 PM
Boot Camp Goals? In this Sci-Tech FEBRUARY Break Boot Camp students will be able to:
- Understand how size and scale relate to the electromagnetic spectrum
- Explain that the sun is the source of all electromagnetic waves including visible, UV, and infrared light
- Understand how light travels
- Understand the relationship between the size of a wave and frequency
- Understand the relationship between a wave’s energy and wavelength
- Explain how ultraviolet light and infrared was discovered
- Create slime that reacts to infrared light
- Conduct a cyanotype experiment to prove the existence of UV light
- Experiment to determine which materials will absorb, reflect, or transmit different light radiation
- Determine the risks and benefits associated with the highly energetic ultra-violet waves
- Investigate how a light-sensing robot works
- Code a light sensing robot to navigate an obstacle course
Instructors? The STEAM Team
STEAM-Team or DreamTeam? 😉 This lab is taught by STEAMwhiz’s lead educator Allie P. She is certified in K-6th education, published STEM education work in a peer-reviewed journal, and has over 15 years of classroom experience and curriculum development. The lab is overseen by STEAMwhiz’s scientist Dr. J who holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences has worked as a physicist at premier U.S. research institutions, as well as an engineer at fortune 500 companies, and authored over a dozen publications in top-tier journals. Together they are driven by their passion to empower students to develop their analytical and critical thinking, necessary to prepare them for the future.
COVID-19 Safety
At STEAMwhiz we are guided by the best-known science and follow the most conservative, best practices to ensure your children and our educators are safe.
Sick/Symptomatic Guidelines – any child that shows any symptoms that are related to, been in contact with, or contracted COVID-19 please refer to the latest guidelines from the CDC. If you have any doubt please contact us before bringing your child.
HVAC system – The STEAMwhiz lab has a dedicated air handler that is constantly filtering air 24hr a day and 7 days a week. The MERV filters being used are rated eleven or better and have been tested in our labs to remove particles down to 0.1 microns (similar to N95 masks).
HEPA Filtertration System
Laboratory Decontamination – On top of the air being cleansed 24/7, the STEAMwhiz lab is decontaminated after every session. All hard surfaces are wiped down using a bleach solution and the lab is exposed to UVC radiation nightly.
Masks – Your child we be required to wear a mask within the STEAMwhiz lab.
Social distancing – There will be a maximum of 6 children per session in the lab and social distancing protocols will be followed.
