DISCOVER YOUR WORLD The Way of the DJ Mixing Music + DJing Hunt for Treasure Logic + Riddles Super Secret Spy Society Spying + Surveillance Whodunnit? Forensic Science Wise to the Rise Science of Baking Lights, Camera... Action! Moviemaking Mission: Codebreaker Cryptography Around the World in 80 Ways Global Challenges Ready, Set… Act! Improvisational Theater Get Out Alive! Wilderness Survival Writer’s Workshop Creative Writing Medieval Mayhem Medieval Battle Contraptions Swimming With Sharks Business + Entrepreneurship Seamless Style No-Sew Fashion Design Drawing Attention Commercial Illustration Rig a Robot Lego Engineering Crimes, Clues + Courtrooms Criminal Investigation + Prosecution Trigger a Reaction Lab Science 2017 Courses and Workshops at Wheaton EXPLO 360 at Wheaton Summer 2017 Try something new! What you discover might just amaze you. The courses and workshops at EXPLO 360 at Wheaton are your opportunity to explore talents and interests you’ve always been curious about but never had the chance to try at home or at school. All of our courses and workshops are designed to be fun, to stimulate curiosity and discussion, and to foster a lifelong love of learning and exploration. Our goal is to engage you (and excite you) in the learning process. Course + Workshop Selection Courses and workshops are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Class size is limited to 14 students. Courses EXPLO 360 at Wheaton students enroll in three (3) one-week courses per session. As part of the registration process, you will select and rank your top six (6) preferences. Students entering fourth or fifth grade should choose among our 600-numbered (Pioneer) courses, and students entering sixth or seventh grade should select from our 700-numbered (Voyager) courses. Workshops EXPLO 360 at Wheaton students enroll in three (3) one-week workshops per session and attend one workshop per week. As part of the registration process, you will select and rank your top six (6) choices of W100-numbered workshops. Workshops numbered W101-121 are open to all EXPLO 360 at Wheaton students. Pioneers (grades 4+5) may also select from workshops numbered W122-124, and Voyagers (grades 6+7) may also choose from workshops numbered W125-132. Curriculum Innovation at EXPLO Our curriculum team spends 10 months a year planning and preparing the hundreds of courses and workshops that EXPLO offers each summer. EXPLO courses are designed to promote curiosity and light students up about learning. Our team of sought-after experts supports professional educators across the U.S. and around the world as they implement project-based lesson plans, and increase student engagement in their classrooms. Learn more about EXPLO Ed at www.explo.org/explo-ed EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 Course Listings Pioneer Courses (entering grades 4+5) 601 Real Monopoly Business 602 Journey to the Blogosphere Introduction to Blogging 610 Defeat the Orange Jester Teambuilding + Leadership Skills 611 Hunt for Treasure Logic + Riddles 603 Code Orange 612 Defeating Dr. Diablo 604 The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon 613 Whodunnit? 605 May The Force Be With You 614 Light Up the Lab 606 Invention Convention 615 Wise to the Rise Introduction to Programming World Cooking Lego Engineering Creative Problem-Solving 607 Trash to Treasure Engineering 608 Super Secret Spy Society Spying + Surveillance 609 Creating a Kingdom Building a Medieval Empire Math Adventures Forensic Science Chemistry + Biology Science of Baking 616 And… SCENE. Acting + Improv 617 Lights, Camera... Action! Moviemaking 618 Sculpt It, Sketch It, Sign It Visual Arts Voyager Courses (entering grades 6+7) 701 Swimming With Sharks 716 Crimes, Clues + Courtrooms 702 #NextBigThing 717 Computation Competition 703 Writer’s Workshop 718 Mission: Codebreaker 704 Stand Up + Speak 719 Broadway ‘Bots 705 Minecraft Nation 720 The Way of the DJ 706 Starting from SCRATCH 721 Ready, Set… Act! 707 Rig a Robot 722 Hovercraft Heroics 708 Medieval Mayhem 723 Finding Patient Zero 709 Short Circuits 724 Trigger a Reaction 710 Build Outside the Box 725 Drawing Attention 711 726 Seamless Style Business + Entrepreneurship Digital Content Management Creative Writing Public Speaking + Debate Virtual Government Simulation Introduction to Computer Programming Lego Engineering Medieval Battle Contraptions littleBits™ Electronics Creativity Challenges Castle Under Siege Strategy + Survival Criminal Investigation + Prosecution Math Challenges Cryptography STEAM & Performing Arts Mixing Music + DJing Improvisational Theater Hovercraft Physics Disease Outbreak Lab Science Commercial Illustration No-Sew Fashion Design 712 Get Out Alive! 727 Movie Mash-up 713 Around the World in 80 Ways 728 Light + Image 714 Protect the President 729 Sky Scraping Wilderness Survival Global Challenges Secret Service + Security 715 Build a Nation Government Simulation Challenge Re-edited Movies Digital Photography Architecture EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 PIONEER COURSES Entering grades 4+5 601 603 Business Introduction to Programming Real Monopoly Have you ever wondered how people like Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey made billions? In order to create a successful business, you need a great idea, a lot of enthusiasm, and a ton of ambition. To learn the secrets of the trade, we’ll launch our own business — and bring an EXPLO product to market. You’ll have to figure out the best ways to advertise our product, so we’ll analyze marketing and sales trends — what worked, and what didn’t? — and use that data to come up with persuasive and effective marketing campaigns (think: posters, ads, flyers, etc.). As we start to create buzz around campus, you’ll be able to come up with even more innovative strategies to sell our product and build our business. Step into the boardroom: it's time to get to work! Code Orange Have you ever wondered how your favorite video game character knows when to jump or run, how a tablet responds to your every touch, or how you can stream a movie with just one click? Programming and coding are the “magic” of all technology, and in this course, you’ll become the magician. Practice speaking the language of robots and computers by creating commands using conditional “if...then” logic. See if you can use commands based on binary code to get a robot through a maze your classmates create, or design and build your own simple interactive online game that you can share with friends at EXPLO and at home. From functions and loops to basic boolean logic, if you’re ready to explore programming, then your wish is our command! 