Jefferson Junior High School, 1525 N. Loomis Street
9:00 - 12:00
Tuition: $335

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Course Descriptions:

Ocean Explorers: Sail the ocean blue! Visit islands around the globe, investigate tidal pools, scuba dive around coral reefs, and discover the briny deep through imaginative interdisciplinary activities. Grades PreK-K

Mrs. Canople's LOL Club: Do you love telling jokes or drawing funny critters? Do you want to improve your improv or get your friends to laugh louder? Fine-tune your craft, and earn "funny money." Shop at the Rubber Chicken store to rent glam props, or make them yourself. Then strut your stuff where it's safe, nurturing and, most of all, fun! Grades 1-8

Invention Lab: Reconfigure great gadgets, design innovative thingamabobs, and develop futuristic gizmos. Bring your inventions from design to patent, model to market. Follow the path of great inventors! Grades 1-4

Roller Coaster Physics: Explore forces centrifugal and centripetal, acceleration and velocity. Seek the ultimate balance of speed, thrills, and safety, as you design and construct working models and mini-coasters. Grades 4-8

Lego WeDo Robotics: 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

Computer Lab I: Design your own computer game. Use interactive animation and hyperlinks, together with slide transitions, effects, and timing. Play your game creation on any computer, anywhere! Grades 3-8

Computer Lab II: Advance your programming skills and design a more sophisticated game. (Prerequisite: Computer Lab I) Grades 4-8

2-D Studio: Observe, imagine, and create unique works of art while experimenting with a variety of drawing and painting techniques. Thrive in an atmosphere where you are encouraged to express your own imaginative ideas. Grades 1-8

3-D Math: Construct polyhedra, experiment with various building materials, and investigate volume. Explore principles of geometry and develop spatial intuition through hands-on activities. Grades 1-4

Mythology from A to Z: Discover gods, god- desses, mortals, and beasts through explora- tion of mythology across time and space, from Aabit to Mercury to Zeus. Study the always feuding Greek and Roman immortals, the mys- terious Egyptian gods, the story of the Phoenix, and much more. Grades 1-8

Graphic Novel: Do you like comic books, illustrating, creating colorful art, or writing? A graphic novel combines all of these elements. Develop an original story, create the characters and dialogue, plot out the storyboard, and ink it! Grades 4-8

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

Bienvenue � la classe Fran�aise! Come to Paris in your own classroom through personal, social, and cultural interactions. Become a native�or at least a beginning one, through songs, games, and art. Speak French every day. 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 | Chicago - Portage Park

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