Have fun learning the basics of space science! Perform many hands-on experiments that demonstrate motion, gravity, forces, and air pressure. Learn fun facts about our solar system and build models of some of our most interesting high-flying neighbors - comets and asteroids. Explore the life of astronauts when they’re in orbit. Build and fly working models of planes and rockets. You’ll take home your own model rocket, along with memories of an awesome week of experiences!
Ages 7 - 8 / YUTH 171 / Mon - Fri / July 21 – 25 / 9 a.m. – noon / $149 ($159 after July 14)
Ages 9 - 10 / YUTH 172 / Mon – Fri / July 21 – 25 / 1 – 4 p.m. / $149 ($159 after July 14)
Crazy Science
In this exciting science camp you’ll make oozy-gooey slime, watch clear liquids magically change color before your eyes, make your own eraser and super bouncy ball, invent your own carbonated drink, make a glowing blue concoction to examine why fire flies glow, make a dinosaur grow to many times it’s original size, and do many more fun lab experiments.
$129 plus $5 materials fee ($129 + $5 after June 16)
Rock Guitar
Are you ready to rock!? This awesome guitar camp is for those future rock stars who’ve pictured themselves on stage, rocking out in front of millions of fans. In this beginning-level course, you learn the basics on rocking out to your favorite rock bands and power chords. You’ll also learn how to read music and how to string, tune, and repair the guitar. You’ll need to purchase your book before the first class. Visit www.jodyjonesband.com for more details.
Ages 9 – 12 / YUTH 142 / Mon – Fri / June 2 – 6 / 9 a.m. – noon / $149 ($159 after May 27)
Instructor: Jody Ryan Jones is a professional musician who plays all style and genres of music.
REAL Guitar Idol
So, you think you’ve got what it takes to be a REAL Guitar Idol!This camp is for those who are already rocking and want a little edge over their peers. You’ll learn how to play with a real “LIVE” band, work on stage presence, and learn how to book your own gigs. You’ll also learn how to solo like Slash, Jimi Hendrix, and Angus Young. You’ll need to purchase your book before the first class. Visit www.jodyjonesband.com for more details.
Ages 11 - 15 / YUTH 173 / Mon – Fri / June 9 – 13 / 9 a.m. – noon / $149 ($159 after June 2)
Instructor: Jody Ryan Jones is a professional musician who plays all style and genres of music.
Web Monkeys
Hey! Do you surf the web and wonder how a page is made? Come learn how to design your very own cool web page! Explore the basics of HTML. Then learn design tips and techniques as, in class, you create your personal page, complete with text, graphics, photographs, sound, and other “goodies.” Come monkey around with us!
$119 plus $8 materials fee ($129 + $8 after June 9)
Instructor: Mary Cookseyhas been training users in various software applications for over 11 years.
Movie Magic
This computer-based course will help junior movie-makers translate creative ideas onto the screen. You’ll explore how to take better pictures, learn how to download pictures onto a computer, and critique each other’s photos during class. Then you’ll incorporate those pictures into a movie using all the features of Movie Maker software. You’ll learn how to edit your pictures into a continuous slideshow, adding graphics, music, and text.
$119 plus $8 materials fee ($129 + $8 after June 9
Instructor: Mary Cookseyhas been training users in various software applications for over 11 years.
Study Smarter, Not Harder!
NOW is the time to develop the skills that will benefit you in high school and beyond. Learn time management tools, tips on enhancing memory, and strategies to complete assignments and tests successfully. Enhance your public speaking skills. Give yourself an edge! (Bring a sack lunch and drink.)
Ages 13 – 16 / YUTH 120
Thursday / July 17 / 9 a.m. – 3 pm / $99 ($109 after July 10)
Instructor: Carolyn Hall, MBA, is an instructor in Bellarmine’s Rubel School of Business and Bellarmine College of Arts and Sciences.
Cartooning Fun
Do you like to doodle? You may have hidden talent! In this fun camp you’ll explore how cartoonists draw and create comic books. You’ll develop your own ‘tooner’ skills, including story boarding and character development. Learn about perspective and the basic proportions of the human face and body. Discover how to ink your pencil sketches and reproduce your own work. What fun!
Ages 10 – 14 /YUTH 103 / Mon – Fri / July 14 – 18 / 9 a.m. – noon / $119 ($129 after July 7)
Instructor: Ted Nathanson is an artist who creates books, comics, paintings, and drawings. He teaches art classes all over the country to children, teenagers, and adults.
