Program Descriptions

 

Ready . Set . Discover!

July 21, 22, and 23, 2008, 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon

Tuition: $65 until June 9, $80 until June 23, $95 after June 23. Registrations accepted until July 3

Children entering Grades 1 and 2 in the Fall of 2008

It’s all about discovery!!! Ready • Set • Discover! is an exploratory program for students entering first and second grades in the fall of 2008 and is designed to give children the opportunity to discover themselves through a variety of interactive, hands-on learning activities. They will be introduced to numerous exciting projects, activities, and experiments-all of which are designed to stimulate the creative and explorative side of any young mind.

Classes for 2008

• Wild Wacky and Wonderful Art
• KidStage Theater
• Science….It Makes Sense
• Technology…Show Us What You Can Do
• Daisy Dirt and Dragonflies: Reading and Writing About Nature
• Music and Movement

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College for Kids

July 21-25, 2008 • 1:00-4:15 pm

Tuition: $95 until June 9; $110 until June 23; $125 thereafter. Registration closes July 3

When registering your child/ren for College For Kids we ask that you select three choices in Session One and three choices in Session Two. Children are placed in courses on a first-come basis. Giving us three options helps place your child in their next preference in the event that their first choice/s is full or cancelled due to low enrollments. Every effort will be made to honor preferences. 

GRADES 2 & 3

Session One: 1:00 – 2:30 pm

• Garden Bugs  Rock
• Music…Music…Music…The Best of Both Worlds
• Stinky, Slimy, Gooey Chemistry Fun
• Sensorama Writing
• Mixture Madness
• Web Architects
• Digital Time Capsule
• A Lucky Lizard of Good Fortune
• The Ins and Outs of the Prairie World

 

Session Two: 2:45 – 4:15 pm

• Creative Colorful Chameleon
• Different Days...Different Mediums
• Rainforest Adventures
• Bubbleology
• KidStage Acting Up
• Mad Science Express
• Graphics Anyone?
• Wet Your Whistle

GRADES 4, 5, & 6

Session One: 1:00 – 2:30 pm

• Celebrate Chocolate
• Crazy Cartooning
• Weird Wacky World of Mime and Improv
• MindStormsTM Mission
• Silly Sculptures
• Movie Making: Lights, Camera, Action
• Your Way, Their Way...The WRITE Way
• Geocaching...A High Tech Treasure Hunt
• Garbology
• Plugged into Nature

 

Session Two: 2:45-4:15 PM

• Who Dunnitt?
• Global Art
• Exploring Papermaking
• Crime Scene Investigation
• We Are One-Cultural Dance
• Photoshop
• MindStormsTM Mission
• It's All About Nature
• Gadgets and Gizmos

 

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MindStorms Mission

Tuition:  $110 by June 1, 2008, $125 after June 1, 2008. Registration closes one week before class starts. Registration information is located at the end of the catalog. Classes are limited to 16 students.

Instructors: Nels Lawrence and Jason Haw

When you combine hands-on science, high technology, and computer programming, what do you get? MindStorms™ Mission...The Next Generation, a program for students entering grades 6 through 8 in the fall of 2008. (Fourth and Fifth graders who want to experience Mindstorms™ Mission may do so at College for Kids. Mindstorms™Mission…The Next Generation has been redesigned to include ROBOLAB™ and NXT Robot System.

It will stimulate your imagination and creativity while letting you explore, experience, and express your world — a world without limits. However, what remains the same is a program designed where the emphasis remains on programming, robot building and TEAMWORK and where teams compete in a tournament of imagination and engineering ingenuity. And, oh yeah, you’ll have a blast while doing it!!!

The following concepts will be emphasized in all levels:

• Mechanics
• Basic Programming
• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Robotic Control Systems
• Imagination
• Problem Solving
• General Science, Math & Technology Concepts

 

MindStorms Mission: The Next Generation I (Beginning Level)

Start the fast track to the exciting world of robots and engineering. You will learn to build and program a working autonomous robot using ROBOLAB™ systems. Student design teams will problem solve and be ready for competition and other creative challenges. No prior experience is needed.

• June 16 - 20, 2008 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm
• June 23 - 27, 2008 8:30 am - 11:45 am
• August 11 - 15, 2008 8:30 am - 11:45 am*

*Designed specifically for girls

MindStorms Mission: The Next Generation II (Intermediate Level)

NOTE: You may only register for MINDSTORMS MISSION II if you have completed MINDSTORMS™ MISSION I or if you have done programming on a First LEGO® League team.

Looking for additional challenges? This level has it, because ROBOLAB has endless potential. This is why engineering colleges continue to create projects with these excellent tools. Your team’s potential is only limited by your creativity, teamwork and problem solving skills. Students will develop a complex robot that can interact with its environment and other robots.

• June 23 - 27, 2008 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm
• July 28 - August 1, 2008 8:30 am - 11:45 am

 

MindStorms Mission...The Next Generation III (Advanced Level)

NOTE: You may only register for MINDSTORMS MISSION III if you have completed MINDSTORMS™ MISSION II. Students with MindStorms™ Mission...The Next Generation Level II & III experience will develop new robots using the latest technology such as the Bluetooth enabled NXT robot system.  These robots have advanced options and programming similar to modern industrial applications.

