You will find descriptions of the many Summer Youth Programs listed alphabetically by Course Title. Many of the camps are offered more than once during the summer. See the Summer 2011 schedule pages for dates and times for the classes.
| Title |
Description |
| 3-2-1 Blast-Off! |
This action-packed week will focus solely on rockets and the physics of rocket flight. After learning the model rocket safety code, you will build a number of different rockets and participate in the launching, mission control, propulsion, and recovery of the rockets you build. Campers will be divided into three groups: altitude trackers, launch preparation, and launchers. Every camper will have an opportunity to try all three. |
| Adventures in Math |
This fun-filled basic math adventure boosts your basic math skills and confidence while you have fun. Learn math tricks, play games, explore online math games, and create palindromes with addition. See how simple strategies can help with basic facts and word problems. Learn tricks to help you memorize those pesky multiplication facts. Instructor: Shirley Upchurch |
| Adventures in Robotics |
Here’s your chance to explore the exciting world of robotics! Working in teams, construct and program robots and compete in fun challenges to earn prizes. Learn the basics of design and programming and get hands-on experience in making your robots “see” and move. Invite your friends and family to come on the last day of camp to cheer you on at the final competition and awards party! No previous experience in robotics necessary. Instructor: Uchechukwu Abanulo |
| Aggressive Learning I for High School Students |
Are you making a successful transition into grades 9-12? Do you feel overwhelmed with the amount of homework? You study hard but you still aren’t making the grades that you’d like? If you are experiencing this type of frustration, take this course. Learn strategies from an IRT and Team Leader. Learn how to better manage your time and work smarter. You are already working hard—now learn how to study efficiently and experience success in high school. Instructor: Don Milner |
| Aggressive Learning I for Students Entering Middle School |
Do you want to make a successful transition into middle school? Are you afraid of feeling overwhelmed with the amount of homework in middle school? If you achieved good grades in elementary school but are now worried, you should take this course. Learn strategies from a sixth-grade IRT and Team Leader. Learn how to better manage your time and work smarter. You are already working hard—now learn how to study efficiently and experience success in middle school. Let us help you transition with ease. Instructor: Don Milner |
| Algebra I |
For students who will take Algebra I in the upcoming school year. Topics covered include patterns, relations, equations, and functions (linear, quadratic, and exponential). |
| Algebra II |
For students who will take Algebra II, Algebra II with Analysis, or IB AAF in the upcoming school year. Topics covered include polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Prerequisite: Algebra I. |
| Alice in Computerland |
Learn exciting new computer programming techniques in an innovative 3-D environment. Want to create animations for videos, storytelling, or playing interactive games? ALICE is software that uses a drop-down interface and 3-D graphics to make programming easy and fun to use! Instructor: Calvin Edward |
| Amazing Phonics Adventures |
Learn to use phonetic strategies to help you with language development and phonemic awareness. Using physical, hands-on and cooperative learning activities, interact with your classmates and with the instructor to develop independent reading and writing skills. Emphasis will be placed on the fundamental skills in reading and writing. Instructor: Wilnetria Wright |
| Anatomy and Physiology in Diversity |
Throughout time, no issue has been of more interest than learning about our origins. Where did we come from? What did our ancestors look like? Where did they live? Learn information underlying recent ideas on human evolution and examine the evidence that links modern humans with other higher animals (Primates). Learn to describe the parts of a modern human skull and distinguish between the skulls and the skeletons of modern male and female humans and apes. Come prepared to dissect animal parts, including eyeballs, heart, stomach, lungs, and learn their functions. Not for the squeamish! |
| AP Readiness |
Prepare for taking advanced placement courses. Analyze articles, essay prompts and sample responses, and heighten your comfort with the testing situation. Learn to support your opinions by using text and data to accomplish the task. Using logical thinking, enhance your awareness of the structure of your arguments and avoid fallacies in reasoning. Practice time management skills. Learn ways to use calendars to make more effective use of your time. Add rhetorical strategies to your repertoire of testing skills and improve your understanding of standards found in advanced placement courses. Instructor: Jennifer Bauer |
| Art and Crafts Around the World and Beyond |
Use your imagination and different materials to create unique artwork from around the world and beyond. Design a mural in the style of Ndebele artists of South Africa. Learn about the decorative culture of the Aboriginal artists by recreating a painting using their warm colors and patterns. Discover Huichol yarn art by making a plate using South American Designs. View the art work of ancient Egyptian and Roman mosaics. Work with stones, sea shells, tiles, and other objects to create a mosaic box and a picture frame. From the world beyond you will create alien life forms out of clay. Create a gas cloud in the universe using paint and pastels. Then paint a constellation of your choice. Examples will be shown. Acrylic and tempera paint will be used so bring an old T-shirt, as painting can be messy! Instructor: Myra Maslowsky |
| Art Detectives: Materials and Meaning |
As art detectives, you will learn the secrets of museums and art! Discover the building blocks of art and unlock the meaning of masterpieces from all over the world. Apply these lessons to your own works of art, which will be showcased in a portfolio and mini-exhibit. Themes are enhanced through artful conversations, natural discoveries, dramatic play, and free-choice art centers. Please bring a snack to class. Instructor: Cynthia Raso |
| Basic Facts |
Want to know how to make math easier? Want to finish homework faster? Well come and learn how easy the basic facts can be. Learn a variety of strategies and techniques to make multiplying (and maybe even dividing) easy enough to do with confidence. Multiplication can be easy. Come let me show you how. Instructor: Kathryn Lippincott |
| Baubles, Bangles, and Beads |
Come and create your own unique jewelry, like simple necklaces, chunky bracelets, chandelier earrings, and more. You will use a variety of techniques and materials such as memory wire, Swarovski crystals, and silver charms. Join us and let your imagination soar. Instructor: Emily Aumaitre |
| Be A Poet |
