Monday, October 10, 2011
A century and a half before Columbus traveled west, ibn Battuta travelled east from Morocco through all of the Arab world to Persia, India, Sumatra, and China.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Designed for ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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Designed at the MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a free programming language that allows you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – and share your creations on the web.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Designed for ages 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Rumi was a Persian Poet born 800 years ago. His poems contain fables you will recognize. His followers established the tradition of whirling dances that is still said to bring the devout close to the meaning of the world. Build a pair of whirling Dervishes whose robes twirl in seductive waves. (English scientist Neil Downie explains the math and physics of these waves.)
Construct an elephant or a camel & a mouse in the Turkish or Persian style to illustrate one of Rumi's fables.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Designed for ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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When the American Civil War began, Cornelius Scranton Bushnell (born Madison, CT) was 32 years old. He had established himself as a railroad builder and investor. He had founded a shipyard in Fair Haven to construct steamships for the Navy. He was visiting Washington when the Confederates attacked. Bushnell roused a militia to help defend the city.
Build your own (battery-powered) USS Monitor, like Ericsson's model that Bushnell used to persuade Navy Secretary Gideon Wells (Cheshire Academy 1818) to launch a modern navy 150 years ago this Fall.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
What are the ingredients of invention? We will mix gravity, rubber bands, springs, maple seed wings, marbles, time and ideas to make a box of possibilities.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Designed for ages 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
It's Election Day…a day to remember to look very carefully…because things are not always what they seem to be.
- 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Designed for ages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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