summercamps@2ndnatureacademy.com

This camp is perfect for kids who love to create unique worlds and ecosystems. We will collaborate as a group to come up with our own culture and civilization, and then imagine what a city or neighborhood might look like in that world. Each camper will take an aspect of our city and build it out. At the end of the week, we will put our masterpieces together, and enjoy all our work. Throughout the week, we will document our ideas and plans and then compare it to our final builds.

Calling to all young Monets and Cassatts! This camp is perfect for artists passionate about drawing and painting. Our day is divded between life drawing and expressive painting. Projects will strengthen skills and challenge our creative hearts. Campers are allowed to bring in images they'd like to learn how to paint. We will explore painting surfaces, sizes and materials. Our life drawing will be spent outdoors observing nature and learning how to draw landscapes and farm animals. For inspiration we will take short walks(5-10 minutes, so bring your bug spray and sunscreen) to the campus barn to visit with our furry friends, and the pond to visit both flora and fauna.

Mr. Redtail the Hawk is the Brainwave's camp raptor friend, and we seem to have lost him! Uncover clues every day, and use scientific observation and deductive reasoning to determine how we can find him. We will learn how to run fingerprints, test (fake) blood samples, perform ink chromatography, and more.

We will be inspired by artists and their artwork over the centuries. As we travel through time, campers will discover what it is that makes art... art! Through painting, drawing, and use mixed-media (among others), we will create vibrant compositions and learn basic art principles! Each class will see us make a new project geared to engage our young artists so they can learn and grow both their talent and self-confidence.

Have you ever embarked on an adventure in Minecraft, fraught with puzzles and danger? Perhaps you've wanted to design your own adventure instead, and pit players against gauntlets of monsters through winding labyrinths. In Adventurecraft Masters, we will help campers to create their own mysteries for their friends to explore and teach some tips and tricks to make any normal room contain a monarch's hoard of secrets.

It is amazing all the things we can make with paper. We will learn how paper is made and make our own recycled paper. Then using various paper materials, we will create automaton toys, basic quilling artwork, origami, architectural builds, and more.

Campers will imagine themselves in a spacecraft and travel to different "lands" (or time) where they will learn about and research different types of architecture or aspects of space. Inspired by what they've learned, campers will "craft" their world iin Minecraft. Projects will be student-driven and guided by our instructor and counselors who will also provide instruction. At the end of the week, each camper will act as a guide as we all cram into the tour bus.

Throughout the week, campers will learn how to think like an entrepreneur. We will take them through fun brainstorming activities, as they figure out an idea for a business. This business can be a product or a service, and we will help them think through how to build out a plan and prototypes. Campers will think about brand positioning, taglines, and brand marks (e.g. logo, colors, imagery, fonts). Taking all of these elements together, campers will implement their design and create a print ad. We will also cover basic financial considerations like product price, cost of goods, and other expenses to introduce business principles. At the end of the week, campers will create 5-minute presentations to pitch to potential sharks!

Wits will be put to the test as our campers create a mythical world and STEAM adventures, honing their 21st century skills! Campers will collaborate in groups to create their own characters and clans; develop their team's identity and motto; and build their associated attire like wands, crowns,armor, staffs, and more. They will follow maps to find treasure, build huts and forts; and much more.

We will take inspiration from our favorite books this week. We will read a different book each day and create mixed-media arts and crafts project in the morning. Our afternoons will be spent playing theater improv games and creating our own mini skits in the woods. Skills covered in language and reading, theater performance, fine arts, & recreation.

Minecrafters turn into art collectors as they research and learn about artworks from around the world. Then, they will re-create and assemble their favorite pieces in their own Minecraft museum with a state-of-the art security system. Advanced campers willl also learn how to use redstone engineering to create their security traps and contraptions that will thwart their fellow 'Crafters who will be invited to test the security system.

Our newest camp takes STEAM to another level! Campers will work in groups to create their own civilization with its own culture, language and beliefs, and build artifacts that represent their world. Each group will bury these artifacts and take on roles of archaeologists as they dig another group's relics. They will learn how to survey excavation sites, to document their findings, and to develop their hypotheses on the story behind these discoveries in order to piece together the lost civilization. All their work will culminate in the creation of a multi-media museum exhibit and research symposium that showcases their findings.

No following instructions here! While our club time will be mostly student-directed, we will focus the builds on specific design themes each week. Each theme is meant to provide context for students to make some design considerations given a few constraints, while keeping to their creative vision. One day, we might ask students to create animals and their habitat if they lived on Mars. Another day, we might introduce an artist like M.C. Escher and ask students to create a Lego build inspired by his illusionist art work.

One part creation, one part production, all parts fun! Using any materials on hand (e.g., LEGO or clay), campers will combine their power of storytelling with image-capture technology. They will create videos in which their creations interact with each other through the power of stop-motion animation. Instructors will help campers develop short storyboards, set up the video camera, and use the animation software. If we have time, we will also explore animating illustrations or cartoons, using 2D animation software. At the end of class, we will email campers their videos. Develop all your STEAM skills as you produce a visual masterpiece.