Free yourself to have fun with words as you get comfortable with using the imaginative phrases of the poet you’re becoming. Discover new ways of using language, and experiment with different poetic forms. Add some new tricks to your repertoire and polish the skills you already have. Receive one-on-one guidance from your instructor during the creation of your work, and keep a poetry notebook to show off your developing talent. Bring a snack for break time. Instructor: Geraldine Knasko Green. |
| Biology: Life in the Ocean |
Marine Biology is the study of marine life. Examine marine organisms from each of the major oceanic zones. Both live and preserved specimens will be available for observation, experimentation, or dissection (preserved only). Develop a greater appreciation and understanding of marine systems, specifically the role these representative organisms play in the ecosystem. Particular attention will be paid to the anatomy, reproduction, and ecology of representative organisms. Many of the labs will be messy. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH!! Instructor: Dr. Ijeoma Otigbuo |
| Calculus |
For students who will take AP Calculus (AB or BC) or Calculus with Applications in the upcoming school year. Topics covered include continuity, limits, derivatives of functions, and their applications. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus. |
| Cartooning, Comics, and Manga |
Explore the many forms of cartoon drawings (caricatures, one-panel sight gags, editorial cartoons), comic strips/books (superhero comics, adventurous illustrations, westerns, sci-fi, and detective comics), long-form illustrated narratives (graphic novels, non-fiction subjects), and Japanese manga. Apply your powers of observation and imagination to a variety of projects: creating original characters, designing pages, drawing caricatures, making flip books, and developing a comic strip/book. You will be encouraged to experiment with various drawing media and techniques. Instructor: Ellen Vartanoff, freelancer for Marvel & D.C. Comics. |
| Chemistry |
Enhance your knowledge and skills in atomic theory and structure, chemical bonding, states of matter, reaction types, stoichiometry, equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamics. Note: This is not a laboratory course. Instructor: Zenia Yang |
| Chemistry Collision |
This action-packed program is bubbling over with classic experiments and crazy concoctions. Perform spectacular hands-on activities using real tools. Witness stunning demonstrations and join in inquiry-based discussions. Learn and apply the concepts and techniques just like a real chemist. Crazy Chemworks is the perfect introduction to elementary chemistry. |
| Computer Animation with Macromedia Flash |
Learn how to draw and animate using Web-based animation software, Flash CS4. Learn about the tools of the trade for graphic designers and web designers. Gain hands-on experience using top-of-the-line software to create frame-by-frame animations and "tweened" animations with sound and special effects. Learn basic animation concepts and procedures used by professional animators such as easing in, pose to pose animating and straight through animation. Learn about character design and illustration to create your own character in an animation. Instructor: John Overman |
| Computer Programming Camp for Boys and Girls |
Want to explore how to design and program your own animations or even create your own games? With this class, you will learn the basics of a scripting language soyou can create your own animated characters and direct your own cartoons. Have fun while learning important mathematical and computational ideas. Learn to think creatively and work collaboratively as you create your own interactive stores, animations, games, music, and art --and share your creations on the web. Instructor: Jo Doerrman |
| Computer-aided Drafting/Design (CADD) using Autodesk Inventor |
Learn to develop 3-D solids, parts, and assemblies using Autodesk Inventor. Learn the basics of CAD as a replacement for drawing and designing with pencil and paper. Start by drawing, editing, and refining simple objects, and progress to highly complex three-dimensional, interactive models. Autodesk Inventor is the engineering and manufacturing software used by Montgomery County Public Schools for all engineering programs. Instructor: Marcus Lee |
| Cooking It Up with Kids |
Learn to use fractions and measurement concepts, vocabulary, and reading to perform a task and complete a set of directions for a recipe. Create a wonderful snack or meal without using an oven, while reinforcing math and reading concepts and strategies. Get a copy of each recipe made in class to take home and make again later. These recipes can be used as an after school snack or fun for the whole family to make together. Learn the proper way to handle food and utensils to keep safe. Note: There will be no use of raw foods or sharp objects in this class. Instructor: Terri Miller |
| Create a Fictional World |
Do you love to read and write stories? Are your favorite stories the ones that take place in “worlds” of their own? If you love science fiction and fantasy like Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Eragon, this class is for you! Go behind the scenes of some of literature’s most famous fantasy/sci-fi settings, and create one of your own. Develop a “world” journal that will help you establish the rules of your own special fictional place. Design your world’s geography, history, weather, plants, animals—even the people. Then just add stories! You’ll do some writing and lots of hands-on activities like building a 3-D map, creating a diorama, and sculpting a creature or person from your “world.” Instructor: Julie Castillo |
| Creative Speaking and Writing |
Learn to create an impressive presentation that informs, persuades, inspires, and conveys a compelling message. Through practice and feedback, master the techniques for delivering consistent, successful presentations. Create powerful visual aids to add impact, and learn the tools and techniques needed to grab and hold the interest of an audience. Overcome your public speaking fears and gain confidence to deliver polished presentations of any kind. Instructor: Nekesha Price |
| Crime Scene and Chemistry |
Mad Science introduces you to life in the form of cells and organs and to how the science behind life can help you solve a crime! Discover the secrets behind batteries and design marshmallow molecules! Conduct electricity and power a Mad Science whirligig. Experience blood pumping through the heart and air moving through the lungs. Use ooey-gooey ingredients to build a model cell and use your own traits to decode and decipher your DNA. |
| Day Care, Before and/or After Care for Campers on the Rockville Campus |
Our program provides supervision for children in
grades K - 8. The mission of the Youth Programs Before and After School Care Program is to provide a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate environment for children who need supervision before and/or after a summer course for which the child is registered. Children are provided with a variety of activities designed to stimulate and interest children in all areas of development.
