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.
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 Defense, ONR and the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. Scholarships may be available.
Ages: 11-14 | Cost: $150
| Date(s) | Time | Day(s) | Tri-C Location | CRN |
| July 26 – Aug. 6 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. | M-F | Manufacturing Technology Center | Registration Closed |
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
| Date(s) | Time | Day(s) | Tri-C Location | CRN |
| July 12-16 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | M-F | Virtual instruction | Registration Closed |
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
| Date(s) | Time | Day(s) | Tri-C Location | CRN |
| June 21-25 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
M,W,F T,Th |
Virtual instruction Manufacturing Technology Center |
Registration Closed |
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
| Date(s) | Time | Day(s) | Tri-C Location | CRN |
| July 19-23 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
M,W,F T,Th |
Virtual instruction Advanced Technology Training Center |
Registration Closed |
Pipeline Project- Midwest Regional
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 is provided to all participants.
Ages: 11-15 | Cost: $35
| Date(s) | Time | Day(s) | Tri-C Location | CRN |
| Aug. 2 - 6 | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. |
M,W,F T,Th |
Virtual instruction Manufacturing Technology Center |
Registration Closed |