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Steering Committee – All Welcome
JEDC WhittierWe'll focus this month on advocacy for STEM - to whom, with what focus, how. How can we be effective as a group and as individuals? We'll do our regular monthly updates as always. Here's the link to the agenda. Here's the link to the survey re: participation toward Coalition goals and actions. May's meeting ... Read more
Camp Invention – Fast Forward
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesYour child will become a Robotic Pet Vet™ using tools, circuitry, biology and physiology to take apart and diagnose puppy problems. Campers then celebrate the homecoming of their customized robotic pet as they demonstrate design engineering concepts in the construction of a new dog park attraction! In Mod My Mini Mansion™ your child will dream up and design their ... Read more
Kinetic Sculpture Camp
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesThis exciting new camp uses a curriculum shared by the Edgerton Center at MIT. Students will explore familiar materials in new and whimsical ways. Through the manipulation of traditional art supplies, recycled materials, hardware, and food, students will build a variety of kinetic elements. In the process they will experiment with concepts such as center of ... Read more
WeDo Programming
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesLEGO WeDo Products will be used to make alligators that chomp and monkeys that move! This camp is for students entering grades 2-3. Students entering grades 2 - 3 Cost: $240 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Thursday @ Thunder Mountain High School June 11-14 - REGISTER NOW!(link is external)
EV3 Programming
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesCampers will use Mindstorms software to program LEGO EV3 Robots to complete various challenges! We are offering several weeks of Robotics Camps and participants can attend multiple weeks because activities will vary from week to week. Students entering grades 4 - 8 Cost: $300 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday @ Thunder Mountain High School June 18-22 ... Read more
Everything Goes Up! (and other fun STEM stuff)
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesFrom paper airplanes to potato launchers - this camp is sure to be a blast. Days will be packed with fun, hands-on activities designed to get kids thinking, questioning, and creating. Activities will include storytelling, art, and engineering! Students entering grades 2-3 Cost: $300 Grades 2-3 - June 18-22 - REGISTER NOW!(link is external)
Bright Girls Summer Academy
Lena Point Juneau, AK, United StatesThe BRIGHT Girls Academy is a two-week, hands-on learning experience where high school- aged girls work in teams to explore harbor seals and their ocean habitat. Expect to explore a glacial fjord by boat, hike out to a glacier, take pictures, use science tools and technology, take measurements in the field and the lab, ... Read more
WeDo Programming
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesLEGO WeDo Products will be used to make alligators that chomp and monkeys that move! This camp is for students entering grades 2-3. Students entering grades 2 - 3 Cost: $240 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Thursday @ Thunder Mountain High School June 25-28 - REGISTER NOW!
Building a Lunar Colony
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesIf humans continue to deplete resources on planet Earth, will there come a time when we need to create a settlement somewhere else in our solar system? In this camp, students will explore what it would take to set up a Moon colony - what materials they will need to bring, how the very different ... Read more
Girls Rock Robotics!
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesA new spin on Girls Rock Science! Campers will use Mindstorms software to program LEGO EV3 Robots to complete various challenges! Girls entering grades 4 - 8 Cost: $300 July 9-13 - REGISTER NOW!
Everything Goes Up! (and other fun STEM stuff) – SPECIAL K-1
Thunder Mountain High School 3101 Riverside Drive, Juneau, AK, United StatesFrom paper airplanes to potato launchers - this camp is sure to be a blast. Days will be packed with fun, hands-on activities designed to get kids thinking, questioning, and creating. Activities will include storytelling, art, and engineering! Students entering grades 2-3 Cost: $300 SPECIAL K-1 Option - July 9-13. 1 PM - 4 PM ... Read more
July Steering Committee
JEDC WhittierWe'll be adding to and prioritizing the Working Plan to guide the STEM Coalition for the next year. Minutes from June are here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/18WZoGgGI_VsdtKgXQOTfn9O965sj9I-_N-pBkrRZmOI/edit Agenda for July here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XoxoWuG3vJysfaukSH781tV6F0fD1N8YDZP4AQnqd3g/edit