These activities include games, arts and crafts, reading, writing, and more. |
| Debate: Conversation, Persuasion, Competition |
Are you outspoken? Do you like to debate and persuade others to agree with your opinion? If the answer is yes, then this class is for you! Come join us and learn the proper rules for debating and participating in Socratic Seminars. Through research and practice you will learn how to effectively prepare for a debate, clearly state your ideas, and develop a persuasive speech. Complete some writings, watch some videos, and learn to identify various types of speeches and debates. Even learn the techniques for speeches used by the President of the United States. By the end of class, you will make a video of yourself making a speech or participating in a debate. Have lots of fun while improving your reading, writing, and speaking skills at the same time. Instructor: Nikki Harrison |
| Design Your Dream Room |
Explore the exciting world of Interior Design! Create a unique room with decorating tips that will turn any room from bland to vivacious in just one week. Learn to decorate with style, use a splash of creativity, and add some fun and pizzazz to design your dream room. Topics include selecting colors, fabrics, and furnishings; planning space; making presentation boards; lighting; and accessorizing. Reflect your own personal taste with ideas that will light a spark in the interior designer in you! Instructor: Saba Dadi |
| Digital Game Design and Creation—Part I |
Using Game Maker software, learn to design your own digital media game for a computer and develop strategies for game design. Uncover why award-winning games are successful, and how the design is taken from concept to final product. Share your ideas with other students while playing new games and learning about the different types of games. Create your own design of a game, produce the basic elements including sprites, animations, and complex environments and test the game while playing with other students. Instructor: John Overman |
| Digital Game Design and Creation—Part 2 |
If you have taken Digital Game Design and Creation 1 or have a working knowledge of Game Maker software functions, this class is an excellent next step to create your own computer games on a computer. Investigate different topics including: background and sprite animations, and variables and basic digital game structure. Find out how to develop your game concepts and strategies and test them on your friends in the class. Learn to set complex interactive game controls and actions while having fun! Instructor: John Overman |
| Digital Media Arts Portfolio Development |
This class is designed for students interested in creating and assembling projects for presentation to art and media arts colleges. Learn how to impress and influence those in charge of making the decisions and choices that affect you and your work. Review the basic items included in a portfolio. Instructor: John Overman |
| Digital Media Arts/ Photoshop and Illustrator ( for High School Students) |
Explore contemporary digital art techniques for creating prints and art for the Web. Learn to use imaging tools and processes to create modern portraits, illustrations, and commercial/advertising art. An introduction to Adobe PhotoShop CS4 and Adobe Illustrator CS4 will include layers, tools and file formats. Learn to import and export files from devices like scanners and cameras. Produce a variety of unique works of art. Instructor: John Overman, 2007 curriculum design lead for the School Board-approved digital art curriculum for MCPS. |
| Effective Writing |
Writing is one of the most important skills needed to succeed academically. Learn some of the practical skills for effective writing. Practice writing and gain confidence in recognizing and correcting grammatical errors and understanding the fundamentals of sentence structure, punctuation, and word usage. Learn techniques for generating divergent ideas for compositions and story writing. Instructor: Anita Blank |
| Empowered Writing |
Language is power—learn to use this power to discover the writer within you. Learn a combination of skills that help you find your voice in your writing. Experience opportunities to write responses to readings, create a persuasive essay, and express yourself through your writing. Topics are developed according to students’ individual interests. In order to be engaged on multiple levels, class time is divided into classroom discussion, planning, peer editing, and individual writings. By the end of the course, you will have produced several complete pieces of writing to form a portfolio. Instructor: Elana Woolf |
| Everyone’s A Star |
Experience first hand what it’s like to work with a team to put on a play that's fun and educational at the same time. Go through auditioning, rehearsing, creating costumes, putting on makeup, gathering props, building sets and, finally, performing, all within the boundaries of fun and direction. Each student gets an on-stage part, and is part of the performance process. Fun guaranteed. ACTORS: Please dress comfortably for each rehearsal; wear shoes that have backs (for safety); and bring a small, healthy snack (ex. fruit or pretzels) and a water bottle with your name on it. Instructor: Natalie Blank |
| Explore the Magic of Reading, Writing, and Technology |
Authors of children’s books often include hidden meanings, a mystery, amazing facts, or an interesting effect through art. Come explore these fascinating books by a variety of authors including Chris Van Alsburg, Eric Carle, and Mary Pope Osbourne. Improve your reading and writing skills while adding a touch of technology to enhance your author study. Instructor: Shirley Upchurch |
| Exploring Archaeology in Maryland |
Be involved in the excavation of an archaeological site. Visit several of the parks and participate in behind-the-scene museum tours in the Washington and Maryland area. You will learn to report sites; spend a day learning about prehistoric Indian culture and about artifacts. Park visits will be made in the afternoons during this camp. Instructor: Tara Tetrault |
| Financial Fitne$$ for Teens |
Many parents don’t feel prepared to teach their children about basic personal finance. Fill that gap by enrolling in this kid-friendly course in critical thinking about money. Learn to make financial goals and pursue them. Discover how to save and invest, and how banks work. Explore debt and incentives and more in thorough, active classes teens love recommending to friends. Don’t miss your chance to zoom towards a more secure financial future! This program meets State and National personal finance standards. |
| Geometry |
For students who will take geometry or honors geometry in the upcoming school year. Topics covered include properties of two- and three-dimensional geometry shapes and development of mathematical arguments about geometric relationships. |
| Germantown Baseball Summer Camp |
