2017 Worlds of Wisdom and WonderThe Center for Gifted ~ Midwest Torrance Center for Creativity presents

Skokie for Grades PreK-8in

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

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)

McCracken Middle School8000 East Prairie Rd

Skokie

Innovative summer challenges for advanced learners!

Workshops for PreK - K

Students attend a single workshop each morning and/or afternoon.

Books Galore and More! Explore the won-ders 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 play-ground, 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.

Our Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder programs are designed for bright, motivated learn-ers who welcome dynamic opportunities to explore diverse subjects in a challenging, creative environment. In all classes, hands-on activities and inventive modes of partici-pation 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 CareOrganized, nurturing supervision is offered every day, 8:00-9:00 a.m. at a cost of $9 per hour.

FREE Transportation!

Session I: June 26-30Session 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: $420Half Day: $210Early Care: $9/hr

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Classes for K - 8

Students attend two classes each morning and/or afternoon, selecting their favorites among the course offerings. Note that for courses spanning several grade levels, stu-dents are scheduled with their age peers.

Algebra to Zero: Explore a variety of topics such as Algebra, Base Two, Coordinate Graphing, and more. Make a math dictio-nary 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 illustra-tions? 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 se-cret 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 ave-nues 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.

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 accom-panying five-act play, while younger students will read several versions of a folk tale and then write their own. All classes will culmi-nate in a performance for family and friends.

Electricity and Play Dough Circuits: Create your own circuits using conductive and insu-lating play dough to light LEDs, run motors, and play sound. Use meters and an oscillo-scope 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 fly-ing 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 possibili-ties 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 inves-tigate intriguing puzzles. Create your own number tricks!

Minecraft: Explore the possibilities of de-signing 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

Ingenuity. Inspiration. Imagination. Innovation.

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Worlds of Wisdom and Wonderfor students entering grades PreK-8

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- Elmhurst- Glenview- Naperville

- Skokie- Wheaton

More Exciting Summer Opportunities!

Administrative Offices located at:1926 Waukegan Road, Suite 2 Glenview, IL 60025

Joan Franklin Smutny, Founder and Director

The Center for Gifted is a not-for-profit organization under IRC Section 501(c)(3)

Mysterious Math: Explore mathematical topics not generally found in your math text-book. 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.

Science Experiments with Toys: Discover mystery eggs, feely balloons, burping bot-tles, and crushing cans. Explore the science and wonder of toys via hands-on fun and lab experiments.

Science and Star Wars: Lightsabers, levitat-ing cars, and faster-than-light travel. All these things make Star Wars fun at the movies, but can they happen in the real world? Inves-tigate and try to recreate some of the fun science from Star Wars.

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)

Tinker Space: Let your imagination run wild in our Tinker Space, designed like a Maker-space. Choose your own materials and tinker away to build robots, microbots, inventions, machines, and anything you like! ($10 lab fee)

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.