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.

Artsy Additive

Learn how to design and create your own art! 3D printing can be used to create unique art of all different shapes and sizes. Use 3D software to make your creations come to life. Use your critical thinking skills to develop a cool, yet functional, piece of art. This weeklong camp will take place virtually, with both group and individual instruction.

3D printed projects will be available for pickup after camp concludes. Details will be sent via email.

Ages: 9-12 | Cost: $200

BizWhiz Academy

Explore Tri-C’s Manufacturing Center of Excellence, including a state-of-the-art, fully equipped fab lab. Create and design your own projects in this two-week camp. Learn how to brainstorm ideas and make them a reality, with lunch-and-learn sessions led by professionals who have come up with their own inventions. You’ll also learn how to use 2D and 3D modeling software to design, laser and 3D print your own creations. Explore the manufacturing process from beginning to end, and keep the products you create.

Lunch provided. This camp is funded through the U.S. Department of Labor and the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. Scholarships may be available.

Ages: 11-14 | Cost: $150

Crazy Kitchen Chemist

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. Working with our chef, each student will get to show their creativity and have a chance to win a Cooking Prize Box at the end of camp.

Molecular gastronomy kit and apron included. Kits with cooking materials will be available for pickup. Details will be sent via email.

Ages: 11-16 | Cost: $300

Creation Station

Explore Tri-C’s Ideation Station — a fully equipped fab lab with 3D printers, laser engravers, CNC router and much more — in this weeklong hybrid camp. Learn how to use 2D and 3D modeling software to design, laser and print your own creations. Projects include T-shirt design, a 3D printed car and furniture design. You’ll also design a table and chair to bring home!

Lunch provided on in-person camp days.

Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $300

CSI CLE

Interested in science and crime? Enjoy playing detective? Then this is the summer camp for you! This weeklong hybrid camp focuses on the science of forensic investigation. Learn how to cast footprints or tire prints, take crime scene photos and much more. You’ll also learn about investigating crime from people working in the field.

Lunch provided on in-person camp days.

Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $300