inGenius 2024 STEAM Summer Camp Program: Grades 3-4

Campus: Canyon Crest Academy

Available Going Fast Full

Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3-4Grade 5-7Grade 8-10
Grade Level :Grades 3-4 in school year of 2024-2025
Week 8:30-12:00pm Morning Camp
(Morning drop off starts 8:30
Weekly Theme classes 9:30-11:45am
**Advanced Programming classes 9:00am-12:00pm)
12:30-3:30pm Afternoon Camp
(Afternoon drop off starts 12:30
Weekly Theme classes 12:45-3:00pm
**Advanced Programming classes 12:45-3:45pm)
3:25-6:30pm After School Classes
Week 1: 6/10-6/14/2024 (select one)
Intro to Photography
Acrylic & Watercolor
Computational Thinking without Coding (II)
(select one)
Minecraft Game Design
We All Scream for Ice Cream! A Marketing Plan
The Magic World through Microscope
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 2: 6/17-6/21/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Learning to Code by Design with Scratch
creative writing - Harry Potter
CRIME BUSTERS (series 1)
Painting & Drawing
(select one)
Digital Art: Paint & Pixel
3D Modeling
Sewing Fun
Algebra: Finding the X Factor
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 3: 6/24-6/28/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Rocketry
Public Speaking
Financial Futures: Money Sense
(Narrative) Creative writing and storytelling
(select one)
Wizard Chemistry
Video Game Design
Intro to Knitting
Art of Cuisine: Cooking around the world
Sketch Bliss: Innovative Journals
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 4: 7/1,2,3,5/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Skylines: Game-based 3D City Design
Clay Sculpture
Makers Engineering
(select one)
Lego Robotics & Visual Programming
Digital Art Exploration
Science of Chance
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 5: 7/8-7/12/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Minecraft Game Design
Cartoon Animation Adventures: Bring Characters to Life!
Math and Physics: The Olympics
How Things Work: The Science of Stuff
(select one)
Learning to Code by Design with Scratch
Intro to Crochet
Marine Quest
Young Writers: Writing and Imagination
Creative Art Journaling
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 6: 7/15-7/19/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Lego Robotics & Visual Programming
We All Scream for Ice Cream! A Marketing Plan
3D Modeling
How Things Work: The Science of Stuff
(Information) Nonfiction Reading and Writing
(select one)
Public Speaking
Digital Art: Paint & Pixel
Wizard Chemistry
Skylines: Game-based 3D City Design
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
Week 7: 7/22-7/26/2024 (select one)
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Video Game Design
Art of Cuisine: Cooking around the world
The Magic World through Microscope
(select one)
Rocketry
Clay Sculpture
Computational Thinking without Coding (II)
Digital Art Exploration
Sports & Chess Club,
Math Practice, Vocabulary Building
**Advanced Programming classes

Week 1: 6/10-6/14/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Intro to Photography
In this class the students will be introduced to digital photography. They will learn basic skills such as composition, focus, exposure and styles. They will practice with assignment in portrait, landscape and events photography. They will also learn and exercise photo editing skills using Photoshop or similar image editing software.

Acrylic & Watercolor
Students will have a blast painting with acrylics and watercolor. They will create paintings on canvas and watercolor paper and learn about color theory and different painting techniques. Students will also learn best studio practices, including how to choose and protect supplies. Your young artists will fill your home with unique and beautiful artwork by the end of this week.

Computational Thinking without Coding (II)
We will teach Computer Science through games and puzzles with cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. These activities will introduce students to Computational Thinking through concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression. Importantly, no coding is needed.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Minecraft Game Design
Students team up to customize their own Adventure Maps and shape their own gameplay experience. Students strategically tailor unique biomes that provide players with challenges and rewards, utilize Redstone to create secret passageways, traps, access points, build safe havens with resources that help players move successfully throughout the game, and install mods that allow Students to create very distinct qualities within their Minecraft game.

We All Scream for Ice Cream! A Marketing Plan
Marketing is about to putting the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time. Students will utilize the Four P's of the marketing mix to best bring a new product or service to market. Student will learn to define marketing options in terms of price, product, promotion, and place so that their offering meets a specific customer need or demand. One of the activities will be to determine the target market for multiple ice cream brands.