• July 28 - August 1, 2008 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm

 

Bridge the Technology Gap!
MindStorms™ Mission...
The Next Generation
August 11 - 15, 2008 8:30 am - 11:45 am

"We need women in the highest levels of the computing industry.
Computer science and computer engineering are the routes to
the top. This technology gap threatens to disadvantage girls as
they confront the 21st-century demands."

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Grandparents' U® at UWFox!

August 7 & 8, 2008, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tuition:  $199 for one grandparent and one grandchild when registered and paid by July 3, 2008

$220 for one grandparent and one grandchild when registered and paid after July 3, 2008

Registrations are accepted through July 28, 2008

Tuition Includes: Two full days of activities and classes; two lunches, snacks, commemorative
t-shirt, all classroom supplies.

To register for Grandparents’ U® at UWFox, contact Office of Continuing Education at 920.832.2636.

Here is how it works:

Grandparents’ U®at UWFox brings grandparents and grandchildren together as they learn from each other in a dynamic atmosphere through innovative, hands-on activities. 

Grandparents and grandchildren will attend two classes. You do not need to be a UW grad to attend. Grandparents’ U® at UWFox is recommended for children ages 8-12 and is open to anyone who loves to learn and discover.

During two fun-filled days together you will:

• engage in hands-on, interactive educational activities
• learn together, spend time together, enjoy each other  
• create fond to memories to last a lifetime

 

Schedule for Thursday, August 7

• 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Registration and Welcome
• 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Attend first class
• 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - Snack
• 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Return to first class
• 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. - Lunch
• 12:45 - 2:15 p.m. - Attend second class
• 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. - Snack
• 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Return to second class

 

Schedule for Friday, August 8

• 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Attend first class
• 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. - Snack
• 10:15 - 11:45 a.m. - Return to first class
• 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Lunch
• 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.  - Attend second class
• 1:45 - 2:00 p.m. - Snack
• 2:00 -3:30 p.m. - Return to second class

 

2008 Classes

Drawing and Painting Studio - Picasso to Van Gogh
Instructor: John Polansky

Join us while we explore the world of Art while drawing and painting pictures inspired by the works of the great masters. During our time together, we will have the opportunity to draw and paint using colored pencils, pastels, and acrylics. Surfaces will range from the expected...paper, to the exploratory...Plexiglas. No art experience needed. Our expectation for the class is for you to express yourselves and your individuality. So just come ready to experiment with some new mediums, to think outside of the box, not take yourself too seriously, get a little dirty, and have a whole lot of FUN!!!!

Digital Graphics
Instructor: Jason LaVigne

Just think about it. Your life is filled with technology. You’ve got a cell phone, DVD player, iPod, and you use the Web on a daily basis. We use software such as PowerPoint, Photoshop, Publisher, FrontPage, and more. If all of this confuses you, don’t worry, instead learn from someone who probably has it pretty well mastered, your grandchild. Join us as we dabble in some of the software to create a variety of projects, such as a mug, t-shirt, name cards, etc.—items that you create together and will remember for a very long time. 

Horticulture
Instructor: Kevin Jarek

Discover the secret world of plants. Horticulturists’ at Grandparents’ U® at UWFox will learn about the profiles of soil while making edible dirt, discover how to heal a wounded plant, create a miniature botanic garden to take home, and discover how to turn one plant into several. Then you’ll look at various way that you can help keep the environment save and clean by some of the simple things that we do each and every day.

Zoology
Instructor: Terri Gonya

Animals have interesting habits that scientists have studied for years. We will look at habitat selections in darkling beetles, flatworm responses to chemical changes in their environment,  how hydra respond to food, and how worms respond to drugs such as caffeine and cough syrup. The focus of the class will be on live animals and their responses to changes in their environment.

Theatre
Instructor: Nichole Polster

Kids of all ages, from eight to eighty, come together for this unique opportunity to explore the actor that lies within us all! Grandparent and grandchildren actors will have loads of fun as they learn what goes into making the theater come alive. At Grandparents’ U® at UWFox “actors” will participate in pantomimes, improvisations, theatre games, and vocal expression exercises to release the actor in you. Participants will perform with workshop members in a mini performance at the last class. No acting experience needed. Just come ready to have fun and a willingness to think outside of the box.

Engineering
Instructor:  Melissa Sternhagen

Engineering can take you from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space, from within the microscopic structures of the human cell to the top of the tallest skyscrapers. Engineers at Grandparents’ U® at UWFox will experiment with everything from simple machines, to cars, to spacecraft, to bridges. By the end of the two days you will look at things like eggbeaters, lawnmowers and transportation from a whole new point of view—-an engineer’s point of view.

Technology/Robotics
Instructor:  Nels Lawrence

When you combine hands-on science, high technology, a bit of computer programming and playing with LEGOS®, what do you get---an interactive project that stimulates your imagination and creativity while letting you explore, experience, and express your world — a world without limits. Using gizmos and gadgets from the LEGO® MindStorms™ Robotics Inventions System, technologists at Grandparents’ U® at UWFox will experiment with sensors and motors to design and program robots to carry out challenges within a mission and then compete with other teams in a tournament of imagination and engineering ingenuity. Absolutely no computer experience is necessary; however, the love to compete and solve problems is required. NOTE: If you register for this class, you will be in this class the entire day for both days. This class is designed for 11 and 12 year olds and their grandparents.

The term Grandparents’ University® is a registered trademark of the United States Patent Office and is used with permission. Grandparents’ U® at UWFox is based on the program originated in 2001 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”