The Montgomery College Germantown Baseball Camp stresses the fundamentals of hitting, fielding, pitching, throwing, base running, and all of the important aspects of the game. All levels of abilities are welcome. Teamwork and sportsmanship will be stressed. Campers will be placed with their appropriate level of play. Come join us at Gryphon Park for an exciting week of baseball, swimming, games, and fun. |
| Germantown Basketball Skills Camp |
The Germantown Basketball Skills camp is for boys and girls, from beginner to advanced varsity high school athletes, who wish to work on the fundamental skills of the game of basketball. Shooting, ball handling, defense, and conditioning will all be covered each day to help develop the skills needed to enjoy the game of basketball at any level. |
| Get Ready, Get Set, Get a Job! |
Find out what it takes to get a great job! Discover how to write an effective résumé and how to shine in a business interview. Stand out from other high school students and be “the one” that the company hires! Learn résumé formatting, effective wording, consistency, and editing. Explore common interview questions, first impressions, question “pitfalls,” and closing an interview. Mock interviews will be conducted in class in a fun, interactive format. Instructor: Susan Eisen |
| Getting Ready for Kindergarten |
This course is for children who will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Learn to interact and socialize with other children in an educational environment. This course will focus on reading, writing, and mathematical skills which are commonly taught in the kindergarten classroom. Children will have fun while preparing for the transition into elementary school. Instructor: Lisa Rule |
| Graphs Are Great |
Graphs are not just for math class! Come and find out how much fun making graphs can be. Graphing is a fun and effective tool that can be used in and out of the classroom. Learn how to make up to seven different types of graphs and how to interpret the data contained on various graphs. See how we use graphs in everyday life and why they are a useful tool. Instructor: Kathryn Lippincott |
| Guide to the Galaxy! |
This NASA-approved and endorsed program takes you on a tour of the universe! You will go home with interesting information and take-homes, so you can continue your explorations. Learn about space travel, energy, dry ice, space technology, living in space, motion, and planets and moons. |
| GURL Power |
Come join us for our FUN two-week camp session filled with creative and interesting projects designed especially for middle school girls! Create cool digital graphics and design your own Web sites while using your creativity and sense of style. Instructor: Jo Doerrman |
| Hand-made Journals |
Have you ever stopped by those lovely journals in Barnes and Nobles and wish you had one for your very own? Well, here's your chance. Learn to make signatures, design and create your own cover, and bind your journal expertly. Join us and create a journal fit to hold your thoughts and feelings. Instructor: Emily Aumaitre |
| Intensive Creative Writing Workshop |
Are you a self-motivated writer? This course will not focus on a particular form of writing, but rather on developing and pursuing creative and original ideas for writing in any genre you are interested in. During computer time you will work on developing pieces that interest you. Writing games and exercises will focus on specific issues. Each day will include a group critique that looks at the specific issues of what you are working on. This class stresses learning to talk about writing like writers and to read like writers. Discussions of structure, rhythm of language, good word choice, imagery, ways of communicating, where ideas come from, and the publishing world and how it works will all be included during the class. Bring your lunch. Instructor: Sallie Lowenstein |
| Introduction to Architectural Design |
Explore the design and construction of residential and commercial buildings. Review the historical aspects of civil engineering and architecture as well as current innovations being made in the industry today. This is a math and science based class and aligns with the new federal education initiative of promoting STEM in today’s classrooms. This class is also a project based course which allows you to become a problem solver and learn from others’ ideas. Instructor: Marcus Lee |
| Joy of Art: 60s and 70s in Art and Music |
Peace, love, and rock-n-roll await you as we create portraits in the style of Warhol, and make far-out record album covers and colorful psychedelic posters and clothes. Instructors: Deborah Helfeld and Anne LeVeque |
| Joy of Art: Animals of Africa |
The animals of the Sahara jungle and savanna will be our inspiration as we explore the exciting wildlife of Africa through collage, masks, murals, and more! |
| Joy of Art: Food as Art, Food in Art, Art as Food! |
Explore the interplay of food and art in still life, collages, papier--mâché and more. You will even create edible art! |
| Joy of Art: The Four Seasons |
Celebrate the seasons. Spring flowers, summer fun, autumn leaves, and winter wonderlands will inspire us to create projects in a variety of media. Painting, sculpting, and collage are on the calendar of activities. |
| Keyboarding for Computers |
It’s not too soon to learn basic keyboarding skills. Don’t get caught in the hunt-and-peck method trap! Using state-of-the-art computer tools, learn correct finger position so you will be an efficient computer operator. One student per IBM-compatible computer. Instructor: tba |
| Leadership Development |
Come join us to explore the characteristics of successful leaders in our country. Topics of discussion and exploration will include but are not limited to: secondary and college experiences, dressing for success, community service opportunities, and public speaking tips. Work in a collegial atmosphere so that you can recognize your strengths, talents, potential and your endless opportunities for future success. Use leadership skills to coordinate a community service project. If you are a leader or aspire to become a leader, this class is for you! Instructor: Wendy Morris |
| Leadership Skills Camp |
Develop your leadership potential! This one-week camp will help you identify the qualities of an effective leader. Through various activities, you will learn techniques to enhance your leadership skills. Discover how to strengthen your interpersonal communication skills, manage your time, plan and set goals, make decisions, and solve problems. Practice your skills and become an effective leader! Instructor: Jeff Hoffman |
| LEGO Games |
Combine your two favorite activities: LEGOs and Video Games! In this program create your own LEGO universe, characters, and adventures in an interactive 2-D Video Game. Everyone is welcome in this one-of-a-kind class. At the end of the class, leave with a LEGO 2-D game that can be shared with friends and family on a password protected website. |
| Lightz! Camera! Action! |