The Magic World through Microscope
Students will learn scale and size and proper use of microscopes. Students will examine and compare one-celled and multi-cellular organisms. One of the topics will include cell structure, nutrient needs, and growth. Students will learn to appreciate the complexities of familiar things such as newsprint, fibers, or blades of grass. They develop laboratory skills including staining, and DNA extraction. They will also explore the various ways microscopes are used in the fields such as forensic science..

Week 2: 6/17-6/21/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Learning to Code by Design with Scratch
Let your imagination run wild in this multimedia adventure. Scratch is a fun and easy way for kids to learn the basics of programming using snap-together code blocks to build working programs. Before class starts, please help your child to create a Scratch account at home. The link is https://scratch.mit.edu.

creative writing - Harry Potter
Jumping into the magical world of Harry Potter, students will engage in writing exercises, and fun activities based on the world of Harry Potter.

CRIME BUSTERS (series 1)
Campers will learn to become Crime Scene Investigators during actual crime scene setups! Campers will learn how law enforcement professionals solve crimes. Campers will learn how a crime is actually solved and learn how Biology, Chemistry, and Physics play a major role in the investigation! Some of the focuses will be on Fingerprinting, Fiber Analysis, Hair Analysis, and Handwriting Analysis.

Painting & Drawing
Unleash your child's imagination this summer! This camp provides student a wonderful introduction to several forms of visual art. Each day brings a new project that may include drawing and painting. Students will learn skills and techniques and also learn to think out of box and create your style.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Digital Art: Paint & Pixel
Students develop and improve their graphic design skills while mastering professional design tools. Students develop the skills necessary to research and compose digital image projects. They are encouraged to be creative, but are also taught to think of each project as a concise statement of artistic, documentary, and/or journalistic intent.

3D Modeling
Explore the interesting world of 3D Modeling. In the class, you'll learn the basics of perspective scale drawings and how to use 3D software to design. You will also learn how this technology is revolutionizing social progress from rapid innovation in business to formerly unprecedented breakthroughs. This class will engage students in conceptual and practical spatial problem solving and precise geometric formulation.

Sewing Fun
Students will learn basic and creative stitches along with some decorative techniques. Let your creativity run wild as you make your own fun projects to take home with you to share with your friends and family.

Algebra: Finding the X Factor
Algebra is everywhere as a foundational branch of math. Students will be introduced to equations and inequalities, model and graph linear functions. They will investigate and solve real-world applications and apply your mathematical expertise to real-world problems.

Week 3: 6/24-6/28/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Rocketry
This camp is designed to proliferate a student's imagination about the practice and theory of space exploration and the vehicles that will take us there. This course will teach students the vocabulary and math behind rocket thrust and orbital trajectory. Students will create and test motion hypothesis using model rockets.

Public Speaking
Too many students have something to say but do not have the tools to speak in public effectively and with comfort. Sharpening communication abilities helps students succeed in a world that demands confidence, articulation and the ability to clearly communicate ideas. By building superior speaking skills, students will be prepared to excel in school, attain their dream jobs, defend their beliefs and values, and become leaders in their communities. This camp will be an emphasis on oral communication as well as writing skills in this course, arguing the topics of the day.

Financial Futures: Money Sense
Students are fascinated by the value of money. But most aren't taught the power of saving and investing in school or at home. Money sense for kids' camp is a fun way to introduce important concepts such as opportunity cost and interests as well as the basics of saving and investing as a way of life. Teaching money skills to kids is more challenging in today's high-tech world that includes debit cards, ATM's, direct deposits, automatic deductions, credit cards, on-line bill paying, and more. Let camp help the kids get started.

(Narrative) Creative writing and storytelling
Students will learn narrative writing skills by writing their very own short stories! Over the course of the week, students will engage in the writing process; planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. By the end of the writing process, students will have a writing piece that follows a clear plot and has well developed characters. In addition, Students will learn editing skills, such as checking spelling and correcting grammatical errors.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Wizard Chemistry
The class will have many hands-on experiments. It helps students connect real-world situations with science. It will explore mixing experiments and the periodic table that describes elemental science for our young chemists.

