Location: Bourns Technology Center

Address: 1190 Columbia Ave, Riverside, CA 92507 

Welcome & Orientation 

8:00 - 8:30 A.M.

• Parents and participants attend a session introducing the academy's goals, schedule, and expectations.

Team Building & Engineering Skills

8:35 - 9:30 A.M.

•  Students meet their teams and explore foundational collaboration and problem-solving strategies.

Patterns, Puzzles & Problems Launch

9:35 - 11:30 A.M.  

•  Hands-on activities introduce the academy theme through logic, structure, and design.

Midday Debrief

11:30 - 12:00 P.M.  

•  Teams reflect on their learning and collaboration from the morning session. 

Lunch & Team Activity

12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

• Students eat together and engage in a light team-building challenge.

Team Collaboration Awards

1:00 - 1:30 P.M.

•   Celebrating positive teamwork and creative effort across teams.

• Students practice using evidence to justify design ideas and game logic.

• Closing discussion helps students reflect, consolidate learning, and prepare for Day 2. 

Assertion-Evidence Session

1:35 - 2:30 P.M.

• Students practice using evidence to justify design ideas and game logic. 

End-of-Day Reflection

2:30 - 3:00 P.M.

• Closing discussion helps student reflect, consolidate learning, and preparing for Day 2

Student Pick up

3:00 P.M.