602 Journey to the Blogosphere 604 You have: a favorite singer, designer, sports team, game, subject, food, book, animal, or worldchanging idea. You need: a platform to share your vision with the world. We can help you make that happen. Working in Wordpress, you’ll sketch a conceptual design of what you want your blog to look like, and we’ll guide you through the process of testing different blog layouts, fonts, and formats. Think of what you want your blog to say — create and test out various color schemes to see which one captures how you want your site to look. Figure out the ideal balance of words and photos to convey your site’s purpose or mission, and what exactly you want the message to be. And once you have all those pieces in place, you’ll be well on your way to sharing your passion with the rest of the world. World Cooking Introduction to Blogging Please note: This is not a computer programming course. Students will not be using HTML, but rather will be generating and organizing content in an offline Wordpress site around their chosen subject. Once students return home and obtain parental permission, they will have the option to make their Wordpress sites public. The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon It’s time to travel the world, but you can leave your passport at home. In this class, all you need is your taste for adventure and a chef’s hat. What’s the difference between an empanada and a dumpling? What’s the best way to make pasta from scratch or wrap a wonton? With each technique you master, you’ll discover customs and traditions that help make each dish and dining experience unique. You might learn how to hold chopsticks (and proper etiquette for placing them back down), how to order the best dishes in India, or how to prepare the most fragrant Moroccan tagine. When you travel, the best memories you make are of what you experience, what you eat, and what you learn along the way. In our kitchen, we’ll make sure you discover all three. Please note: Students with food allergies or sensitivities should contact our Admission Office for more details before enrolling in this course. This course may not be appropriate for students with specific dietary restrictions. Students will not be enrolled concurrently in 604 and W104. 1 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 PIONEER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 4+5 605 608 Lego Engineering Spying + Surveillance May The Force Be With You Super Secret Spy Society Your mission: help the Rebel Alliance. Your job: engineer and construct sophisticated machines that help Rey, Finn and Chewbacca defeat Kylo Ren — using Lego NXT robots. Perhaps you’ll construct a weapon to combat stormtroopers outside the Millennium Falcon, build a catapult for an Ewok battle on Endor, or develop a harness to save BB-8 from a fall. Whatever the task, you’ll engineer your solutions with Lego motors, gears, and blocks. So snap to it! Come learn to design and program functioning machines as we challenge your problem-solving skills and immerse ourselves in the world of Lego engineering (and the Force). You might get a secret identity. Then again, you might not. You might learn how to tail people without them spotting you, listen in on their conversations without them seeing you, track them with a remote-control spy drone, and take photos of them without them once hearing the shutter click. Then again, you might not. You might have to create a fictitious cover story so friends and family won’t know what you do for a living and won’t get suspicious. Then again, you might not. It’s a lot of pressure, leading this double life. But we think you can handle it. Welcome to the Super Secret Spy Society. We’ve been watching… we mean, waiting for you. 606 Students will not be enrolled concurrently in 608 and W123. Invention Convention Creative Problem-Solving Step one: build a bridge (out of newspaper and foil) to cross over a 400-foot waterfall. Step two: design a boat (with saran wrap and cardboard) that can float and fly. Step three: figure out how to get a Popsicle to stop melting. (Wait....what?) As an EXPLO Inventor, making the impossible possible is your M.O. We’ll start with an idea — what if you could scale a tall building in a single bound? Or, what if you could eat a freezy pop without freezing your hands in the process? — and design, build, test, redesign, rebuild, and retest using a variety of materials until we get it right. Want to make the world a much more awesome place? Join us as we dream, design, and invent! 607 Trash to Treasure 609 Creating a Kingdom Building a Medieval Empire The year is 1246. After centuries of moving from place to place, a group of barbarian nomads has finally settled on an area of land that they will call their own. As leaders of the group, you must decide where you will build your castles. Who will be your king and queen? Where will you get the resources to build a medieval nation? You must appoint local magistrates to look after your land while you send knights to conquer neighboring territories and local dragons. Where will you get food and water? How will you trade with surrounding kingdoms? Be prepared to be an architect, economist, and political leader as we create a medieval empire! Engineering Can you turn a toilet paper tube into a car that will jump a ramp AND protect the egg that it’s carrying — no matter what? Or construct a table out of paper that can carry your lunch? What — you've got it covered? Great! Here's what else we need: design a boat out of cardboard that can carry you across our pool — and back. Invent a balloon-powered glider (that'll win the Explo Glider Road Rally. Or engineer a working mechanical hand (that you'll design, test, and build) out of drinking straws. If you like to think and tinker with creative challenges, you’re just the engineer we need! 2 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 PIONEER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 4+5 610 613 Team Building + Leadership Skills Forensic Science Defeat the Orange Jester He’s a master of mayhem, a doctor of deception, and a wizard of all things wonky. With his band of Rainbow Bandits — the Ruby Rascal, the Yellow Jokester, the Green Goon, and the Blue Buffoon — the Orange Jester likes to make mischief wherever he goes, unless you can stop him in his orange-suited tracks. But the Rainbow Bandits — though they might look like clowns — are no laughing matter. Each day, once you find (and figure out) their first clue, you’ll have a chance to thwart them in their tracks: get your team through a human-sized spider web, create a life-sized portal out of a regular piece of paper, cross a (simulated) minefield unscathed, extract yourself from human knots, outwit the laser maze, and transport (not-so) dangerous magical refuse with the help of your team and the tools you create. Once you succeed, you’ll find your next clue and get us one step closer to stopping the evil plot of the Orange Jester. Can you help us win back our summer fun? 611 Hunt for Treasure Logic + Riddles Can you change a one-syllable word into a three-syllable word by adding just one letter? What about figuring out the exact age of a group of friends with only two clues, or building your own decoder tools? We’ll tackle riddles and logic puzzles, secret codes, basic navigational techniques, physical challenges, and difficult puzzles as we collaborate to interpret clues during