Video Game Design
Students will learn to build their own video game characters, art, stories, and layouts with brainstorming techniques, storyboards, grid sheets, and planning guides. They will also study both programming concepts and principles of design in an intuitive and rich development environment.

Intro to Knitting
Learn the basic stitches of knitting and how to read a pattern. Learn a quick project: a scarf or dish towel.

Art of Cuisine: Cooking around the world
Let the cooking extravaganza begin! Create delicious food inspired by cuisine from around the world. Culinary campers have an absolute blast learning to cook. They gain the confidence to take their new skills and knowledge home to cook for their families and friends. Here is a taste of what our culinary campers will accomplish during this week: create appetizer, salads, entrees and desserts; learning to use a wide variety of ingredients; cook according to daily themes, learn basic Kitchen safety.

Sketch Bliss: Innovative Journals
In this class, students will create personalized sketchbooks inspired by their daily experiences, using various materials to bring their ideas to life. Each day introduces new projects, allowing campers to fill their pages with drawings, designs, and experiments in drawing fundamentals. From photography to collage and colored pencils, students will explore diverse artistic techniques to fuel their creative expression. Join us as we transform inspiration into artistry!

Week 4: 7/1,2,3,5/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Skylines: Game-based 3D City Design
This is a fascinating class that, with computer games, will introduce the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city. No more messing with paper, scissors and glues. Through simulation, Students will engage in urban planning by controlling your own roads, public services, transportation and more. You're only limited by your imagination, so take control and reach for the sky!

Clay Sculpture
Artists will explore various ways to create with clay. They will explore projects such as pinch pots, Pueblo pots, animal sculptures, and more. All without the use of a pottery wheel or a kiln.

Makers Engineering
Students will learn what it means to become an engineer. They will understand the process of problem-solving through iterations, and they will learn to work within limited constraints. They will be introduced to various engineering disciplines, and look at classic examples of bridge architecture and design.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Lego Robotics & Visual Programming
Solving fun challenges using Lego EV3 Robots and learn to code motors and sensors with LEGO MINDSTORMS! Use your programming skills to allow the robot to perform by itself in a simulation environment.

Digital Art Exploration
Students unleash their creativity through the exciting world of digital art! In this class, students will embark on a journey of artistic discovery using digital tools and techniques to create stunning artworks. Students will develop essential digital art skills, discover their unique artistic voice, and gain confidence in expressing themselves through digital mediums.

Science of Chance
Students develop a fundamental understanding of probability and statistics through fun activities and real word examples. Students will work with both first-hand and second-hand data. They will learn to conduct experiments and surveys. They will also obtain data from newspapers and journals. Using the data, they will generate graphs, charts, and tables to discover patters, draw conclusions and make predictions.

Week 5: 7/8-7/12/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Minecraft Game Design
Students team up to customize their own Adventure Maps and shape their own gameplay experience. Students strategically tailor unique biomes that provide players with challenges and rewards, utilize Redstone to create secret passageways, traps, access points, build safe havens with resources that help players move successfully throughout the game, and install mods that allow Students to create very distinct qualities within their Minecraft game.

Cartoon Animation Adventures: Bring Characters to Life!
In this class, students will learn about the history of animation and briefly explore the common types of animation. students will discover that no matter what type of animation it is, a good animation depends on good planning. Throughout the course, students will be engaging in techniques used by professional animators and will create storyboards for students' own animations.

Math and Physics: The Olympics
This interdisciplinary course goes beyond medal counts and world-record finishes as students explore the history, science, math, and cultural significance of the Olympics with a variety of activities, experiments, and analysis. For example, students will Apply concepts from the physics and math of sports to determine which angles create the smallest splash and measure the speed, distance, repetitions in the gym, and calories, to name a few.

How Things Work: The Science of Stuff
This class will give students a chance to discover how things work around us. That includes understanding the forces and objects and the interactions between them. Students will discuss, disassemble, and examine the world around us. Each day the class will focus on a different machine, topic, or phenomenon to explore or even to take apart.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Learning to Code by Design with Scratch
Let your imagination run wild in this multimedia adventure. Scratch is a fun and easy way for kids to learn the basics of programming using snap-together code blocks to build working programs. Before class starts, please help your child to create a Scratch account at home. The link is https://scratch.mit.edu.

