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Saturday morning classes in Gwinnett for elementary students
The spring session of Gwinnett Alliance for Gifted Education’s Saturday Exploration Program will begin April 15, 2017.
These Saturday morning classes, held at Rock Springs Elementary School in Lawrenceville, are designed for gifted and high-achieving students in grades 2 through 5. Courses for spring 2017 include biology, meteorology, computing, history, and engineering.
Registration deadline is March 31; the deadline to request financial aid is Feb. 28.
Girls in STEM lunch at Emory
Emory Math Circle will host a lunch on January 28, 2017, to expose girls to women who work in STEM-related professions.
The lunch is primarily designed for middle-school-aged girls, although all are welcome to attend. Speakers will include:
- Stephanie Espy, author of the book STEM Gems
- A CDC epidemiologist
- An applied mathematics researcher from Emory University
- An analyst with McKinsey & Co.
The event will take place on the Emory University campus. The program and lunch are free, but advance registration is required.
Duke TIP weekends at UGA
UGA has opened registration for the next two Duke TIP Scholar Weekend at UGA: Feb. 4-5, and March 18-19, 2017. Students in grades 8 to 11 can spend the weekend on the UGA campus studying an academic topic of their choice.
Classes for the February weekend include topics in engineering, the history and culture of Appalachia, music, psychology, politics, and more. March topics include climate change, entrepreneurship, music journalism, a Rube Goldberg challenge, and — I’d like to know more about this one — something called “Star Wars Mock Trial.”
The weekend program costs $450 for students staying in a hotel on campus, or $400 for students who want to commute to the program each day. Financial aid is available.
To participate, a student must either:
- Be registered with the Duke TIP Talent Search program; or
- Obtain confirmation of gifted status from the Duke TIP headquarters
Registration is open for both weekends now. Popular classes will fill quickly.
“Mathemati-Con” this Saturday = math fun for older kids
This Saturday, January 7, the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America present Mathemati-Con, a day of brain-stretching and entertaining math activities.
Mathemati-Con is best suited for middle-school and high-school students who have an affinity for math.
Highlights of the day include:
- “Weird Ways to Multiply.” There are many unusual ways to multiply numbers. Can you figure out why these unconventional methods work?
- “Mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin
- Local and national math competitions (the competitors have already been selected, but you can watch them battle it out)
Mathemati-Con will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Marriott Marquis Atlanta hotels. Admission is free and no advance registration is necessary.
Genetic engineering program at Tech for middle-schoolers
Georgia Tech’s BioIgnite program is offering a “day camp” in genetic engineering for students in grades 6 to 8.
Students will be introduced to basic principles of genetics and DNA, and will learn how to build a plasmid like scientists do.
The one-day class will be offered twice in the spring semester:
- January 21, 2017, in conjunction with Georgia Tech’s K.I.D.S. (Kids Interested in Discovering Science) Club
- March 11, 2017
Registration is $50 per student.
BioIgnite is aimed at getting kids interested in biotechnology at a young age. It offers one-day camps during the school year, and week-long camps during the summer.
Winter break half-day camps at MODA
Museum of Design Atlanta in Midtown will offer a series of camps for children ages 5 to 12 during the upcoming winter break.
The camps are sold a la carte, and each camp is a one-day session that runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Younger children, ages 5 to 7, will explore littleBits, LEGOs, Hexbugs, and Minecraft. Older campers, ages 8 to 12, will work with Arduino, Minecraft, Cloudbits and Bitcraft.
The cost for each day of camp is $55 for members, $65 for non-members.
Register now for spring semester of Emory Math Circle
Emory Math Circle is now accepting registrations for its spring 2017 session. The program, which you can think of as a high-level math lovers’ club, is open to students in grades 6 to 12. Students are divided into four groups, based on their grade level and math experience.
The program meets on Saturday afternoons on the Emory campus. Groups are taught by Ph.D. students from the Emory Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
The next session of Math Circle will begin on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Registration is open now, with new students accepted on a rolling basis, as space allows.
Tellus Museum hosts lunar astronomy workshop
Registration is now open for a lunar astronomy workshop to be held at Tellus Museum on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, from 7 to 10 p.m. Participants will be able to learn about our moon through activities in the gallery, planetarium, and observatory (weather permitting).
The program is open to children ages 8 and up, and all kids must be accompanied by an adult. Spaces are limited.
Space Camp’s annual Thanksgiving weekend sale
Space Camp is once again offering Thanksgiving weekend discounts on its summer and weekend programs. From Friday, November 25, until Monday, November 28, you can save up to $200 on programs held at Space Camp’s Huntsville, Ala., campus.
Discounts apply to Space Camp, Aviation Challenge, or Robotics summer camps, or the weekend family camp versions of Space Camp or Aviation Challenge.
You don’t have to select the date your child will attend the camp when you register — you can register now and pick your dates later.
“Spooky Science” at UWG
The University of West Georgia presents “Spooky Science,” a hands-on workshop for children ages 8 to 12. Kids will make vampire veins, dry ice potions, Frankenstein hands, and ghost poop.
This one-time workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the university campus in Carrollton. Registration is $38.
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