So you want to make a movie? In this fun, exciting camp, learn the dynamics of storytelling, shooting, editing, graphics, sound and more! From pre-production to your own premiere, learn by doing with an expert and ultimately make your very first short movie. The last day of camp will be the World Premiere of your “I Made It Myself” production! Invite a select group of family and friends to your premiere on the big screen. All equipment supplied and student created films will be available on a password protected website to share with friends and family |
| Making 3-D Models |
The gaming industry is about to become the 2nd largest entertainment industry in this country. So who wants to be a game maker? Do you have an idea of what is involved in the production of games? Do you know if you have any of the skills needed? Here is your chance to find out. Learn the four elements of making a good game: 1) an idea, 2) a character, 3) programming to create behavior and movement, and 4) voices and sounds. Learn to work with some of these components to create objects and characters. Add some sound and maybe some motion. It would be good if you have had Algebra and are not afraid to sketch. Instructor: Calvin Edwards |
| Master Your Presentations |
Wow your classmates! Learn to write and present your speeches using the latest technology. Work individually and in small groups. Learn to inform, persuade, and entertain while mastering Microsoft PowerPoint, Publisher, and Inspiration software. Instructor: Anita Blank |
| Mastering Writing Techniques |
Do you want an opportunity to improve your writing skills? If you are an avid reader or a serious writer, then this course is for you. Examine samples of children’s books by famous writers. Learn how they use figurative language to create masterful works of art. Share ideas and critique works by your peers. Then, create your very own masterpiece. Instructor: Anita Blank |
| Masterworks Festival |
The Masterworks Festival will provide participants with an extraordinary opportunity to access symphonic repertoire that non-professional orchestras normally do not play. This one-week festival is designed to provide accomplished musicians the opportunity to learn, rehearse, and perform a selected masterwork for symphony orchestra. Participants will rehearse and perform side-by-side with highly qualified adult musicians under the direction of a conductor with international, national, and youth orchestra experience. Rehearsals are M-F evenings, plus Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and will culminate in a performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on Sunday evening , June 26, 2011. Concert is open to the public. Audition is required. For audition and further information, please visit http://www.metropolitanorchestramc.org/ |
| Math Logic |
Develop math skills in logic and problem solving with challenging activities and games. A variety of hands-on activities will sharpen mathematical wits and deepen critical- thinking, problem-solving, and logical-reasoning skills. Have fun with math, use calculators and computers, play with math games, and explore real world mathematics problems. Graphing projects, manipulatives, cooperative activities, and learning math through art are included. Instructor: Anita Blank |
| Math Magic |
The magic of mathematics is everywhere! Explore a variety of math concepts through computers, hands-on activities, games, and books. This adventure will weave through many topics of math to improve math skills. Understanding concepts, using strategies, and solving problems increase math competence. Your math motivation will take you places beyond this class! Instructor: Kathryn Lippincott |
| Math Word Power Workshop |
Enhance your full understanding of math vocabulary by learning how to master words. Your class work, homework, and MSA scores will soar! Play word games as a group and have fun increasing your word knowledge. Instructor: Daphney Ado-Ado |
| Mathematics Fun |
Did you know that every time you throw a pair of dice or play cards you are relying on mathematical probability? Did you realize that when you bake your favorite recipe, measurements are involved? Even ordering a pizza can lend itself to a variety of mathematical applications, besides fractions. This course is for any math student who wants to experience the many fun applications that mathematics play in our everyday lives. Instructor: Terri Miller |
| Mosaic, Painting, and Scrapbooking |
Using tiles, beads, stones, and other things, design a mosaic image for a garden stone, a frame for a mirror, or a box for your treasures. Dabble in paint to create your own masterpiece and, if you wish, incorporate stones or jewels in your work. Create a design with pastels. Explore scrapbooking, making your own personalized photo album. Bring photographs, cards, any assortment of things to add to your album. This will be a busy but fun week. Bring an old T-shirt when having fun; it can get messy! Instructor: Myra Maslowsky |
| Movement and Dance for the Young Actor |
Movement and dance are important aspects of the art of acting, so if you want to act, this is the course for you. Explore the body and movement techniques as applied to movement improvisation and elements of dance. Learn how to communicate through movement including relaxation, coordination and alignment, and spatial relationships. Explore movement in tribal, ballet, and modern dance and choreograph your own movement/dance piece to music of your choice. There will be individual and group exercises. Instructor: Natalie Blank |
| Music: Private Instruction (30 minute lessons) |
Private instruction in either piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, flute, or voice for 30-minute sessions. Lessons are taught by faculty members who excel in their craft of teaching and performing. The schedule of all lessons will be arranged with the instructor. |
| Music: Private Instruction (45 minute lessons) |
Private instruction in either piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, flute, or voice for 45-minute sessions. Lessons are taught by faculty members who excel in their craft of teaching and performing. The schedule of all lessons will be arranged with the instructor. |
| Music: Private Instruction (60 minute lessons) |
Private instruction in either piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, flute, or voice for 60-minute sessions. Lessons are taught by faculty members who excel in their craft of teaching and performing. The schedule of all lessons will be arranged with the instructor. |
| My Money MatterZ—I |
Jump-start into lifelong financial responsibility! Boost yourself above most adults by discovering money smarts in this activity-packed class. Learn basic economics: how to make and spend money, how it works in the real world, and what it’s good for. Develop personal responsibility and practical knowledge while having fun with games, stories, and big ideas like human capital and opportunity cost. Now is the best time to begin understanding money to create a lifetime of financial peace. Sign up now and bring your friends along too! This program meets State and National personal finance standards. Director: Afarin Homer |
| Paint, Paint, Paint |
