The Center for Gifted ~ Midwest Torrance Center for Creativity presents
2017 Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder
in
Skokie
for Grades PreK-8
Innovative summer challenges for advanced learners!
Session I: June 26-30
Books Galore and More! (PreK-K)
Space Explorers (PreK-K)
Animal Stories and Art: From Peter Rabbit to the Pigeon (K-3)
Crazy Chemical Concoctions (K-5)
Design, Build, and Program Robot Creatures (5-8)
Dynamic Dramatics (K-8)
Electricity and Play Dough Circuits (K-5)
Mathemagicians (K-2)
Mysterious Math (3-8)
Optical Illusions and Other Ways to Trick Your Brain (3-8)
Painter’s Studio (3-8)
Science and Star Wars (3-8)
SumoBots (3-8; PM only)
Tinker Space (1-4)
Web Game Design with Scratch (3-8)
Session II: July 10-14
McCracken Middle School
8000 East Prairie Rd
Skokie
Rainforest Adventures (PreK-K)
Soaking Up Science (PreK-K)
Algebra to Zero (1-4)
Art is Ideas (K-8)
Chocolate-Ology (K-5)
Creative Writing (1-8)
Dinosaurs, Fossils, and Digs (K-3)
Flying Copter Drones Makerspace (3-8)
Lego Mindstorms Robotics (3-8)
Lego WeDo Robotics (K-3)
Makey Makey (3-8)
Math and Art (5-8)
Minecraft (3-8)
Monsters of the Microworld (3-8)
Science Experiments with Toys (K-3)
Our Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder programs are designed for bright, motivated learners who welcome dynamic opportunities to explore diverse subjects in a challenging,
creative environment. In all classes, hands-on activities and inventive modes of participation foster originality and imagination, evoking active involvement and discovery; the
development of problem-solving skills, creativity, and critical thinking is inherent in
the framework!
Applications are accepted online via our website, or by mail, email, fax (847-901-0179)
or in person. $80 deposit is required per session and will be applied to tuition.
Applications have a $4 processing fee per session, and some courses require lab fees
(see course descriptions). Payments are fully refundable for withdrawals requested by
the beginning of each session. Financial assistance is available.
New students require recommendations from educators (form is available on our
website). Grade reports or test scores may be substituted.
Extended Care
Organized, nurturing supervision is offered every day, 8:00-9:00 a.m. at a cost of $9
per hour.
Workshops for PreK - K
Classes for K - 8
Students attend a single workshop each
morning and/or afternoon.
Students attend two classes each morning
and/or afternoon, selecting their favorites
among the course offerings. Note that for
courses spanning several grade levels, students are scheduled with their age peers.
Books Galore and More! Explore the wonders of books through art, drama, science,
and math! Use your vivid imagination and
original ideas to create your own stories.
Rainforest Adventures: Create a simulated
rainforest with monkeys on vines, parrots in
treetops, and pink dolphins in the Amazon
River!
Soaking Up Science: Swish, squish, and
splash as you experiment with everyday
items and explore the world around you.
Science is in your kitchen and on the playground, during a thunderstorm and at the
beach—the possibilities are endless!
Space Explorers: Blast off, astronauts, to
an astronomically fun, factual, and fantastic
exploration of the universe! Discover the
wonders of outer space through simulations
and model constructions in this
stellar course
.
Session I: June 26-30
Session II: July 10-14
Full Day: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Mornings Only: 9:00-11:40 a.m.
Afternoons Only: 12:20-3:00 p.m.
Early Care: 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Full Day: $420
Half Day: $210
Early Care: $9/hr
Algebra to Zero: Explore a variety of topics
such as Algebra, Base Two, Coordinate
Graphing, and more. Make a math dictionary or ABC book of your journey through
mathematics.
Animal Stories and Art: From Peter Rabbit
to the Pigeon: Do you like animal stories?
Especially stories with wonderful illustrations? Explore a rich diversity of stories and
artistic styles. Express your own creative
ideas through both writing and art.
Art is Ideas: Visual art is an expression of
individual creativity. In this class, a variety of
materials and media and a carefully crafted
sequence of instruction will unlock your
ideas onto the two-dimensional surface.
Whatever your artistic ability or age, your
ideas will shine through!
Chocolate-Ology: Discover chocolate,
from the humble cocoa bean to the world’s
favorite culinary delight, via history, mystery,
recipes, and taste tests.
Crazy Chemical Concoctions: Experiment
with strange brews and observe the chemical
reactions. Sleuth mystery powders and secret ingredients in a hands-on chemistry lab.
Creative Writing: Do you like to originate
ideas, design a plot, create a story or a
poem, and then write? Choose opportunities
wherein to write and share your creativity.
Stories, poems, fiction, and non-fiction avenues await you!