Intro to Crochet
Learn the basic stitches of crochet and how to read a pattern. Learn to make a quick project: a hat, dish towel, or scarf.

Marine Quest
This camp offers an exciting avenue into the oceans of our world. Through a blend of engaging education, kids will discover a passion for marine biology. Whether your child simply enjoys animals or thirsts for an adventure in the seas, a marine science camp could be just what you're looking for.

Young Writers: Writing and Imagination
Our children are potential authors with important stories to tell In this class, they will read and analyze various genres including poems, short stories, and essays. They will learn the structure and strategies used by other authors of fiction for children. They will receive step by step guidance to write original stories and write to various genres using experiences and/or pure imagination; Through the process of writing, critiquing, and revising, students develop confidence in their own writing and creative powers.

Creative Art Journaling
Students will learn how to use words, images and color together to make art journal pages. Students will start with writing prompts, followed by background painting techniques. Then we add collage with a focus on composition, and finishing up with creative lettering. This is a wonderful class for creative young students who like to explore multiple mediums.

Week 6: 7/15-7/19/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Lego Robotics & Visual Programming
Solving fun challenges using Lego EV3 Robots and learn to code motors and sensors with LEGO MINDSTORMS! Use your programming skills to allow the robot to perform by itself in a simulation environment.

We All Scream for Ice Cream! A Marketing Plan
Marketing is about to putting the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time. Students will utilize the Four P's of the marketing mix to best bring a new product or service to market. Student will learn to define marketing options in terms of price, product, promotion, and place so that their offering meets a specific customer need or demand. One of the activities will be to determine the target market for multiple ice cream brands.

3D Modeling
Explore the interesting world of 3D Modeling. In the class, you'll learn the basics of perspective scale drawings and how to use 3D software to design. You will also learn how this technology is revolutionizing social progress from rapid innovation in business to formerly unprecedented breakthroughs. This class will engage students in conceptual and practical spatial problem solving and precise geometric formulation.

How Things Work: The Science of Stuff
This class will give students a chance to discover how things work around us. That includes understanding the forces and objects and the interactions between them. Students will discuss, disassemble, and examine the world around us. Each day the class will focus on a different machine, topic, or phenomenon to explore or even to take apart.

(Information) Nonfiction Reading and Writing
This class will begin with by studying nonfiction texts. Students will learn new reading strategies, such as looking for text structures, that will allow them to better understand nonfiction texts. After studying nonfiction texts, students will be ready to write their own nonfiction books teaching about a topic of their choice. Students will learn all of the skills necessary for writing nonfiction. Students will also engage in the writing process; planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, which prepares them to write well organized and well edited writing pieces.

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Public Speaking
Too many students have something to say but do not have the tools to speak in public effectively and with comfort. Sharpening communication abilities helps students succeed in a world that demands confidence, articulation and the ability to clearly communicate ideas. By building superior speaking skills, students will be prepared to excel in school, attain their dream jobs, defend their beliefs and values, and become leaders in their communities. This camp will be an emphasis on oral communication as well as writing skills in this course, arguing the topics of the day.

Digital Art: Paint & Pixel
Students develop and improve their graphic design skills while mastering professional design tools. Students develop the skills necessary to research and compose digital image projects. They are encouraged to be creative, but are also taught to think of each project as a concise statement of artistic, documentary, and/or journalistic intent.

Wizard Chemistry
The class will have many hands-on experiments. It helps students connect real-world situations with science. It will explore mixing experiments and the periodic table that describes elemental science for our young chemists.

Skylines: Game-based 3D City Design
This is a fascinating class that, with computer games, will introduce the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city. No more messing with paper, scissors and glues. Through simulation, Students will engage in urban planning by controlling your own roads, public services, transportation and more. You're only limited by your imagination, so take control and reach for the sky!

Week 7: 7/22-7/26/2024


Morning Camp
Select one from the following:
Outdoor Sports (Group B)
Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Video Game Design
Students will learn to build their own video game characters, art, stories, and layouts with brainstorming techniques, storyboards, grid sheets, and planning guides. They will also study both programming concepts and principles of design in an intuitive and rich development environment.

