Nuts and Bolts Academy

Welcome to the Nuts and Bolts Academy

The Nuts and Bolts Academy provides opportunities for students at multiple grade levels to engage in fun, educational experiences. Our camps expose students to manufacturing and engineering through innovative, hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities.

View the Tri-C® Virtual Summer Camps catalog.

Bits, Bolts and Thingamajigs

Ages: 12-16
Cost: $100

Explore Tri-C’s Manufacturing Technology Center, which includes a fully equipped fab lab. Learn about the manufacturing process from start to finish. Use 2D and 3D modeling software to design, laser and 3D-print your own creations. Industry professionals will provide insight into what it’s like to develop and create new products through virtual camp sessions. Keep all products you develop and manufacture. This two-week, grant-funded camp is made possible through the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation. Pick up project materials from the Manufacturing Technology Center before camp starts. Details will be sent via email.

Contact: Alethea V. Ganaway, 216-987-4424 or alethea.ganaway@tri-c.edu

Crazy Kitchen Chemist

Ages: 11-16
Cost: $175

Did you know you can cook with chemicals? Learn about molecular gastronomy — the science of cooking — in this one-week camp. Cook and eat a new dish each day using chemicals, syringes, pH meters and other tools usually found in a science lab. Molecular gastronomy kit and apron included. Kits with cooking materials will be available for pickup (details will be sent via email).

Contact: Alethea V. Ganaway, 216-987-4424 or alethea.ganaway@tri-c.edu

CSI CLE

Ages: 11-15
Cost: $175

Interested in science and crime? Enjoy playing detective? This one-week camp focuses on the science of forensic investigation. Learn how to do casts of footprints or tire tracks, take crime scene photos and much more. You’ll also learn about crime investigation from people working in the field. Campers will be provided a kit that can picked up from the Manufacturing Technology Center (details will be sent via email).

Contact: Alethea V. Ganaway, 216-987-4424 or alethea.ganaway@tri-c.edu

Project Pipeline

Ages: 11-15
Cost: $50

Established in 2006 by the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), Project Pipeline is open to anyone interested in becoming an architect or learning how to design a building.

Learn about hip-hop architecture, ecoarchitecture/sustainability and modern architecture, as well as how to sketch and use 2D/3D software. After brainstorming, presenting and refining your design ideas, you’ll build your design. Project kits will be available for pickup at the Manufacturing Technology Center before camp begins (details will be sent via email).

This one-week virtual camp includes sessions with professional architects and contractors. This camp is a collaboration between Tri-C and NOMA Cleveland and is partially funded through NOMA Cleveland. Need assistance paying for camp? Contact Alethea V. Ganaway.

Contact: Alethea V. Ganaway, 216-987-4424 or alethea.ganaway@tri-c.edu

Tick-Tock Tech

Ages: 14-18
Cost: $199

D.I.Y. ― that's right, do it yourself! Learn by building a digital alarm clock with a hands-on kit delivered directly to you. Develop an understanding of the functions of basic mechanical and electronic principles. Learn about different functions of the clock: time set, alarm set, countdown timer, stopwatch, counter, hourly chime, precise time display and 24-hour format.​

Contact: Starr Sherman, starr.sherman@tri-c.edu