Explore your creative side by doing fun art projects. Paint a design on your own T-shirt, experiment with different mediums and learn new techniques. Play with Sculpty and work with beads. Use oil pastels or inks to create a picture of the weather such as fog, rain storm, hot sun, tornadoes, or snow. Discover artist Winslow Homer and how he used color to make things appear near or far. Design a flat painting. Examples will be shown. Acrylic and tempera paint will be used. Bring an old T-shirt that can take dripping paint! Instructor: Myra Maslowsky |
| Painting, Landscapes, and Skyscapes |
Learn the techniques of creating 3-D paintings. Create moods with skyscapes. Paint the weather. You will learn techniques for making trees and clouds while exploring the wet-on-dry technique in painting. Express a time of day and a season with the colors you choose. Paint using unusual colors. Examples of work from great artists will be shown such as: Church, Dove, Van Gogh and others. Painting can get messy when you’re having fun; so bring an old T-shirt or smock. Be prepared for your imagination to take you into new worlds. Instructor: Myra Maslowsky |
| Physics |
Enhance your knowledge and skills in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, waves, and thermal physics. Learn about and test laws of nature with curiosity and reasoned skepticism. NOTE: This is not a laboratory course. Instructor: Zenia Yang |
| Playing with Shakespeare |
Are you sometimes confused when you try to read Shakespeare? Crack open the meaning of his verse by learning to play with the language. Learn to look for clues in the text to help the words make sense. But we won’t stop at working with our heads. We will discover the joy of making the verse come alive by acting it out with our bodies. If you already love Shakespeare, you, too, will really enjoy digging into his work with our lively activities, as this class is suitable for students at all levels of experience. Bring a snack for break time. Instructor: Geraldine Knasko Green |
| Poetry: Read it, Understand It, Enjoy It! |
Does poetry frustrate you—or do you love it? Are you uncomfortable with it—or does it speak to you in a personal way? Either way, this class is for you. Participate in relaxed, creative activities within a friendly atmosphere, and experience poems that will relate to your own life, feelings, and imagination. Read with greater understanding and expand your appreciation of the language of poetry. Discover and celebrate what poetry offers—and maybe even find the poetic soul within you. Bring a snack for break time. Geraldine Knasko Green |
| Pre-Algebra |
For students who will take middle school mathematics (Math 6, Math 7, Algebra Prep, or IM) in the upcoming school year. A good review course for struggling Algebra I students also. Topics covered include order of operations, the real number system, translating words into symbols, translating problems into equations, properties of equality, solving equations and problems, factoring polynomials, solving inequalities, and looking ahead to probability, statistics, geometry, and trigonometry. |
| Pre-Calculus |
For students who will take Pre-Calculus, Pre-Calculus with Analysis, IB Pre-Calculus, or IB Math Studies in the upcomping school year. Topics covered include trigonometry, vectors, sequences, and series. Prerequisite: Algebra II. |
| Propaganda and YOU |
Come take a journey through the maze of propaganda. Examine the history of propaganda and some of the techniques used in persuasion. Learn about the application of propaganda and persuasion techniques as you seek to explore and learn to question the influence of advertising and the media in your life. Come prepared to participate in a series of verbal and visual exercises involving class participation. A written project is required for this course. Past participants have excelled in recognizing and applying persuasion and propaganda techniques to create their own group projects. Take time for higher learning this summer and prepare to think with the class....Propaganda and YOU. Instructor: Allega Coates Wallace |
| Radio Broadcasting: Writing for the Ear |
By learning to write for the ear, aspiring writers and broadcasters can infuse their work with the kind of magic we find in the work of our most accomplished authors. Writing for the ear requires crystal clarity, first, but that’s merely the starting point. How the words strike the ear is almost equally important. Learn to consider the rhythms, sound devices, pacing, and structures that professional writers incorporate in their work -- the methods used by writers whose work “sounds like poetry.” Discuss these writing devices as well as important points for effective delivery in recording a polished creative piece. Record completed pieces, compile them, and hold a listening session to enjoy your finished products. Instructor: Jeff Deitchman |
| Reading Adventures |
Travel to many exciting places through the magic of books. Reading, vocabulary, and comprehension skills will be increased through discussions, writing, and art projects. Come journey through the adventures of reading! Instructor: Natalie Blank |
| Red Hot Robots |
Learn about the uses of robots in the world. Spend time playing with our super-cool, red-hot robots. Use your skills to build your very own working robot to take home to “live” with you. Topics you will explore during this fun five-day camp include robot concepts, robot basics, robot building, red-hot robots, and robotic science. These are only a sample of some of the activities that you will be doing each day. The topics will not necessarily follow this order, but each of these topics will be included at some point in the camp. |
| Rockville Tennis |
Learn fundamentals and strategies depending on your level of play. We will include tennis drills, games, and match play. Please dress comfortably with tennis shoes, hats, and sunscreen. Bring a tennis racket and a water bottle; balls will be provided. Some rackets are available for sale. Come to the tennis courts at Rockville campus prepared to learn tennis for a lifetime of fun. All tennis classes will be taught by Montgomery College men’s and women’s tennis coach and USPTA pro Bob Finney, and his staff. For more information, call Bob at 202-680-3268 or e-mail at RFtennis4u2@yahoo.com. |
| Science in Motion! |
Discover how things move with science. Take apart pellets to see what an owl cannot digest! View the world through a camera obscura that you make yourself. Join a team of camper engineers and build bridges, domes, cubes, and pyramids. Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults, and simple machines. Make your own sidewalk chalk, crystal gardens, and chromatography-dyed T-shirt. |
| Secret Agent Lab |
Suspects! Schematics! Sleuths! Connect the dots using science to help solve a crime in this hands-on investigation of the science of sleuthing. Uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis and fingerprint detection. Enhance your recall and observation skills and learn how to use spy equipment. |
| Sensational Science |
Learn to harness heat energy, learn the science behind cotton candy and explore the properties of both light and color. As Mad Scientists, you will experiment with magnets, examine curious optical illusions and analyze the amazing properties of slime! You will get to know your taste buds better and witness a hair-raising demonstration of static electricity! |
