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.

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

BIZWhiz Academy

Ages: 11-16 | Cost: $575

Are you a young teen inventor? Do you have a great idea that you’d like to bring to life? If so, this is the camp for you! This two-week camp teaches campers 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. Once campers have designed and created their own models, they will be able to pitch their ideas in a mock Shark Tank. Campers keep the models that they make.

Lunch provided.

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Crazy Kitchen Chemist

Ages: 11-16 | Cost: $575

Did you know that you can cook with chemicals? Learn about molecular gastronomy — the science of cooking — in this two-week camp. Campers will have the opportunity to 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.

Lunch provided.

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Creation Station

Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $575

Interested in learning what you can do in a fab lab? For two weeks, campers will explore Tri-C’s Ideation Station — a fully equipped fab lab with 3D printers, laser engravers, CNC router and much more. Campers will create and design their own projects, learning how to use 2D and 3D modeling software to design, laser and print their creations. Projects include T-shirt design, a 3D printed car and furniture design. Campers keep all projects.

Lunch provided.

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Fashion Fab

Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $575

Fashion design and 3D printing in one two-week camp! Campers will discover how to design clothing and jewelry using 3D printing, developing their own designs and learning how to integrate 3D printing with traditional sewing techniques. They will also use flexible materials to 3D-print a prototype of a shoe, which is theirs to keep.

Lunch provided.

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Flying High With Drones

Ages: 14-17 | Cost: $500

Build and program your very own drone! Campers will learn GPS mission planning as they construct and program their own personal quadcopter for flight. They will also gain experience piloting a drone on a fun and challenging indoor obstacle course. The finished product is theirs to keep.

Lunch provided.

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Project Pipeline Architecture Camp

Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $575

Project Pipeline Architecture Camp is a national initiative established in 2006 by the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). This two-week camp is open to anyone interested in becoming an architect or learning how to design a building. Campers will learn about hip-hop architecture, eco architecture/sustainability, modern architecture, how to sketch by hand and use 2D/3D software. Once campers have brainstormed, presented and refined their design ideas, they will build a scale model of their design using technology and equipment in the fab lab. This camp includes lunch-and-learn sessions with professional architects and contractors. Campers keep all completed projects.

Lunch provided.

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Rock The Fab Lab CLE

Ages: 12-18 | Cost: $500

If you are creative and interested in music, then this is the camp for you. Rock the Fab Lab CLE is a two-week experience for campers at all levels who are interested in making their own guitar in Tri-C’s state-of-the-art fab lab. Campers will learn how to customize and mill a block of wood to build their own guitar to keep! No guitar skills or experience required.

Lunch provided.

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View Summer Camps and Register:

• ZSYC-1214: Bits, Bolts & Thingamajigs
• ZSYC-1212: BIZWhiz Academy (Ages 11-16)
• ZSYC-1213: Crazy Kitchen Chemist (Ages 11-16)
• ZSYC-1210: Creation Station (Ages 11-15)
• ZSYC-1211: Fashion Fab (Ages 11-15)
• ZSYC-1182: Flying High With Drones (Ages 14-17)
• ZSYC-1197: Project Pipeline (Ages 11-15)
• ZSYC-1180: Rock the Fab Lab CLE (Ages 12-18)