a week-long treasure hunt. We need your creativity, wits, and smarts. Think you can help us? Get out your compass and throw on your thinking caps — it’s time for an adventure quest! Whodunnit? A group of friends. A dog. A shared meal, and a murder? The body’s gone missing, and it’s up to you to unravel the accusations and alibis. Study the crime scene: as you uncover clues that have been left behind, you’ll learn basic crime lab skills and key intelligence-gathering techniques. Analyze fingerprints, debris, and paint splatter to determine how the criminals moved through the space. Track and examine the handwriting in a secret diary to see if you can figure out who wrote it, and use footprints and tracks to establish a timeline for the crime. To collect every shred of evidence, you’ll interrogate suspects, determine motives, and gather (and check) alibis to see who’s telling the truth — and who has motive not to. This case is not for the squeamish. As both detective and forensic scientist, are you ready to catch the criminals before they strike again? 614 Light Up the Lab Chemistry + Biology We're looking for scientist-magicians who can change the color of a flower and pop a balloon of water without spilling a drop. We're looking for lab wizards who can extract DNA from their lunch, build a larger-than-life animal cell, and unravel the mystery of “hot ice.” In our lab, you'll experiment with osmosis and cell structure (to find out where color lives), and explore the structure of molecules (which we'll help you figure out). Experiment with different biological, chemical, and physical reactions as we explore out-of-the-box solutions to solve scientific riddles and puzzles. 612 Defeating Dr. Diablo Math Adventures The diabolical Dr. Diablo has stranded you and five others on a rock surrounded by a river of flowing lava. All you have is a rope... how will you escape? Fast-forward to another evil setting — a door is locked. Behind the door is a clue you'll need to escape Dr. Diablo's fortress. On the floor are hundreds of oddly marked keys and a puzzling equation. You have only one chance to open the door! How will you figure it out? As we strive to save the planet from the nefarious Dr. Diablo, we will be met with challenge after challenge, each testing our quick wits and problem-solving skills. There's no telling what treacherous task he'll throw our way next, so we'll need to think practically and creatively. We'll use math to solve riddles, unravel mysteries, crack codes, and devise strategies — all as we try to defeat the demented doctor. 3 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 PIONEER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 4+5 615 617 Science of Baking Moviemaking Wise to the Rise How would you feel about eating a compound consisting of crystallized starches, binding agents, and carbon dioxide bubbles held in place by a web of protein strands? What’s the matter, you don’t like cake? What about the byproducts of a live, single- celled fungus? No bread, either? Join us in the kitchen lab as we uncover the basic chemical reactions that make our favorite baked goods possible — from cupcakes to cookies, muffins, and more. You’ll bake, test, and taste in order to figure out how ingredients work together (or when they should stay apart!) to make us all say “Mmmmmmm!” Please note: Students with food allergies or sensitivities should contact our Admission Office for more details before enrolling in this course. This course may not be appropriate for students with specific dietary restrictions. 616 And… SCENE. Acting + Improv We’re not giving you a script, there are no lines to memorize, and don’t worry about a dress rehearsal, either. This is improv, and in this course, we’ll teach you how to think on your feet and find the funny in any situation. Quick: walk like a dinosaur stuck in the mud! Pretend you’re the Queen of England waiting for the bus. Or turn a cardboard box into a pirate ship and take to the seas in search of buried treasure. We’ll play a series of games to help you get comfortable — on stage, in character, and in your own skin — and you’ll learn tools and tricks for improvising dialogue or situations on the fly. We’ll use vocal warm-ups to loosen you up, and you’ll test out different accents to shape a character. Whether you’re an alien on a park bench or a pilot who’s afraid of flying, say yes — and you’ll be creating comedy gold. Lights, Camera... Action! Bring your ideas to life as you join the EXPLO film crew and learn about moviemaking by producing your own video. We'll start with only a script, leaving you and your classmates to act, direct, film, and edit your way toward stardom. Get behind the camera, block out shots, set up the storyboard, direct actors, or make your big-screen debut. After we capture our scenes on tape, we'll learn how the editor can change a director's ideas or even the entire script by moving scenes around. Join us on the soundstage as Hollywood comes to EXPLO. 618 Sculpt It, Sketch It, Sign It Visual Arts Painting, building, sketching, layering, drawing, forming, twisting, stacking! We're putting together the biggest art show you can imagine and we need YOU to create brave, bold, and beautiful art like you’ve never created it before. We’ll give you all the supplies you need — like paints, paper, canvases, pencils, sculpting wire, ink, and maybe even a water balloon (a water balloon?!) — and introduce you to classic genres. We’ll teach you different techniques, and you’ll be free to experiment with abstract and figurative art pieces through mixed media and non-traditional materials. All you need to bring is your boundless imagination and your sense of adventure. This will be a show to remember. Let’s get started! 4 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES Entering grades 6+7 701 703 Business + Entrepreneurship Creative Writing Swimming With Sharks Ready to build some traction for a new business idea? Then jump into our business incubator, where we’ll give you the tools you need to develop and implement a fool-proof business plan. In order to pitch your business model to investors and early adopters, you’re going to need to refine your message: What is the problem your product or service will solve? Who is the target audience? Why should they pick YOU? Together, we’ll brainstorm ways to bring your idea to market; build, test, and retest a functional prototype of your product or service; develop the stage presence you need to advocate for yourself (and for your new business); and devise and implement a bang-up marketing campaign. Success is a long path, but if you truly believe your ideas could change the world — and line your pockets — our business incubator is a great place to get started! 