| Shapes and Solids |
Be prepared to have fun with Geometry. Come and learn the differences between shapes and solids. Learn how they are the same and how they are different. Gain a clear understanding of what makes up these shapes and solids, i.e vertices, edges, sides, bases. But wait there is more - have fun learning about rays, lines, angles, diameter, and radius. Join us for games, art projects, and “walking trips”around campus that will help us to recognize the different parts of shapes and solids. Instructor: Kathryn Lippincott |
| Simple Science Experiments |
Remarkable Projects! Experiments that help you put science to work in ways that seem impossible, but are fun and entertaining. Using equipment and materials you can find around the house, learn science skills that will enhance your understanding of how things work and why things happen in the world. Instructor: Margerie Cox |
| Smart Money for Savvy Teens I |
Make your home in the world of investment and personal finance! You’ve heard that people make or lose millions in the stock market. Why and how? How do “individuals,” “bonds,” and “mutual funds” work? How can you use them to grow your money and secure your future? Explore these topics and more in the first of two hands-on class series designed to find the fun in financial fundamentals. You’ll discover how sweet it is to taste the challenging, mystifying, exhilarating world of high-stakes money. Don't just sit there...sign up! This program meets State and National personal finance standards. |
| Smithsonian Museum Tours |
Get excited about world discoveries! Tour eight to ten of the seventeen Smithsonian Museums. Visit the IMAX Theatre and Einstein Planetarium. Learn about art, zoology, sculptures, air and space, natural history, American history, and other cultures. Director: Karen Marshall |
| SOS for High School Students |
Learning good study habits now will lay the groundwork for successful work habits as an adult. SOS is designed to provide background knowledge, resource materials, and suggestions that will relieve academic distress and help you optimize your success as a lifelong learner. This course is academic relief at your fingertips!! Learn to use academic and practical tools to increase your likelihood for success, including organizational tools, time management techniques, test preparation and test-taking strategies, note-taking guidance, and personal responsibility tips. Instructor: Don Milner |
| SOS for Middle School Students |
Learning good study habits now will lay the groundwork for successful work habits as an adult. SOS is designed to provide background knowledge, resource materials, and suggestions that will relieve academic distress and help you optimize your success as a lifelong learner. This course is academic relief at your fingertips!! Learn to use academic and practical tools to increase your likelihood for success, including organizational tools, time management techniques, test preparation and test-taking strategies, note-taking guidance, and personal responsibility tips. Instructor: Don Milner |
| SOS for Students Entering Middle School |
Learning good study habits now will lay the groundwork for successful work habits as an adult. SOS is designed to provide background knowledge, resource materials, and suggestions that will relieve academic distress and help you optimize your success as a lifelong learner. This course is academic relief at your fingertips!! Learn to use academic and practical tools to increase your likelihood for success, including organizational tools, time management techniques, test preparation and test-taking strategies, note-taking guidance, and personal responsibility tips. Instructor: Don Milner |
| Summer Science Camp for Girls |
An all-girls camp designed to get girls excited about scientific discoveries. Learn about various scientific fields. Interact with female science mentors. Be a detective everyday and conduct hands-on science experiments. Take a tour of Montgomery College's Health Sciences Center and discover the programs offered there. Camp Director: Karen Marshall |
| Summer Dinner Theatre |
Summer Dinner Theatre is an educational experience that focuses on producing musical theatre in a dinner theatre setting. In this intensive 11-week course we present two major musicals, give 15 public performances, and serve more than 5,000 meals. Prerequisite: You must audition and/or interview prior to registering for this course. Go to www.montgomerycollege.edu/sdt for more information. |
| Summer Student Writing Institute |
Do you love to use your imagination? Do you have a special flair for the written word? Will you be ready for the rigors of school? Writing is an integral part of all subject areas including math and science! The Summer Student Writing Institute recognizes and encourages aspiring writers by giving them instruction in the writing process. The purpose of the Summer Writing Institute is to immerse participants in the writing process used by professional writers. A variety of activities for the Institute will include directed instruction, free writing time, and the application of technology. The Institute fosters students’ creativity and enjoyment of writing. Students will explore various forms of story structure, paragraph organization, figurative language, poetry, and idea development including the use of a personal writer’s notebook. All Institute participants will contribute original pieces to produce a final class publication. The average student/instructor ratio in this class is 10/1 which provides in-depth teacher support and encouragement. Each group will be taught by two National Board Certified Teachers who are acknowledged as outstanding teachers of writing. Instructors: Natalie Barna and Monica Ross. |
| Super Software Mania |
Want to create exciting class reports? Discover how the correct software can help you get the job done. PowerPoint allows you to design snazzy book reports or super science presentations. Excel spreadsheets help you create tables, graphs, and charts as you play with numbers. Whether it’s school or family newsletters, greeting cards or invitations--Publisher is your creative tool. If you have a basic understanding of how to use the Windows operating system, join us to navigate in the Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher environments to quickly and efficiently create and format professional-looking documents, calendars, newsletters, greeting cards, flyers, presentations, and much more. Instructor: David Hill
Special Instructions: Interested students are asked to submit a writing sample (i.e., poem, short story, essay, or biographical sketch), and a paragraph describing the student's interest in the Institute. The signature of a teacher endorsing the student is required on the application. Since enrollment is limited, early registration is encouraged. Students from prior Institutes should feel welcome to register for this summer's program.
