Thorp Scholastic Academy, 6024 W. Warwick Avenue
9:20 - 12:00
Tuition: $365

Click HERE for general program details.

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Course Descriptions:

World Class Explorers: Discover wonders on every continent! Climb a volcano, stare down a kangaroo, build an igloo, and join a safari. Design, invent, and dramatize through hands- on activities. Grades PreK-K

Math Games and Strategies: Analyze a variety of games to discover new mathematical insights and to gain winning strategies and learn how to apply them. Grades 1-5

Lego WeDo Roboics: Build robots, such as an alligator, with Legos, motors, gears, and sensors. Program your robots using a computer. ($10 lab fee) Grades 1-4

Lego Mindstorms Robotics I: Create an auto- nomous robot using motors, gears, and sensors. Program it to complete tasks of increasing complexity, then observe the results. Do your commands direct your robot as you intended? ($10 lab fee) Grades 3-8

Lego Mindstorms Robotics II: Work with other advanced students to strategize solutions for challenging tasks as you employ creative problem solving to construct and program your robots. ($10 lab fee) Grades 5-8

Theater Club: Experience the exhilarating world of live theater! Develop characters as you play theater games and rehearse skits, culmi- nating in a performance for family and friends on the last day. Grades 1-8

Crystals, Lemonade, and Dancing Raisins: Mix and swish your way through amazing, sometimes delicious, always scientific, hands- on chemistry experiments. Grades 1-4

Creating Games from Scratch: Learn how to program computer games in Scratch, developed at MIT and used to create a wide variety of games, from simple to complex. Grades 3-8

Advanced Scratch: Extend your knowledge of programming in Scratch. Hone your skills and create more sophisticated games. Grades 5-8

Creative Writing: Could posters, magazines, paintings, films, and books inspire you to write stories and poetry? See your work published in our writing magazine. Submit your work to competitions; our students have won many prizes for excellence in writing stories and poems. Grades 1-8

Eclectic Science Lab: Explore various fields of science! Investigate biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and the natural environment through hands-on experiments and challenging activities. Grades 3-8

Art Studio: Create multi-dimensional master- pieces of mixed media, methods, and muses, such as collage, printmaking sculpture, drawing, pastels, and watercolor. Enjoy seeing the results of your own imagination and original ideas! Grades 1-8

Unwrapping Ancient Egypt: Create micro- cosmic simulations. Discover pharaohs and tradesmen, inventions and hieroglyphs, pyramids and mummies, gods and goddesses. Grades 1-8

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Additional Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder Locations for Summer 2013:

Burr Ridge | Chicago - Lakeview East | Chicago - Lakeview West | Chicago - Lincoln Park | Elgin | Elmhurst

Glenview | Grayslake/Prairie Crossing | Naperville - North | Naperville - South | Oak Forest | Skokie