702 #NextBigThing Digital Content Management Do your latest, greatest ideas translate better as a video, a slideshow, or a blog post (or all three)? What are the best times to publish a photo essay for maximum exposure? How can you promote — or start — popular trends by posting to the blogosphere? Whether it’s a how-to or a humorous review, you’ve got big ideas — and we’re here to help you share them with the world. Explore different blog layouts, fonts, and formats. Weigh the pros and cons of sharing stories through different social media platforms. Write reviews of your latest Netflix binge or the best books you’ve read this summer. When it comes to spreading the word digitally, you’ll have a lock on the #nextbigthing! Please note: This is not a computer programming course. Students will not be using HTML, but rather will be generating and organizing content in various offline apps around their chosen subject. Once students return home and obtain parental permission, they will have the option to make their stories public. Writer’s Workshop What if Harry Potter had a happy, well-adjusted childhood, or if Katniss didn’t volunteer as Tribute? Step into the writer’s workshop, and settle in for an extended stay. We welcome authors of any style — short stories, poetry, fiction or reality — and hope that you’ll join us to share and sharpen your ideas. You might spend time crafting maps and descriptions of your own fantasy world, or painting, a portrait — with words — of your story’s dashing hero. Turn a daydream into a plot and a nightmare into a climax as you explore the parts of a story. Find out why poems don’t have to rhyme, or how to make the unbelievable feel real. We’ll spend time crafting our work and exploring strategies for sharing our stories and ideas with each other — and the world! 704 Stand Up + Speak Public Speaking + Debate Are you someone who likes to speak in front of lots of people? Or are you the shy type that stays seated in the back? Come learn how to express yourself in a calm, confident way, and how to argue thoughtfully and effectively. First, we'll practice speaking in front of groups and learn how to stay calm, cool, and collected. Then we'll move on to debate, where we'll learn how to organize our thoughts, present a coherent argument, and follow the basic procedures of parliamentary debate. Don't just sit there — stand up and speak! 705 Minecraft Nation Virtual Government Simulation Join a highly classified special operations team that has been brought together to build the greatest island nation the world has ever seen. You’ll work in-person with your teammates and online in EXPLO’s Minecraft world to collaborate, create, and compete. What shape will the islands take? Do we want bridges? Houses? How about a movie theater or an airport? Where will citizens get their food? Who will you trade with? So many people want to live in our new country that we've got to design and supervise construction as soon as possible. You'll have to be resourceful because supplies are limited and time is running out! Get ready to learn on the job. We've got a country to get running! Please Note: This course uses MinecraftEdu, an educational version of the Minecraft game designed specifically for use in the classroom. No previous experience with Minecraft is necessary for this course. 5 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 6+7 706 709 Introduction to Computer Programming littleBits™ Electronics Starting from SCRATCH Short Circuits 707 In a world where cell phones answer questions for us, and cars can drive themselves, it’s more clear than ever that anything is possible. But it’s not just engineers and inventors that are bringing their big ideas to life — kids are playing a bigger role than ever in making the world a more interesting place, and this is your chance to make your own contribution! Using littleBits™ — easy-to-use electronic building blocks — you’ll explore the properties of basic and complex electrical circuits. Does your cardboard arcade game work better with an analog switch, or a digital button? How can you arm your bedroom door with an alarm that responds to movement AND noise? Tinker and test as you work with your classmates to invent and build your own creations, and maybe even change the world! Lego Engineering 710 Play a piano sonata on a banana (or a tiny drum solo on a bottle cap), create a virtual self that you can command to do your bidding, or design a cardboard game console that’ll work with the video game you create. Using PicoBoards and the Scratch programming platform, we’ll show you how to code simple online games, create interactive puzzles or quizzes, make original videos, or even program and play instruments out of anything you can think of. Want to build an avatar that responds to your every whim? You got it. A basic game that takes you on an adventure quest through space? No problem! With our programming apps and your innovative ideas, who knows just how far we’ll go? Rig a Robot Motors? Check. Sensors? Check. Programming software that translates your imagination to your Lego NXT robot with just a click and a drag? Check and check. We’ll get you started with the basics, but then it’s up to you and your classmates to work together to construct a solution to some of the world’s tougher problems. Using sensors that respond to touch, noise, color, and light, you’ll have your robots spinning, climbing, and reacting to your every command. We’ll present you with different scenarios (like obstacle courses or timed trials), and you’ll customize your bot to conquer as many challenges as possible. Working together, you’ll program your bot to maneuver through each test while learning how to respond at a moment’s notice. Because as soon as that buzzer sounds, the robot action begins. 708 Build Outside the Box Creativity Challenges First up: construct a working carnival (out of two sheets of cardboard). Next challenge: paint a portrait (without touching paint or a brush). Challenge three: design a model car powered by the wind in its sails. Challenge four... well, you get the idea. From theater and the arts to science and engineering, the daily challenges in our Creativity Lab will astound you and stretch your creative muscles. You'll quickly discover that there are no "correct" solutions — and that half the fun is coming up with your own unique way of solving each problem. So what will you do when asked to design your own candy bar? And how will you protect an egg that’s being flung 500 feet in a slingshot? Join us in the Creativity Lab, and prepare to be surprised by your answers. Medieval Mayhem Medieval Battle Contraptions The battle is on. It’s time to take back the castle — and the kingdom — that’s rightfully ours. Working together, we’ll figure out how to breach our opponent's walls and defeat their armies (and the tools and medieval contraptions we'll need to bring down their defenses). How will we do it? Basic physics, of course. We'll use levers, weights, and pulleys to make catapults, battering rams, and trebuchets that will break down their defenses and give us the upper hand. In the process, you'll learn about trajectory, transfer of energy principles, and how to aim large projectiles. By the end of the course, taking over the kingdom will be only half the fun — the other half will be discovering the secrets behind medieval science. 