DESCRIPTION: Be a human-centered inventor! Each session, we'll meet a different user or problem, and participants will invent new products, spaces, or solutions for these users. Design-thinking is an underlying theme for this club. From a polar bear cub who needs a new shelter, to an astronaut visiting the moon for her first time, a scuba diver who needs new tools for exploring and collecting treasure, and a bot to help with household chores - we’ll think of solutions, build them, test them out, and refine them. By the end of the program, participants will have their very own suite of inventions to present! Apart from empathy-building skills, fine-motor prototyping, and communication practice, we'll also cover a mix of design, electronics, and engineering topics including sensors, inputs and outputs, pulleys, solar power, motors, and more.
Recommended for ages 6- 10
Program FORMAT: In Person at GIANT Chelsea Hub
DATES: Week of June 20th
FULL DAY PLAN:
9am to 11:00am: first STEM project of the day
11 to 11:30 am: Lunch *Campers must come with lunch and snack*
11:30 to 1:00 pm: Participants work on their projects, brainstorm new ideas, and experiment with different STEM tools
1:00 to 3:00pm: second project of the day
+ optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)
MORNING SESSION PLAN:
9am to 11:00am: first project of the day
+ optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)
AFTERNOON SESSION PLAN:
1:00 to 3:00pm: second project of the day
optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)
LEARN ABOUT
Problem solving and building solutions
Engineering and craft skills to build things
Design thinking and empathy (designing things with needs of others in mind)
PRICE: $850/Week (Full Day Option). $300/Week (Morning or Afternoon Session)
*** You may also register for half or full day drop-in residency. Half Day drop-in is $70/session. Full Day drop-in is $200/session***
