Facilitator: Carly Duffy

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Black Rocket: Code Breakers (Grades 4-8)

Calling all future coders, programmers, & designers! Learn the basics of coding languages like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS through a series of web projects and design challenges each day and be on your way to becoming the next tech star! Whether you want to be a Silicon Valley CEO or the high school student who just made a million dollars for programming in her bedroom, this course has the essentials you need to begin your journey. Projects will be available on a Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
January 16, 2027 to April 17, 2027, Millennium Center Room 2103

Black Rocket: Young Coders (Grades 4-8)

Every child can code! Develop your skills as a young coder by exploring block coding, JavaScript, and Python concepts while making your own playable mini-games. This introductory coding course is designed to get elementary-aged students excited about technology through a series of hands-on and engaging learning challenges. Student-created games will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.
January 16, 2027 to April 17, 2027, Millennium Center Room 2105

Creative Creations: Math in Art (Grades 4-6)

Can math be creative? Absolutely! In Math Masterpieces, students will discover how math and art work together to create amazing projects. Through hands-on activities, students will design colorful tessellations, create fraction flowers, explore geometric patterns, and use proportions to make art that is uniquely their own. Whether they love animals, sports, fantasy worlds, superheroes, or outer space, students can customize their projects with themes that match their interests. Along the way, they will build confidence in math concepts such as shapes, fractions, angles, patterns, and measurement while expressing their creativity through art.
Saturday, April 3, 2027, Millennium Center Room 2104

Draw, Design, Discover: Math in Art (Grades 6-8)

Bring math to life through creativity and artistic expression! In this hands-on class, students will explore mathematical concepts by creating unique art projects inspired by their own interests and imagination. From princesses and superheroes to Halloween, animals, and outer space, students can choose themes that make each project their own. Students will discover how geometric shapes and angle relationships work together to create beautiful tessellations, use fractions to design colorful fraction flowers, and apply proportions to draw a scaled self-portrait or figure. Along the way, they will strengthen their understanding of geometry, fractions, measurement, and problem-solving while creating artwork they can proudly display. No matter what their artistic experience, students will see how math and creativity go hand in hand!
Saturday, April 3, 2027, Millennium Center Room 2104