A One-Week
Experience
for Students
in Grades 2-8
A prerequisite for attendance is a letter of recommendation (on the
enclosed form) from school personnel (G/T Coordinator, Guidance
Counselor, teacher) stating that the student will benefit from the program
in one of the following areas:
Academic
* Achievement test scores
demonstrate performance
higher than grade level
 Student potential
Arts
* Student product
* Student potential
For more information, please contact your school’s G/T Coordinator.
Participants’ course choices are assigned on a first-come, first-served
basis, according to the date the application and deposit are received.
Students may attend the morning, afternoon, or both sessions.
The experiences are designed to allow the student an opportunity to explore a chosen
topic in depth. Parents are encouraged to let their child make the choice of activity (as
fits with the teacher’s recommendation). There are no tests or grades, and the settings
are meant to be informal work or laboratory sessions. The interaction between staff,
professional educators and curious, eager young minds adds excitement to the sessions.
Students should select courses based on their grade level during the 2016-17 school year.
NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
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expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or
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The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with
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the University should be directed to Brenda Haskell, Interim Director of Equality and
Diversity, University of Maine System, 207.621.3548, [email protected]; TTY
available upon request.
Monday-Friday, June 26-June 30, 2017
9am-Noon and 12:30-3:30pm
Conferences & Special Programs
University of Maine at PRESQUE ISLE
181 Main Street • Presque Isle
e-mail [email protected]
telephone 207.768.9502
fax 207.768.9507
www.umpi.edu
Project Explore is a summer enrichment program for students in grades 2-8.
It is designed to provide exploratory activities that develop cognitive potential
and integrate the talents, skills and creativity of each individual participant.
Grades 2-3
Morning Sessions
Wicked Awesome Weather and
Why It Happens!
Megan Birmingham
We will take a look at science experiments that have to do with
the water cycle and weather! The
week will be filled with the how
and why of weather.
Eric Carle Extravaganza – Heidi
Garrison
Let’s journey into the colorful word
of Eric Carle, author of the Very Caterpillar and many other wonderful
children’s books. We will create our
own magical creations using color
and imagination.
PROJECT E X P L O R E
Magic Kingdom Creations – Olivia Garrison
All you need is faith, trust, and pixie dust as
we explore the wonders of Walt Disney
World’s the Magic Kingdon! Come along as
we spend the week adventuring through Fantasyland with Peter Pan, fighting through Tomorrowland with Buzz Lightyear, and soaring
on our magic carpets through Adventureland
with Aladdin and Jasmine! Who wouldn’t
want to spend the week at the most magical
place on earth?
Seuss Takes the Stage – Angela Kelley
Kids will learn about Dr. Seuss’ life and
explore his writing style. They will write a
book, make a back drop and costumes and
even perform!
Grades 4-5
Morning Sessions
Let’s Get Out of the Box – Valerie Black
Do you like to think “out of the box”? Work
with a small group to creatively solve scientifically-based challenges through the week
that can showcase your building skills, artistic
abilities and a little bit of acting. You will play
team-building games and problem solve instant challenges that will keep you thinking
and creating.
Fantastic Forensics – Lisa Dow
Have you ever wanted to become a CSI?
Come join the team to solve the mysteries
of the crime scene. You will learn the techniques used by forensics teams.
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Breaking News! (Grades 5-8)
Halina Herzog
Join us in the Project Explore Newsletter
newsroom! Become an editor, reporter,
columnist, photo-reporter, graphic designer,
etc! We have jobs for everybody! We have
an audience to inform and entertain.
Cultures through Cooking and Creations
Marta Herzog
Travel around the world and indulge in
different food, art and education across
many cultures. This course will focus on all
parts of the world and will employ activities
such as cooking and arts and crafts to help
young explorers discover what is happening
around the globe.
Mini Musical Mania: Aladdin (Backstage)
Lori Hudson
Do you want to join us on a magic carpet
ride with Jasmine, Aladdin, and Jafar? This
summer, Project Explore’s Mini Musical
Mania is going to put a spell on the audience
with our version of Disney’s Aladdin! *It is
recommended you attend both sessions for
the full theater experience.
I Help People Communicate, What’s Your
Super Power? Sign Language! (Grades 5-8)
Beth Daigle King
ALS stands for American Sign Language. ASL
is a beautiful hands on language that uses
facial expressions and specific hand movements to create meaning through signs and
fingerspelling. This course will touch on the
history of ASL, applications, job opportunities, and time spent signing!
A One-Week Experience for Students in Grades 2-8
Monday — Friday, June 26 – June 30, 2017
Application Form
due by Friday, May 12, 2017
Name of STUDENT
_______________________________________
Please enclose a $50 deposit with the application to be applied to the tuition ($10 of which
is nonrefundable).
Age____________ Grade (2016-17) ________
Name of Parent/Guardian
Upon acceptance, this fee will be applied to
the total fee. Submit a completed recommendation form with this application, or the
recommendation form may be sent separately
by appropriate school personnel.
