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STEAM COURSES: AT-A-GLANCE @ UC SAN DIEGO The Sally Ride Science Junior Academy for Girls @ UC SAN DIEGO offers fascinating and fun learning experiences in science, technology and engineering, with applied mathematics and art design (STEAM) for girls entering @ UC SAN DIEGO grades 6 through 12 in 2016-2017. During these workshops, students assume JUNIOR AcademY the roles of space explorer, ocean engineer or computer scientist as they for Middle and High School Girls immerse themselves in hands-on projects. Top-notch STEAM instructors lead these workshops, serving as both teachers and role models. The workshops SUMMER STEAM WORKSHOPS also incorporate real-life stories of vibrant women conducting research in each field. Their examples inspire students and help make STEAM careers JUNIOR ACADEMY FOR GIRLS more accessible. July 11-29, 2016 On the last day of each session, students participate in a showcase to share 1-week courses // 3-hour classes // $150 per course what they created and learned with students in other workshops. Morning sessions: 9-noon // Afternoon sessions: 1-4PM Summer STEAM Workshops for Middle & High School Girls JULY JULY JULY STEAM FOCUS CLASS 11−15 18−22 25−29 Classes will be held at our University City Center location: Messy Discoveries: Exploring Our Planet 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego, CA 92122 on a Tabletop Reel Disasters: How to Make a Disaster sallyridescience.com // 858-534-0804 // [email protected] SCIENCE Movie Based on Real Science Music of Earthquakes Being Nemo: A Fish-Eye View of the Ocean Space Out! Slimy Sea Creatures ART A Treasure Chest of Experiences: Deep Sea Exploration JULY 11-29, 2016 Introduction to Circuits Using Makey-Makey RegISTER TODAY! Virtual Reality with Google Cardboard sallyridescience.com Introduction to Digital 3D Modeling Using TECHNOLOGY & Maya Introduction to Video Game Programming ENGINEERING with Unity Introduction to Robotics with Lego Mindstorms EV3 www.sallyridescience.com HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL Morning sessions: 9-noon Afternoon sessions: 1-4PM STEAM COURSES: WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS July 11-29, 2016 // 1-week courses // 3-hour classes // $150 per course // Morning sessions: 9-noon // Afternoon sessions: 1-4PM SCIENCE FOCUS ART FOCUS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING FOCUS MessY Discoveries: EXploring OUR PLANET ON A Tabletop SLIMY SEA Creatures Introduction to Circuits USING MAKEY-MAKEY Boom, crash, zip, slide! Participate in hands-on learning activities that let you design Learn about slimy sea creatures like octopuses, sea stars, sand dollars and moon snails. Observe a Do electronics and bananas go together? Absolutely! Learn how to create fun circuits using things, throw things, test things and stomp on things. Learn about the scientific processes squid dissection and write your name in squid-ink while learning about anatomical structures of sea Makey Makey circuit boards that can be expanded and accentuated with everyday items like a behind volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, permafrost, glaciers and sea-level creatures. Discover the secret of how octopuses change color and what makes pearls. Become a banana, aluminum foil or a bouncy ball. Science and art collide as students use the technology rise while adding your own artistic flair to each design. (middle school) marine biologist and imagine what kind of invertebrate you would like to be. Create artwork to take of circuits to create art in the form of music, paintings and photographs. (high school) home using seashells and other materials from Mother Earth. (middle school) REEL Disasters: How TO MAKE A Disaster Movie Based ON REAL SCIENCE VIRTUAL REALITY WITH GOOGLE Cardboard The threats seen in most disaster films are silly, overblown and just plain wrong! We break A Treasure Chest OF EXperiences: DEEP SEA EXploration Join the virtual reality technology movement as you simulate experiences like riding a new ground by developing a movie concept based on real science. Students choose their This virtual exploration of the deep sea looks into the bizarre creatures that dwell in the abyss, from rollercoaster with Google Cardboard*, a virtual reality viewer. Work in groups to create your topic, then create and star in their own film trailer. The instructor is a marine scientist and the dumbo octopus to the ninja lanternshark. Explorers virtually pilot an underwater vehicle using the own virtual reality interactive tools and games and learn basic concepts of stereoscopy. Gain documentary filmmaker who has sailed around the globe on research expeditions. Join us Scripps Institution of Oceanography DEEP Xbox game and learn firsthand about a recent expedition experience in C+ programming and 3D modeling, and learn how to use the popular Unity game for lights, camera . science! (high school) to the deepest ocean trench in the world. Learning comes to life as students create treasure-chest engine. No experience with computer programming or 3D modeling is required. (high school) multimedia boxes to hold their handcrafted creatures from the deep. (middle school) *Google Cardboard: www.google.com/get/cardboard MUSIC OF EARTHQUAKes Explore the interplay between music and earthquakes. Is a Taylor Swift song similar to Introduction to Digital 3D MODELING USING MAYA the ping-ping-ping of an earthquake aftershock sequence? Are One Direction songs How do technicians create amazing digital movie environments, realistic looking objects in akin to earthquake tremors in tempo and dynamic range? Work in groups to compose a video games and cool 3D graphics for TV commercials? Find out how 3D visual effects touch musical representation of a seismogram (a data recording of an earthquake) using musical our lives and how 3D modeling can be used beyond the entertainment industry. Explore 3D instruments of your choice. No prior musical experience is required. (middle school) computer modeling, animation, texturing, character rigging and rendering using Maya software. Create your own 3D models and include them in a movie or video game. No programming BEING NEMO: A FISH-EYE VIEW OF THE OCEAN experience is required. (high school) View the world from the perspective of an animal in the ocean—a clownfish exploring a reef, a leopard shark in shallow waters off La Jolla’s coast, a sea star in a tide pool, a gray Introduction to Video GAME PROGRAMMING WITH UNITY whale migrating or a sea otter in a kelp forest. Experience what animals see and hear, and RegISTER TODAY! Learn introductory concepts of computer science in a video-game environment using the popular explore how easy (or difficult) it is for them to live in different habitats. Students will create Unity game engine as a visualization tool. Using the C# scripting language, learn code structure a multimedia masterpiece highlighting a marine animal’s world. (middle school) sallyridescience.com and syntax, conditional statements, loops, functions and data structures that will allow you to write and run simple scripts. After learning how to handle user input, object collision and interface Space OUT! design, create your own simple video game. (high school) Buckle your seatbelts and get ready to blast off as you plan your own mission to space! Design and build a miniature spacecraft that will be presented and launched on the last day Introduction to Robotics WITH LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 of class. Explore our Earth and then move on to other planets, solar systems and faraway Learn basic concepts of robotics and then build robots using the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 kit. galaxies. Join us to learn about past and current space missions, different kinds of stars, Use basic flowchart programming to allow your robot to operate autonomously. Working in habitable planets, black holes and even Einstein’s theory of relativity. (middle school) groups, compete to deploy science instruments using multiple sensors on the robots. No prior experience with robotics or programming is required. (middle school) High School Middle School.
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