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Comic Book Superheroes: Who are your favorite characters? A lot of them are heroes, right? This is your chance to create your own superhero story! Inspired by nature, we’ll make our own superhero characters and storylines. We’ll learn different comic-making techniques from around the world. Get ready to begin your summer STEAM adventure!
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YOUtopia: What is a community? This week, we’re focusing on collaborating with each other to craft a YOUtopia, with activities such as futuristic cardboard city build. We will explore the difference between a utopia and dystopia, and create the environment to house superheroes and villains from the previous week! What do you want to see in a utopian future? Time to design a future around the change you wish to see in the world!
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Cosplay Fantasy: You spent the previous two weeks creating superpowered storylines and futuristic settings. Now it’s time to become your character(s)! Make costumes and props, learn special effects makeup techniques, take greenscreen photos, and strut your stuff in a cosplay masquerade!
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Cine-magic Moviemaking: Interested in movies? This week we will transform into a film crew and create our own movie. Building off of the storylines, settings, and cosplay we’ve worked on so far, we’re bringing our ideas to the big screen! Learn about what it takes to film an original movie – from acting to editing. Lights…Camera…ACTION!
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Eco Futures: Let’s be eco-warriors to help create a bright future for our Earth! Learn about the history of the environmental movement, its successes and struggles, eco-justice concepts, and the landscape of green innovation. Build ideas for a future that’s good for both people and planet, like solar-powered vehicles, and growing food in greenhouses. The future is green, and the future is YOU!
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Invent the Future: What kinds of new things will we need in the future? Will they involve up-and-coming technologies, like 3D printing and robotics? Or will we simply figure out how to use low-tech tools in new ways? However it goes, you need to be ready! This week, you’ll learn about the engineering design process, practice with high-tech tools like coding robots and 3D modeling, and build your own inventions to make our future bright!