_______________________________________
$100 per session or $190 for both session.
Mailing Address
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Daytime Phone_______________________________
Evening Phone _______________________________
E-mail ____________________________________
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A.M. Session
1st Choice _________________________________
Payment: (In U.S. Funds)
______One Session Only - $100
______Both Sessions - $190
______Amount to be applied to tuition
(minimum $50 deposit required)
______Bag Lunch $15.00
_______________Total Enclosed
*Please note: We will have snacks available for
purchase.
2nd Choice _________________________________
Make checks payable to:
3rd Choice _________________________________
UMPI-Project Explore
P.M. Session
and mail to:
1st Choice _________________________________
Conferences & Special Programs
2nd Choice _________________________________
UM-Presque Isle
3rd Choice _________________________________
181 Main Street
Presque Isle ME 04769-2888
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Morning Sessions
Grades 2-3
Afternoon Sessions
Grades 2-3
Wicked Awesome Weather and Why it
Happens! – Megan Birmingham
Eric Carle Extravaganza – Heidi Garrison
Magic Kingdom Creations
Olivia Garrison
Seuss Takes the Stage – Angela Kelley
Books! Books! Books!
Megan Birmingham
Everyday Science – Olivia Garrison
Cruising Through the Week
Angela Kelley
Digi-Blocks – Nancy Watson
Grades 4-5
Grades 4-5
Let’s Get Out of the Box – Valerie Black
Fantastic Forensics – Lisa Dow
Breaking News! (Grades 5-8)
Halina Herzog
Cultures through Cooking and Creations
Marta Herzog
Mini Musical Mania – Aladdin ( Backstage) – Lori Hudson
I Help People Communicate, What’s
Your Super Power? Sign Language!
(Grades 5- 8) – Beth Daigle King
Hands on Algebra – Nancy Watson
Bead Bonanza – Erika Bernard
Mini Musical Mania – Aladdin (Onstage)
Amy Billings
Let’s Get Out of the Box – Valerie Black
Chemical Reactions – Lisa Dow
I Help People Communicate, What’s
Your Super Power? Sign Language!
(Grades 5-8) – Beth Daigle King
Grades 6-8
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Miraculous Science – Erika Bernard
Mini Musical Mania – Wicked: The story
of the witches from The Wizard of Oz
(onstage) – Amy Billings
Settlers of Catan – Chelsea Cheney
A Time to Escape – Mary Graham
Breaking News! (Grades 5-8)
Halina Herzog
I Help People Communicate, What’s
Your Super Power? Sign Language!
(Grades 5-8) – Beth Daigle King
Grades 6-8
String Art – Chelsey Cheney
The Labyrinth – Mary Graham
Pro vs. Con Debate – Halina Herzog
Nifty Neurons: Learning about the Brain
and Debunking Myths – Marta Herzog
Mini Musical Mania-Wicked: The story
of the witches from The Wizard of Oz
(Backstage) – Lori Hudson
I Help People Communicate, What’s
Your Super Power? Sign Language!
(Grades 5-8) – Beth Daigle King
Hands On Algebra – Nancy Watson
26 lessons using bears and dice will pique
your interest immediately and provide you
with the best foundation for algebra. Book 1
introduces X. Book 2 introduces negative X.
Book 3, solving with negative numbers.
Come discover the “star” in algebra. Must
know multiplication facts.
Grades 6-8
Morning Sessions
Miraculous Science – Erika Bernard
Have you ever wondered how crystals are
formed? Can you make a volcano? This week
will be filled with fun hands-on activities. We
will explore the outdoors, make magic bubbles, find out the effects of gravity and many
other exciting things!
Mini Musical Mania: Wicked: The story of
the witches from the Wizard of Oz
(Onstage) – Amy Billings
North? East? West? Which witch is wicked??? Join us this summer in Mini Musical
Mania to explore the story of Wicked. We
will use script, music, and movement to tell
our version of this story to our audience.
Students will practice theater skills such as
blocking, memorization of lines and learning
to project for an audience. Come join the
fun!! *It is recommended you attend both
sessions for the full theater experience.
Settlers of Catan – Chelsea Cheney
Join the game! Settlers of Catan is an incredibly fun and strategic board game in which
players expand their empires by building
roads, settlements, and cities. Tilt probability
in your favor, embark on trade negotiations
with other players, and work your analytical
and systems thinking skills. (All while scheming to cut off or destroy others’ empires.
Muahahahaha!!!)
A Time To Escape – Mary Graham
Escape room is a new type of game. Want to
know how it works? What goes into creating
an escape room that will attract people to
enter and find out how to escape? Come and
we will create an escape room of our own
and then test it to be sure it has the right
amount of mystery to keep it interesting and
yet allows you to find your way out.