6 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 6+7 711 714 Strategy + Survival Secret Service + Security Castle Under Siege Set up the blockade! Fill the moat! Seal the castle door! Our kingdom's under attack, and we're locking this place down so no one gets in. That will keep us safe for now... but the bigger question is: how will we survive on just our limited supplies? We'll prepare a plan for rationing our food and figure out the fairest way for divvying up our supplies. But that will only last us so long: we'll also need to hatch an escape plan. What's our enemy's weak spot? And how can we catch them off-guard? With the pressure of survival resting on all of us, we’ll triumph or fail — but either way, we'll have to do it together! 712 Get Out Alive! Wilderness Survival We're stranded! On an island! With nothing except the wreckage from our crash! But panicking won't get us anywhere, so let's get to work. First, we'll have to figure out a way to purify water and cook food. Next, with whatever materials we have handy (rope, tarp, twigs), we'll need to build a shelter. A fire too — even though we don't have any matches. With bears stealing our food and torrential rains destroying our tent, there's no telling what disaster will strike next. We'll practice emergency rescue procedures, learn how to treat wounds and diseases, and plot our escape. Whatever it takes to get off this island — a giant raft, Morse code — we'll learn how to do it so we can get back home safely! 713 Around the World in 80 Ways Global Challenges “By the time the clock strikes two, you will need to find your clue.” 1:40pm: You have twenty minutes to get through Central Park, into the Plaza Hotel, and up to the penthouse suite. 1:49pm: 11 minutes to “find a silver flower under a green star.” 1:56pm: Four minutes — where is it?? 1:59pm: Found it! Whew!! This is the Global EXPLO Challenge, and the clock starts now. Five days, multiple locations, countless challenges — and two teams facing off against each other for the ultimate prize. On Day One, three things will happen: you’ll (a) figure out where in the world you are, (b) complete your first challenge (before the other team does!), and (c) find the next clue. You might design a traditional costume out of foil and twine, cook a dish with new ingredients and spices, sing and dance a folkloric tune, or write your name in an unfamiliar script. Each day, you’ll start your quest somewhere new, with only your wits, your teammates, and your clues to guide you. Protect the President In T-minus three days, nine hours, and 41 minutes, the President of EXPLO will land at the airport. Forty-five minutes later, she’ll step onto campus for the first time — and you’ll need to be ready. We’ll start by securing the perimeter (scoping out and fixing potential security breaches around campus), practice using your body to deflect flying projectiles, and learn how to detect a lie or spot suspicious behavior in a crowd. You’ll have to be vigilant — an attack could come from anywhere, at any time. So pick up your sunglasses and earpiece — it’s showtime! 715 Build a Nation Government Simulation Challenge A deserted island. A group of people hungry for change and revolution. With your basic needs secured, it’s time for a constitution, a flag, and currency — a new nation is born. Next up: design a harbor. Manage a forest. Build a movie theater. Groom some beachfront property. Hey, building a nation isn't so hard, is it? Except, wait a minute, how are you going to provide power to your new country? Does everyone have a place to live? Is there enough to eat? What are those other countries around you doing? Is there a war on the horizon? Should alliances be formed? Who is making all the decisions around here? As we plan, build, and decorate a large-scale, 3D model of our utopian island countries, you’ll face the challenge of building a nation from scratch, and surviving this global game! 716 Crimes, Clues + Courtrooms Criminal Investigation + Prosecution From the cop on the beat to the judge on the bench, you'll investigate a crime scene and take the case all the way through the system. Using the powers of deduction (think: Sherlock) and gritty determination (like K.C. Undercover), you and your team will work together to identify a suspect, make an arrest, and take your suspect to court. Learn forensic lab fundamentals — analyzing bite marks, fingerprinting, tracking clues, and testing evidence — before playing the parts of lawyers, witnesses, judge, and jury to decide the suspect’s fate. Before we have our trial, you'll have to figure out the crime timeline and the motive. If we want our suspects behind bars, we’d better be able to convince the jury we know what we're talking about! 7 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 6+7 717 720 Math Challenges Mixing Music + DJing Computation Competition Can you turn 1, 4, 15, 6, 28, and 54 into 434 using mathematical operations? Quick — where on a playground would you find a Golden Ratio? Two teams, one goal: to solve all the problems and win the Math Challenge before the other team beats you to it. Go head-to-head on geometry problems. Tag team on pre-algebra relays. Master logic puzzles. Decipher the Egyptian number system and the ancient abacus. And come up with mathematical head-scratchers for your competitors to solve. It’ll take guts, it’ll take cunning, and most of all, it’ll take all the creative thinking you can muster. Want to be crowned math champion? Then join us — and prepare to strategize, prioritize, and be challenged to your mathematical limit. 718 Mission: Codebreaker Cryptography The red phone just rang. That means just one thing: the EXPLO Security Agency needs you. The ESA has just uncovered a major theft ring: the Key to EXPLO Magic has gone missing. They're gathering a team of expert cryptographers to help recover the Key, and they've called us. Our task: to crack criminal codes and encrypt secret messages to help locate the Key and help make EXPLO secure once again. We'll learn about every major cipher from the Caesar and Rail Fence Ciphers to the German Enigma machines. As we begin to create our own dialogues in code, we'll also try to crack the criminals' master code and recover their — we mean our — hidden treasure. 719 Broadway ‘Bots STEAM & Performing Arts The Way of the DJ Spin doctor, Spin meister, DJ Spin: we need some beats in this house. Some new tunes that’ll spell summer fun and make us all want to get up and dance! That’s right: we want YOU to create this summer’s awesome new soundtrack. Working with your classmates — and with GarageBand — you’ll pen original tunes that capture the essence of activities and events happening around campus. We’ll help you figure out how series of notes convey emotion (like joy, sadness, or excitement) and you’ll begin writing your songs. As you work to mesh melodies and harmonies, we’ll work with you on mastering time changes and creating transitions, all while letting your experimentations — sampling from popular tunes, laying over beats, and finding the right tempo and key — fly. The Release Party’s right around the corner… it’s time to start spinning! No previous musical experience is necessary for this course. 