Design, Build, and Program Robot
Creatures: Have you played with robot
insects before? Let’s give them sensors
and brains! Teach our creatures to do tricks
on command, walk around obstacles, climb
hills, and race each other. Study circuits and
design as you build and program DIY
walking robot bugs.
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Dinosaurs, Fossils, and Digs: What can
fossils teach us? How were they preserved?
Explore the world of paleontology through
imaginative, hands-on activities. Discover
intriguing dinosaurs, from ankylosaurus to
zuniceratops.
Dynamic Dramatics: Experience the world
of live theater! Older students will work
through a five-chapter story and its accompanying five-act play, while younger students
will read several versions of a folk tale and
then write their own. All classes will culminate in a performance for family and friends.
Electricity and Play Dough Circuits: Create
your own circuits using conductive and insulating play dough to light LEDs, run motors,
and play sound. Use meters and an oscilloscope to study electric current flow. Design
and construct creatures incorporating LEDs
and sound. ($15 lab fee)
Flying Copter Drones Makerspace: Can
you make things that walk or even fly?
Without relying on a kit? Apply physics and
engineering design to build walking and flying remote-controlled toys in a makerspace
setting. ($25 lab fee)
Lego Mindstorms Robotics: Explore
principles of engineering and programming!
Employ gears, sensors, and motors to
create robots. Work in engineering teams
to innovate and experiment in designing,
constructing, and programming your robots.
($15 lab fee)
Lego WeDo Robotics: Build robots such as
monkeys, alligators, and birds. Work from
our building plans or create your own robots.
Program actions and sounds. The possibilities are endless! ($15 lab fee)
Makey Makey: Use this invention kit to turn
everyday objects into touch pads. Artists,
engineers, designers, and inventors all love
the possibilities! ($15 lab fee)
Math and Art: Explore how artists like
Escher, Mondrian, and Calder created visual
arts based on mathematical theories. Create
your own collaborations with math and arts.
Mathemagicians: From codes to magic
squares and number tricks discover secret
sequences, play math games, and investigate intriguing puzzles. Create your own
number tricks!
Minecraft: Explore the possibilities of designing and creating with Minecraft.
Monsters of the Microworld: Explore the
amazing universe invisible to the naked eye!
($10 lab fee)
McCracken Middle School, 8000 East Prairie Rd | Full day: 9:00-3:00 | AM: 9:00-11:40; PM: 12:20-3:00 | Extended care available
Mysterious Math: Explore mathematical
topics not generally found in your math textbook. Think outside the box and be creative
in your approach to math.
Optical Illusions and Other Ways to Trick
Your Brain: Could you possibly not notice
a gorilla walking right in front of you? Can
something be both hot and cold at the same
time? Learn how to fool your brain!
Painter’s Studio: Mona Lisa, The Arnolfini
Portrait, The Starry Night, A Sunday on La
Grande Jatte, Water Lilies — what do all of
these famous paintings have in common?
Great minds with the right inspiration! Find
your muse and perfect your techniques in
this fun, colorful class.
SumoBots: Build and program the EV3
Mindstorms SumoBot your Bot mentor
guides you to. Make attachments, upgrade
programming and sensors, modify, and fine
tune. Test your robot in the Test Arena, and
then compete in the Main Arena. (SumoBots
and Arenas provided by Bot Spot Robots;
PM only)
Web Game Design with Scratch: Want
to know how flash games got their start?
Create your own version of “Five Nights
at Freddy’s” or try something new of your
choosing.
Tinker Space: Let your imagination run wild
in our Tinker Space, designed like a Makerspace. Choose your own materials and tinker
away to build robots, microbots, inventions,
machines, and anything you like! (
$10 lab fee)
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Science Experiments with Toys: Discover
mystery eggs, feely balloons, burping bottles, and crushing cans. Explore the science
and wonder of toys via hands-on fun and lab
experiments.
1926 Waukegan Road, Suite 2 Glenview, IL 60025
The Center for Gifted is a not-for-profit organization under IRC Section 501(c)(3)
Science and Star Wars: Lightsabers, levitating cars, and faster-than-light travel. All these
things make Star Wars fun at the movies, but
can they happen in the real world? Investigate and try to recreate some of the fun
science from Star Wars.
Joan Franklin Smutny, Founder and Director
More Exciting Summer Opportunities!
at Elmhurst College
for students entering grades 6-12
July 17 - August 4
FREE Transportation!
Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder
for students entering grades PreK-8
- Barrington
- Chicago
- Crete
- Elmhurst
- Glenview
- Naperville
- Skokie
- Wheaton
see our website for details
Tinker-a-Thon!
at Elmhurst College
for students entering grades 1-5
July 17 - August 4
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Enroll for one, two, or all three weeks!
Ingenuity. Inspiration. Imagination. Innovation.