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Creative STEM Residency- Theme: Love Your Planet!


  • The GIANT Room 550 West 28th Street New York, NY, 10001 United States (map)
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DESCRIPTION: For kids who dare to be kinder to our planet! In this series campers become engineers, scientist, makers, and artists. They will explore and build sustainable sources of power, tinker solutions to help almost extinct animals to continue living, replace plastic with natural materials like mushrooms and build things with them, build robots to clean oceans, and plant seeds in seed balls made out of recycled paper, pay close attention to the science behind soil, use and reuse their resources! From growing mushrooms to building cool products with them to lighting things up with sustainable energy, cleaning ocean with smart robots, and planting seeds in paper balls and soil at the right PH level, participants will be invited to pay closer attention to our planet earth and build a better future for it.

Recommended for ages 5- 8 & 9-12

PROGRAM FORMAT: In Person at GIANT Chelsea Hub

DATES: Week of Aug 8th

FULL DAY PLAN:

  • 9am to 11:00am: first STEM project of the day

  • 11 to 11:30 am: Lunch *Campers must come with lunch and snack*

  • 11:30 to 1:00 pm: Participants work on their projects, brainstorm new ideas, and experiment with different STEM tools

  • 1:00 to 3:00pm: second project of the day

  • + optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)

MORNING SESSION PLAN:

  • 9am to 11:00am: first project of the day

  • + optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)

AFTERNOON SESSION PLAN:

  • 1:00 to 3:00pm: second project of the day

  • optional early drop in or late pick up (+$25/hour)

LEARN ABOUT

  • Sustainable sources of energy

  • Coding and building gadgets to clean the environment

  • Planting and growing mushrooms

PRICE: $850/Week (Full Day Option). $300/Week (Morning or Afternoon Session)