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| Television & Screen Acting |
From the first time you said “let’s pretend!” you were learning to act. Yet the art of acting is a true craft, one that the masters learn, practice, and hone. The greatest actors take the audience on a journey with them. Embark on this journey with Black Rocket and in this camp, you’ll learn: auditioning, scene blocking, understanding context, learning lines, script reading, working with a director and the camera—refining each and every take. Special emphasis will focus on commercial shots, television and movie scenes, and the use of improv as a learning technique. Student headshots, resumes, and commercials will be hosted on the Black Rocket student site to share with friends and family! |
| The Fiction Factory |
Who knew writing could be this much fun? In this high-energy class get the nuts and bolts of great fiction. Each day, you’ll tackle new writing challenges like Rubber Chicken Fiction, Postcard Fiction, and Yarn Fiction. Test your knowledge in Storyteller’s Jeopardy. Discover stories and characters in objects, newspapers, music, and much more. Write an original short story to share with classmates. Topics include character, conflict, setting, structure, dialogue, and secrets to writing gorgeous sentences-plus tips on getting published! Instructor: Julie Castillo |
| Theatre Arts and Design |
Have you ever seen a play and wondered how that amazing set was built? How those costumes got put together? How the makeup looked so real? Have you ever wanted to try creating those things for yourself? Then, look no further! This course is designed for you! Explore the theatre arts and learn the basics of costumes, makeup, and scenery. Work on individual and group projects such as designing costumes for a play of your choice, putting on stage makeup, and drawing three-dimensional sets. A brief history of theatre will be given and you will be encouraged to develop both your skills and imagination. Instructor: Natalie Blank |
| This Summer I Write My First Book |
The summer is a great time to write your thoughts down and begin, finish, or complete your first novel. This 2-week course will be the one you won't forget. Together we will work to unleash your writing talents and create a format to share your story. Everyone has a story to tell: whether it’s a comedy, drama, science fiction or who- done-it. So join us as we travel on a journey through your creative imagination. Register for This Summer I Write My First Book. Hopefully it won’t be your last! Instructor: Allega Coates Wallace |
| Understanding Human Rights |
Who has rights? Who are defenders of human rights? This is an interactive opportunity to learn about these mysterious “human rights” and how to articulate your opinion on important current events. Learn critical thinking skills that will help you in college and gain insight into becoming a global leader of the 21st century. Young people hold the power to create a better world--come learn how you can start making change today! Instructor: Elana Woolf |
| Web Design Camp for Girls/Boys |
Come explore the world of Web 2.0. Learn to collaborate with other students in a virtual community with an emphasis on Internet safety. Learn to create your own multimedia experience through online presentations and podcasting. Create an interactive website that includes video, sound, and graphics. You will be using fun innovative online tools such as Wikispace, Flickr, Glogster, and more! Instructor: Jo Doerrman |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
Do you enjoy watching “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Do you ever wish that you could be a pro at improvisation, just like those actors? Well, look no further! Join us and learn the secrets behind great improv, as well as techniques to become better at the craft of acting! If you want to learn how to develop characters, play cool games, and ace your future acting auditions, this course is for you! Breathing techniques, method acting, and film analysis will also be reviewed. What are you waiting for? Sign up today! Instructor: Natalie Blank |
| Writing for the SAT |
Prepare for the writing section of the SAT. Analyze typical SAT essay prompts and sample responses, and heighten your comfort with the testing situation. Learn to support your opinions by using your own experiences and readings to accomplish the task of writing to a persuasive prompt. Using logical thinking, enhance your awareness of the structure of your arguments and avoid fallacies in reasoning. Practice writing the parts of an essay, composing entire essays, and revising and evaluating your own writing and that of your peers. Increase your ability to write in timed situations. Add rhetorical strategies to your repertoire of writing skills and improve your understanding of standard English usage through direct instruction and practice. Instructor: Jennifer Bauer |
| Writing Games and Digital Stories in the New Alice |
Create an animated digital video where you not only direct the action and design the story, but you also build the 3-D characters. Learn how to teach the character to behave on your video set, as you develop a script for the actions. All the while, you’ll be learning the newest and most advanced computer controllers with Java. The course material is supported by Adobe 3-D Studio MAX and Carnegie-Mellon’s software called Alice. Instructor: Calvin Edwards |
| Writing Just for Fun |
Do you enjoy creative writing? Do you like taking flights of fancy? Multiply your fun in this class, where you can spark the imagination of your classmates by helping to invent amusing short pieces with other budding writers. You’ll play some writing games, create small writings on your own, and also get new story ideas for your personal enjoyment. Bring a snack for break time. Instructor: Geraldine Knasko Green |
| Young Artist Program |
Paint a picture of a winter scene while learning about Andrew Wyeth and his realistic, detailed and naturalistic paintings. Explore wet and dry techniques while creating your own masterpiece. Learn about the colors and styles of Van Gogh, then paint using his long and/or short brush strokes or a palette knife to make thick strokes for an impasto painting. Create vibrant, powerful images using complementary colors side by side. Discover the work of Romare Bearden by creating your own photomontage. Follow the footsteps of Georgia O’Keeffe and design a flower painting that goes off the canvas. Acrylic and tempera paint will be use along with other materials. Bring an old T-shirt as painting can be messy. Instructor: Myra Maslowsky. |
| Young Scientists' Academy |
Learn how to be a scientist. Investigate problems and solve mysteries. Discover new and exciting scientific concepts. Design and participate in scientific experiments. Tour the various Health Science programs at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus. In this exciting academy, you will learn about biological research and careers in the health sciences. You will also study language and math and develop your problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Instructor: Karen Marshall |