Breaking News! (Grades 5-8)
Halina Herzog
Join us in the Project Explore Newsletter
newsroom! Become an editor, reporter,
columnist, photo-reporter, graphic designer,
etc.! We have jobs for everybody! We have
an audience to inform and entertain.
I Help People Communicate, What's Your
Super Power? Sign Language! (Grades 5-8)
Beth Daigle King
ALS stands for American Sign Language. ASL
is a beautiful hands on language that uses
facial expressions and specific hand movements to create meaning through signs and
fingerspelling. This course will touch on the
history of ASL, applications, job opportunities, and time spent signing!
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Afternoon Sessions
Grades 2-3
Afternoon Sessions
Grades 4-5
Books! Books! Books!
Megan Birmingham
Let’s do a taste testing of books! We will look
at different book each day (in restaurant
style) and do an activity with that story. In
addition, we will do a bit of story book surgery where we will dissect the story to see
what it’s about. If you love books, this is the
class for you!
Bead Bonanza – Erika Bernard
Are you interested in creating your own art? In
this course we will be using handmade and
other beads to create keychains, jewelry, wind
chimes, or anything else you can think of!
Make a gift for yourself, a friend,
or a loved one!
Everyday Science – Olivia Garrison
What better way could you spend your day
than by making things glow in the dark? Join
us for this course as we tackle fun and interesting science experiments! Our experiments will involve things we use everyday,
such as making floating soap. You don’t
want to miss out on this exciting week!
Cruising Through the Week
Angela Kelley
Students dive into the cruise life of a child by
studying various places, mapping out their
trip, making towel animals and island food,
and playing cruise ship games.
Digi-Blocks – Nancy Watson
All aboard the Digi-block train!! Pack and unpack Digi-blocks to add, subtract, multiply,
divide, slide count, estimate, explore area,
perimeter and decimals! Digi-block trains
cement number sense in fun visual ways.
Don’t miss the train!
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Mini Musical Mania: Aladdin (Onstage)
Amy Billings
Do you want to join us on a magic carpet ride
with Jasmine, Aladdin and Jafar? This summer,
Project Explore’s Mini Musical Mania is going
to put a spell on the audience with our version
of Disney’s Aladdin! *It is recommended
you attend both sessions for the full theater
experience.
Let’s Get Out of the Box – Valerie Black
A mini version of Destination Imagination. The
class will explore the building properties of
common objects and use these explorations to
problem solve instant challenges. Team building skills will add to the fun in working as a
group to discover creative solutions.
Chemical Reactions – Lisa Dow
Safety goggles...check… Solutions…check…
Chemical concoctions...check. We will light the
fire of curiosity as we use chemical reactions
as the force behind a "rocket". We will use
sodium borate to experiment with the different properties of polymers, demonstrate the
properties behind dextrose chemical reactions, and so much more! You will become
actual Scientists and Chemists, using real lab
equipment to have fun with experiments.
I Help People Communicate, What’s Your
Super Power? Sign Language! (Grades 5-8)
Beth Daigle King
ALS stands for American Sign Language. ASL is
a beautiful hands on language that uses facial
expressions and specific hand movements to
create meaning through signs and fingerspelling. This course will touch on the history
of ASL, applications, job opportunities, and
time spent signing!
Afternoon Sessions
Grades 6-8
String Art – Chelsea Cheney
Have some fiber fun with this string art project! In this class you’ll paint or stain pine
boards, add nails in a design you choose, and
string colorful thread around the nails to create a finished project. By the end of the week
you’ll be taking home several unique pieces of
art to keep or give to family and friends!
The Labyrinth – Mary Graham
Throughout Greek and Roman Mythology the
labyrinth has always been a fascinating maze
requiring higher level thinking skills and logic
necessary to find your way. In this workshop
you will learn about the inner workings of
mythological labyrinths and then create one of
your own.
Pro vs. Con Debate – Halina Herzog
This class will explore the art of debate. We
will learn all the techniques of building a solid argument and then we will debate.
Nifty Neurons: Learning about the Brain
and Debunking Myths – Marta Herzog
Have you ever heard that there are as many
cells in the brain as stars in the universe? Put
on your lab coats and learn more about the
amazing brain. This course will consist of various interactive activities that will focus on
learning and debunking myths focused on
current and previous topics in neuroscience
and psychology.
Mini Musical Mania: Wicked: The Story of
the Witches from The Wizard Of Oz
(Backstage) – Lori Hudson
Lots of work goes on behind the scenes of a
production! In the class, we will do the preparation necessary to put on our performance
at the end of the week. Students will help
create a set and costumes for Wicked. Bring
your paint clothes and your creativity to
class! *It is recommended you attend both
sessions for the full theater experience.
I Help People Communicate, What’s Your
Super Power? Sign Language! (Grades 5-8)
Beth Daigle King
ALS stands for American Sign Language. ASL
is a beautiful hands on language that uses
facial expressions and specific hand movements to create meaning through signs and
fingerspelling. This course will touch on the
history of ASL, applications, job opportunities, and time spent signing!
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