Meet Your Instructors

Liz

Hey Sprockets! My name is Liz and I am going into my 3rd year studying Industrial Design. I enjoy dancing, arts and crafts, puzzles, and designing things of course! I am super excited to meet you all at camp this summer :) 

Aleksey

Hello! My name is Aleksey and I am starting my 4th year as a Computer Science student at Carleton. I enjoy biking, swimming, robotics, and camping. We've got many great things planned for you, so check it out bellow. Hope to see you all soon!!

Sarah

Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and I will be going into my 3rd year of Mechanical Engineering this coming September. I love to play the cello, read, and (weather permitting) go out for runs. Looking forward to meeting you all!!

Weekly Schedule

Activity Descriptions

Green Screenplay

It’s greener than grass! Explore the world of greenscreens where we will take pictures with a green backdrop and swap it out for fancier ones.

Pintroductions

As part of introductions, we will be making custom pin buttons with our button maker! It’s as swift and easy as two presses and voilà, you’re done, with a pin to your shirt.

Light Bright

From small to big, go from putting together your own mini lamps to creating a large-scale drawing as we light up coloured containers!

Makers "R" Us

Vacuum form a mold from Lego and a silicone version straight from your design shall be granted and placed right into your hand!

Field of Attraction

Does it push or pull? Come join us as we learn all about magnets and their attractive (and repulsive) properties.  

Chromatic Collage

CMY? What do Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow have to do with each other? Discover colour theory and put together a booklet of coloured sheets that produce the colour of your desire.

Velocity Ventures

A race against nothing but time! Build your own car and send it down a ramp while a sensor calculates the speed of your car as it barrels down. 

Slithery Critters

No arms? No legs? No problem! Learn about the movement of slithering and make a slithering creature of your own.

Transportension

Ready, set, go! Design, construct, and race a zipline cart down a line as we discuss string tension and how it affects speed. 

Day/Night DeLight

Light during day, dark during night...discover the day and night cycle by observing a simulation of revolving planets.

Grounding Lightning

BOOM! FLASH! CRACK! Come see a live demonstration of how lightning gets grounded by metal and the importance of lightning rods. 

Mission Control

Quickly, to the left! Now to the right! Dodge all incoming asteroids by commanding a spacecraft on Scratch using Makey Makeys.