Art of Cuisine: Cooking around the world
Let the cooking extravaganza begin! Create delicious food inspired by cuisine from around the world. Culinary campers have an absolute blast learning to cook. They gain the confidence to take their new skills and knowledge home to cook for their families and friends. Here is a taste of what our culinary campers will accomplish during this week: create appetizer, salads, entrees and desserts; learning to use a wide variety of ingredients; cook according to daily themes, learn basic Kitchen safety.

The Magic World through Microscope
Students will learn scale and size and proper use of microscopes. Students will examine and compare one-celled and multi-cellular organisms. One of the topics will include cell structure, nutrient needs, and growth. Students will learn to appreciate the complexities of familiar things such as newsprint, fibers, or blades of grass. They develop laboratory skills including staining, and DNA extraction. They will also explore the various ways microscopes are used in the fields such as forensic science..

Afternoon Camp
Select one from the following:
Rocketry
This camp is designed to proliferate a student's imagination about the practice and theory of space exploration and the vehicles that will take us there. This course will teach students the vocabulary and math behind rocket thrust and orbital trajectory. Students will create and test motion hypothesis using model rockets.

Clay Sculpture
Artists will explore various ways to create with clay. They will explore projects such as pinch pots, Pueblo pots, animal sculptures, and more. All without the use of a pottery wheel or a kiln.

Computational Thinking without Coding (II)
We will teach Computer Science through games and puzzles with cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. These activities will introduce students to Computational Thinking through concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression. Importantly, no coding is needed.

Digital Art Exploration
Students unleash their creativity through the exciting world of digital art! In this class, students will embark on a journey of artistic discovery using digital tools and techniques to create stunning artworks. Students will develop essential digital art skills, discover their unique artistic voice, and gain confidence in expressing themselves through digital mediums.


Tuition

Weekly Theme Programs (1st-10th Grade)
    Half-Day Program (8:30am-12pm or 12:30pm-3:30pm)
    $219/week
    Full-Day Program (8:30am-3:30pm or 12:30pm-6:30pm)
    $369/week
    Full-Day Program + After Camp Program (8:30am-6:30pm)
    $439/week
    Tuition for Week of July 1,2,3,5(4-day week)
    Half-Day Program (8:30am-12pm or 12:30pm-3:30pm)
    $180/week
    Full-Day Program (8:30am-3:30pm or 12:30pm-6:30pm)
    $300/week
    Full-Day Program + After Camp Program (8:30am-6:30pm)
    $350/week

Daily Schedule

Grades 1-7
(8:30-9:30am Morning Drop off)
9:30-11:45am Weekly theme classes (instruction starts at 9:30am)
9:00am-12:00pm for **Advanced Computer Programming classes (instruction starts at 9:00am)
(12:15pm Latest Pikcup for Morning Only Program)
11:45am-12:45pm Lunch Break

(12:30pm Afternoon Drop off)
12:45-3:00pm for Weekly theme classes (instruction start at 12:45pm)
12:45-3:45pm for **Advanced Computer Programming classes (instruction start at 12:45pm)
(3:30pm Latest Pikcup for Afternoon Only Program)

(3:00pm-3:25pm After Camp Program Drop Off)
3:25pm-5:30pm Three After Camp Classes (instruction start at 3:25pm):
— Sports & Chess Club
— Math Practice
— Vocabulary Building
5:30pm-6:30pm After School Program Pickup
Grades 8-10
(8:30-9:30am Morning Drop off)
9:30-11:45am Weekly theme classes (instruction starts at 9:30am)
9:00am-12:00pm for **Advanced Computer Programming classes (instruction starts at 9:00am)
(12:00pm Latest Pikcup for Morning Only Program)
11:45am-12:45pm Lunch Break

(12:30pm Afternoon Drop off)
12:45-3:00pm for Weekly theme classes (instruction start at 12:45pm)
12:45-3:45pm for **Advanced Computer Programming classes (instruction start at 12:45pm)
(3:30pm Latest Pikcup for Afternoon Only Program)

(3:00pm-3:25pm After Camp Program Drop Off)
3:25pm-5:30pm Three After Camp Classes (instruction start at 3:25pm):
— Self Study
— Sports & Chess Club
5:30pm-6:30pm After School Program Pickup

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