721 Ready, Set… Act! Improvisational Theater Who needs a script when you can make up what you want to do or say as you go along? This class is not only a blast of continuous laughs, it teaches you to think on your feet and get through seemingly impossible situations using nothing but your quick wits. To help you make up things in a moment's notice, we'll loosen up with mood skits, body language games, and more. You'll act in talk shows, interviews, and skits, having to make up everything as you go. We'll give you the experience needed to create an entire show to perform without a script. So don't worry, you won't forget any of your lines on stage — because you won't have any to start with! In this musical production, your co-star won’t upstage you, outshine you, or block you from the audience’s view. In fact, unless you design its costume so that it’s taller than you, your robot co-star won’t even reach your knee. This is a human-meets-robot musical number, so get ready to build and meet your co-stars! With your production crew, you’ll generate a storyline, create props, design costumes, and build the next greatest musical star out of Lego EV3 robot parts and your imagination. To get your musical number on point, collaborate on new lyrics to some of your favorite songs, brainstorm how you want your story to play out, and choreograph a musical number that tells the tale you’ve always dreamed of. Put on your costume, practice your steps, program your robot and get ready to sing and dance alongside your interactive co-star! 8 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 6+7 722 724 Hovercraft Physics Lab Science Hovercraft Heroics Testing the limits of science... defying the laws of gravity... it's all in a day's work for the average hovercraft scientist. Welcome to the world of hovercrafts: where air becomes fuel, and where a small push forward can send you soaring. We’ll study how objects in motion ricochet and move (by applying Newton’s Laws of Motion and Bernoulli’s Principle to pressure and lift) — then you’ll design and build an armada of hovercrafts that can fly, float, and zoom over anything in their path. You’ll construct tabletop-skimming models — to truly understand the mechanics of flight — before graduating to gigantic hovercrafts so big you can ride on them. We’ll have you so pumped, you’ll be floating on air! 723 Finding Patient Zero Disease Outbreak ALERT! ALERT! Eight EXPLO staff members are in quarantine, covered head-to-toe in strange spots and boils. We’ve ruled out the obvious — chickenpox, measles — and fear it could be something much more dangerous. We need to identify what is causing this mysterious outbreak and contain it before it becomes an epidemic. To help us better understand the outbreak, you’ll catalogue vital signs of the afflicted — looking for irregularities that might give us clues as to the nature of the malady, and how it is being transmitted. You’ll conduct a sneeze simulation and probability test to predict the disease's path, and will collect, plate, and grow bacterial specimens to discover how the disease spreads. All the while, you’ll keep the campus informed of best-practice safety measures (based on what you discover) as you isolate the source of the outbreak. It's a race against the clock, starting… NOW! Trigger a Reaction What if you could power a lightbulb with the change in your pocket, or make a bed of flowers that looks like it’s glowing from within? Science (especially when it’s hands-on) is a pretty incredible thing! In our lab, you’ll master the scientific method as we explore the properties of dry ice, defy the properties of calcium carbonate to fold an egg, and design working batteries out of paper towels and pennies. Each day, we’ll explore the properties of chemistry, physics, and biology and — by the end of the week you’ll be ready to design your own experiment! Who knew science could be so cool? Students will not be enrolled concurrently in 724 and W129. 725 Drawing Attention Commercial Illustration Can you make a book cover, movie poster, or cereal box jump off the shelf and say, “ME! ME! You MUST buy me!”? Come learn how to draw the drawings that draw attention. Together, we’ll investigate the technical fundamentals of illustration — composition, shape, scale, color, mark-making — and explore creative strategies for visual storytelling. Along the way, you’ll create memorable characters that sell (think Tony the Tiger), and dynamic compositions that anticipate how art will interact with product names and headlines — all while building a solid portfolio of illustrations. What kind of drawing works best for this summer’s hottest single? Nintendo's newest release? The packaging for the latest smartphone? It's up to you. Submit your work and help launch the next big thing — your career as a commercial illustrator. 9 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Courses Summer 2017 VOYAGER COURSES CONT. Entering grades 6+7 726 728 No-Sew Fashion Design Digital Photography Seamless Style This year, it’s all up to you: your vision, your eye, and your instinct with trends, color, patterns, and fabric. With your new clothing line, you’re going to blow the world of fashion wide open — without sewing a stitch! Explore colors, patterns, and textures: which combinations work best together? Then dive into a treasure-trove of fabric and notions: how do different fabrics drape across the body? As you start researching and sketching your next design, you’ll see: inspiration is everywhere. Want to create a new statement piece (on a budget)? Simple! Using such genius tools as duct tape, fabric fusing, weaving, and ribbon ties, you’ll assemble your creations and pull off the fiercest fashion show EXPLO has ever seen. It’s custom, it’s designer, it’s seamless — and it’s eco-chic. How fabulous is that? All that’s missing, it seems, is you. 727 Movie Mash-up Re-edited Movies Remake Pirates of the Caribbean into a coming-of-age story where Captain Jack Sparrow overcomes adversity to find his life’s purpose. Or change up Despicable Me so the minions are covert CIA agents, acting the part of minions. Our best-loved movies are our favorites for a reason, but do you ever wonder if changing up the story line could make the whole thing better? In this course, we'll be reinventing our favorite movies, changing the stories' dialogue and sound effects, and adding in our own crazy ideas. SuperCinder: The Stepsisters’ Revenge. A Hipster Toy Story. You'll create mixed-up, mashed-up stories, then cut and re-edit a film trailer to tell your tale... whatever ridiculous, absurd, zany tale that may be. Light + Image Want to take professional shots of your new friends? Interested in taking sweeping landscape photographs or catching spontaneous scenes on campus? If you've ever wanted to take your digital photography skills to the next level, this is the class for you! With your digital camera in hand, you'll learn all the tricks of composing great images. Then, in our digital photo lab, discover the art of retouching photos — making your images brighter, sharper, and more colorful — and find out how to make gallery-ready prints from an inkjet printer. With every click of the shutter, you'll not only be framing great shots, you'll turn them into amazing works of art! For this class, we request that you come prepared with your own 10+ megapixel digital camera. 