Write On!
Bring your imagination, and we’ll provide the skills that are so important in becoming an effective writer.Through a series of fun activities and experiments, we'll create vivid descriptions, write some poetry,andwrite a personal narrative, an advertisement for a product you create,and a response to awork of literature. You're sure to learn a lot and have a great time doing so!
Ages 10 - 13 / YUTH 125 / Mon – Fri / June 16 – 20 / 9 a.m. – noon / $119 ($129 after June 9)
Instructor: Gail Henson, PhD, is Chairperson of the Bellarmine Department of Communications.She has taught writing for over30 years.
G3 – Great Gains in Geometry
Dominoes, Pentominoes, Hexominoes, Oh My! Learning geometric concepts can be “way cool” and fun. We’ll build towers with toothpicks and marshmallows, design rectangles with a limited number of cubes, and create colorful origami and artistic tessellations. Discover that hands-on activities can transform difficult geometry concepts into everyday skills.
Ages 12 – 14 /YUTH 158 / Mon – Fri / July 28 – Aug 1 / 9 a.m. – noon / $119 ($129 after July 21)
Instructor: Lisa L. Gimbel, MAT, has been enabling teachers and students to overcome math-phobia for over 6 years. She currently teaches at Noe Middle School.
A2 - Awesome Algebra
If you think algebra is “boring,” you obviously haven’t used chip boards, algebra tiles, and power trains to understand it. Discover that learning algebra CAN be totally awesome! Building balconies with rulers and pennies, using jolly ranchers to grasp properties and order of operations, and modeling equations with algebra tiles are a few user-friendly keys we’ll use to understand hard-core algebraic concepts. A2 makes learning algebra fun and interesting.
Ages 12 – 14 / YUTH 159 / Mon – Fri / July 28 – Aug 1 / 1 – 4 / $119 ($129 after July 21)
Instructor: Lisa L. Gimbel, MAT, has been enabling teachers and students to overcome math-phobia for over 6 years. She currently teaches at Noe Middle School.
Comic Book Connection
Language arts have never been so much fun! An Activity Booklet helps students focus on the connection between creativity, art, and writing. Through Manuscript Starter, students brainstorm, plot, and sketch their comic books on an identified theme. The planning of the manuscript leads to Comic Book Canvas, a template that provides students with blank comic book panels for designing final comic book creations.
$119 plus $8 materials fee ($129 + $8 after June 9)
Instructor: Jackie Mattingly, MAT, is a teacher at King Elementary School.
LEGO® Engineering
Great fun plus hands-on learning equals a super educational experience! In this integrated science and math class, children learn about gears, levers, wheels, axles, structures, forces, and more by DOING. Students build with advanced LEGO® parts and pieces, called LEGO® elements, which are not available in stores. They discover that learning engineering concepts actually can be FUN!
Ages 5 – 7 / YUTH 162 / Mon – Fri / June 9 – 13 / 9 a.m. – noon / $129 ($139 after June 2)
Ages 8 – 10 / YUTH 163 / Mon – Fri / June 9 – 13 / 1 – 4 p.m. / $129 ($139 after June 2)
Vehicles Using LEGO®
In this exciting camp you’ll build 14 different vehicles using advanced LEGO® parts and pieces called LEGO®elements, which are not available in stores.Some of these vehicles haven’t even been invented in the “real” world yet! Great fun! For particulars about projects, visit www.bellarmine.edu/ce
Ages 5 – 7 / YUTH 167 / Mon – Fri / July 7 – 11 / 9 a.m. – noon / $129 ($139 after June 30)
Ages 8 – 10 / YUTH 168 / Mon – Fri / July 7 – 11 / 1 – 4 p.m. / $129 ($139 after June 30)
Video Game-Making
In this ONLINE course you learn how to design and modify your own exciting arcade-style video games. Discover how to control characters, objects, and outcomes in your game, then increase the difficulty level and add more features. Explore graphic and graphic animation. Learn how to design your own version of PacMan and several other games. What fun!! For course details and system requirements, visit www.michiganlearning.com
This ONLINE course is instructor-facilitated by Rob Mayo, lead instructor and curriculum developer for All About Learning, Inc.
Ages 11 - 18 / YUTH 166 / Access ONLINE 24/7 / June 9 – July 27 / $129 ($139 after June 2)
