Water & Air Rocketry
Ages: Incoming 1st-2nd graders Dates: July 15-19th, 2019 Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Heidi Ganser has taught 1st and 2nd grade in Oak Bluffs school for 23 years and loves teaching STEAM to younger participants! Description: Participants will build and launch simple air and water rockets and learn about the science of pressure and forces. Participants will be able to re-design their rockets in order to make them launch farther. Participants will also get to test out some chemistry to figure out how chemical reactions could make changes that create forces. Participants will also decorate their designs and build ways to help their rockets fall back to earth slowly. |
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Superhero STEAM
Ages: Incoming 3-4th graders Dates: July 15-19th Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Island educator Lauren Keaney Serpa (West Tisbury School) is an exceptional teacher and STEAM advocate. Description: Love superheroes? Then you will love this clinic. Explore STEM based activities themed around Superheroes. Design and create your own Superhero with your own set of powers. Make a helmet, a get-away car, and structures for a superhero to jump over! This clinic will combine participants creativity and design with challenges designed to be solved with your created superhero persona. |
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Model Rocketry
Ages: Incoming 5th graders & older Dates: July 15-19th, 2019 Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Leah Dorr has been the science teacher at the Oak Bluffs School for the past 12 years and most recently started teaching engineering. She LOVES teaching all things science, engineering and math. Description: Participants will build and launch rockets in a progressing level of building skills and difficulty. Participants will learn the science or rocket flight and engines & parachutes and the engineering involved in the deign of rockets. Participants will need to sign up early and pick out the rockets they would like to build in order for the clinic to purchase ahead of time. |
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DIY Electric Guitar
Ages: incoming 5-8 graders welcome...no musical education/experience required Dates:July 15-19th Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Doug Brush is an accomplished musician and expert at the guitar. He will combine this with his talents as an extraordinary science teacher to deliver this clinic! Description: Explore Electricity and Sound Science Through Guitar Construction Participants will be led through the construction of a simple three string electric slide 'guitar.' They will build, wire (electric pick-ups) and decorate their own instruments while learning about acoustics (the science of sound) and electricity. Participants will have the freedom to include different design features to make their instrument unique. Some instrument/music instruction will be included in the final days of the clinic, but it is primarily intended as a lesson in science and engineering. |
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VEX Robotics
Ages: Incoming 6th grade & older Dates: July 22-26th (begin build, code and design) July 28- Aug 2nd (advanced building & code for competition) SPECIAL PRICING - This clinic only. Sign up for one week for $250 or two weeks for $425 for both weeks ($75 discount). Slots: Limited to 15 participants Instructor: Clifford Dorr, IT Director at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School and all around tech guru, will be leading these sessions and is one of the coaches of the MVRHS VEX Robotics team. Description: Participants will work in teams to engineer their robot using motors, sensors, write control code in RobotC and compete using VEX Robotic Competition kits (donated by Cape Cod Community College) and test their designs in a genuine VEX Competition Arena. |
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STEAMing Hot Summer Fun
Ages: Incoming 1st-2nd graders Dates: July 22-26th Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Heidi Ganser has taught 1st and 2nd grade in Oak Bluffs school for 23 years and loves teaching STEAM to younger participants! Description: Participants will have a blast this summer working through the 5 step engineering design process (investigating, imagining, planning, building, and testing) while creating engineering solutions to real life problems! Participants will design and build their own fish catchers, waterproof containers that hold sandwiches at the beach, indoor watering systems for flowers, and maybe even create a butterfly habitat! Each day will start with a fun chemistry experiment, (think: Gak, Fluffy Slime, Oobleck) and then move on to a more involved, in-depth engineering challenge. |
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Fantastical Mini Worlds
Ages: incoming 3-5th graders Dates: July 22-26th Slots: Limited to 16 participants Instructor: Jess Johns is an island art teacher and excellent artist. She is creative, fun and loves to work with participants to bring their own ideas to creative projects. Description: Create a miniature scale 3D world full of imagination! Who will you create your world for and what will be in this magical space? We will take on a new challenge each day to build another significant special piece to add to your fantastical mini world! We will be using wind and solar to make things move and change. Participants will sculpt and build with a variety of materials and media. |
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