729 Sky Scraping Architecture Design a building that's cooler than the Taj Mahal or bigger than the Empire State Building. Build an animal shelter where rescued dogs will feel safe and an aquarium where you just might get to swim with the fishes. Working with a scale ruler (which you'll make), design and engineer buildings — like a restaurant that's the hottest new place in town, or a football stadium that seats 30,000 people — by making 3D perspective drawings (we'll teach you how), completing real architectural plans, and building scale models that'll reshape the skyline as we know it. 10 EXPLO 360 at Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 WORKSHOP LISTING Pioneer + Voyager Workshops Pioneer Only Workshops W101 EMT + First Aid W122 No-Sew Fashion Design W102 Sustainable Engineering W123 Secret Agent W103 Cake Decorating W124 Woodworking W104 World Cooking W105 Chess W106 Summer Spa W125 Murder Mystery W107 Model Rocketry W126 Explo Book Club W108 Team Challenge W127 Casino Math W109 Music Lab W128 Dissection W110 Intro to Electric Guitar W129 Chem Lab W111 Theater Special Effects W130 Street Luge W112 Tennis W131 Fencing W113 Soccer W132 Ultimate Frisbee W114 Basketball W115 Canoeing Entering grades 4-7 W116 Swim Lessons W117 Capture the Flag W118 Yoga W119 Kayaking W120 Archery W121 Painting Entering grades 4+5 Voyager Only Workshops Entering grades 6+7 11 EXPLOMini: EXPLO 360 at Workshops Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 PIONEER + VOYAGER WORKSHOPS CONT. Entering grades 4-7 W101 W105 Get ready to gain the knowledge and skills needed to help others. In this workshop, you'll discover what to do when first aid is needed. Find out how to respond to sprains, wounds, cuts, burns, and choking. You could learn important skills that might save someone's life! Queen to rook one. Knight to king four. Checkmate! Chess is a classic game full of strategy, tension, and excitement. Whether you're the next Bobby Fischer waiting for a game with Deep Blue, or you don't know your castle from your pawn, this workshop will introduce you to the logic, strategy, and patience it takes to be the next chess master. W102 W106 Is green your color? You've heard about global warming, endangered natural resources, and alternative fuels, so here's an opportunity to actually build structures using solar, wind, and hydropower. We'll design, build, and use devices like solar ovens, greenhouses, and wind turbines that bake, dehydrate, store and generate power, all while conserving resources. Spend some time at the EXPLO Spa as we learn how to make bath products from all-natural, common household ingredients. Each day, we will make different products such as lotion, lip balm, bath fizzies, soap, and more! Pick your favorite scents and colors, design your own packaging, and put it all together in a complete bath collection made by you! EMT + First Aid Sustainable Engineering W103 Cake Decorating Mmmm, cake! Have you ever wondered who decorates those delicious cakes you see in bakeries and at weddings? Believe it or not, people go to school to learn how to create those colossal confections. This workshop will give you the opportunity to design and decorate cakes, exactly to the specifications of a high-rolling client. And when you've finished, you can have your cake and eat it too! Chess Summer Spa W107 Model Rocketry Space, the final frontier. Wouldn’t it be something to blast a rocket into space? Come join this beginning model rocketry class and you will have the opportunity to design and build your own basic model rocket. You'll learn what makes these rockets soar as high as they do and, on the final day, you will be able to run your very own test launch. W108 W104 World Cooking Pack your appetite, we're going on a trip around the world! In this workshop, we will hop from one continent to another, preparing and sampling tasty dishes from many different countries. Each day, we will learn about traditional foods and customs from a different nation. This course will be a worldwide trip for your taste buds. Bon Appétit! Team Challenge Can you and your classmates cross a hot lava river using only your wits? What about clearing a path through a voice-sensitive minefield — can you get your teammates safely through without using your voice? These challenges are fun, but require you to sharpen your problem solving skills, and the ability to cooperate with large groups while under pressure. Are you up for the challenge? 12 EXPLOMini: EXPLO 360 at Workshops Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 PIONEER & VOYAGER WORKSHOPS CONT. Entering grades 4-7 W109 W113 Sway to the rhythm and move to the beat: it’s time to make some music! Have you ever wanted to learn how to play the guitar, drums, or recorder? Here’s your chance! Learn the basics of various instruments, make a band, and play some music for all of EXPLO to hear in this toe-tapping Music Lab! Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world, and this is your opportunity to get in on all the fun! Each day, we will work on specific skills such as passing, trapping, and dribbling. Through drills, games, and controlled scrimmages, we'll help you hone your skills and improve your technique. W110 Students participating in the soccer workshop must bring a mouth guard or use one provided by EXPLO. Shin guards will be provided, however students are strongly encouraged to bring their own. Music Lab Intro to Electric Guitar Calling all aspiring rock stars! We'll provide the guitars for your time at EXPLO and teach you everything you need to know to turn that music bug into a full-grown Beatle. You'll learn how to tune and care for your guitar, discover how to play the major chords, and how to rock out! W111 Theater Special Effects Theater is an exercise in make-believe, but it takes some practice to make that illusion seem real! In this workshop you’ll learn secret techniques, such as how to transform into an elderly person, how to create convincing wounds, and how to produce realistic sound effects onstage. All you need is your imagination and some tricks of the trade! W112 Tennis Have you ever wondered how tennis stars like Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams make those shots? Here is your opportunity to learn. In this workshop, we will learn all there is to know about tennis — everything from keeping score to executing the perfect serve. No experience necessary. EXPLO will provide racquets, though students are welcome to bring their own. Soccer W114 Basketball Set a pick, block a shot, and hope you don’t get fouled. Whether you run the courts every day or are new to the sport, come work on drills, strategy, and techniques as we practice driving towards the hoop. Who knows? You may be the next LeBron James or Candace Parker. Students participating in the basketball workshop must bring a mouth guard or use one provided by EXPLO. W115 Canoeing Canoeing is the perfect way to spend the afternoon on Peacock Pond. You'll master basic skills, practice specific strokes, and understand safety techniques. Whether you prefer a quiet cruise along the shore or a relay race under the bridge, you'll enjoy every moment spent on the water. W116 Swim Lessons What is summer without time in the pool? At EXPLO at Wheaton, we offer beginning through intermediate swim lessons. From strokes and kicking to relays and water aerobics, you'll have fun and improve your swimming at the same time. Instructors will determine the appropriate level of instruction during the summer. 13 EXPLOMini: EXPLO 360 at Workshops Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 PIONEER & VOYAGER WORKSHOPS CONT. Entering grades 4-7 W117 W120 Take a basic game — two sides, two flags, running and tag — and add a twist. Maybe everyone has to do everything backward. Maybe some players are blindfolded, and others need to be their eyes. Maybe there are FOUR teams, instead of two! Try your skills at this game when the rules keep changing, and see if you have what it takes to win! Bullseye! This is your opportunity to learn all there is to know about the traditional sport of archery. Learn why an arrow flies the way it does, how a competition is scored, and what skills are needed to master the bow — like Katniss or Legolas. Capture the Flag Archery W121 W118 Yoga Child’s pose. Half pigeon. Sun salutations. Come explore the techniques of relaxation and meditation while increasing your physical and mental strength. Learn how to deal with stress and how to become a healthier person. Come see what yoga is all about! No experience necessary. Yoga mats will be provided. Painting Painting is a great way to express yourself! In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to explore painting techniques using watercolor, acrylic, tempera paints, and more. Through color mixing and creative brush strokes, we will turn everyday objects and landscapes into amazing works of art that you can take home at the end of the session. No experience necessary. W119 Kayaking Grab a paddle and get ready for adventure! In this workshop you'll learn to maneuver your kayak effectively, perform specific strokes, and glide from one end of Peacock Pond to the other. Practice your paddling with games and races, or simply tour along shore with a new friend. 14 EXPLOMini: EXPLO 360 at Workshops Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 PIONEER ONLY WORKSHOPS Entering grades 4+5 W122 No-Sew Fashion Design Do you dream of designing your own clothes? Want to make the coolest accessories or start the next hot trend? Leave the needle and thread behind and get to work in this fashion design workshop. You’ll learn how to match colors, patterns, and textures as we turn fabric and embellishments into wearable works of art using no-sew techniques. Get ready to model hats, skirts, bags, or scarves on the runway — all designed and made by YOU! W123 Secret Agent Code name? Check. Stealth moves? Check. Mission completed? Well, that part’s up to you! Join a team of secret agents as they deduce, plan, and execute a secret mission. We’d tell you more, but that would be giving too much away! W124 Woodworking Losing your marbles? We’ll spend this workshop building a machine that will dispense just one marble, jellybean or gum ball at a time. That’s right! A super awesome machine made by you. In our woodworking workshop, we’ll learn all about woodshop safety, hand tools, and the basics of measuring, cutting, sanding, and finishing wood. Best of all, you’ll have this cool machine to take home with you. 15 EXPLOMini: EXPLO 360 at Workshops Wheaton: Workshops Summer 2017 VOYAGER ONLY WORKSHOPS Entering grades 6+7 W125 W129 It was a dark and stormy night... actually, it was just after lunch, but that never stopped detectives on the trail of a murderer! Like a live-action game of Clue, you will find yourself in the midst of a mysterious murder. Use stealth to hunt for hidden evidence, gumption to interview suspects, and cunning to solve a devious crime before the workshop is through! Chemistry is everywhere! It's in the foods we eat and the drinks we drink. During this workshop, we will investigate the wonderful world of chemistry. Through hands-on experiments, we will learn about everyday chemical reactions that take place all around us. If you are curious, this is the workshop for you. Murder Mystery Chem Lab W130 W126 EXPLO Book Club Do you like to read but wish you could talk about it with other book lovers? Well, you’re in luck! This workshop will engage your imagination and introduce you to classic and contemporary short stories. Then the fun really begins when you discuss, debate, and discover new ways to engage with the short stories genre — all while meeting new literary companions. Come discover a new favorite author! Street Luge Forget the XGames — it's time for the EXPLOGames! In this workshop, we will learn what it takes to be a competitive street luger. You will have the opportunity to learn specific techniques that will allow you to safely manage EXPLO's luge course in record time. Students should bring their own bike helmets, though a helmet will be provided if necessary. All other equipment will be provided. W127 W131 Casino Math Fencing You may have the cards, but can you beat the odds? Lady Luck plays a part in these games of chance, but there really are some mathematical patterns to the whims of casino games. In this workshop, you’ll learn about the probability of games like blackjack and poker (and discover why the house always wins as you understand the clever math behind these fun games! En garde! Are you ready for fancy footwork and foils? You will learn the basic safety, foot stance, and techniques of the sport. Fencing is one of only five events that have been in every Olympic Summer Games: here's your chance to be a part of that history! W128 Dissection Eyes, hearts, and worms. Do you want to become a surgeon someday? How about a research scientist? Come and learn about dissection! Each day we will focus on a specific specimen to dissect, learning about proper technique as well as analysis of the specimen's internal structure. W132 Ultimate Frisbee Ultimate Frisbee is the fastest growing sport in the world, and it’s more than just tossing and catching a disc! Come learn the basics, as you master the art of throwing a Frisbee with finesse and strategy. From long hucks to short give-and-go, we’ll learn about passing, cutting, and the simple rules of this popular game. Get off the sidelines and into the in-zone! 16
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