Halloween Mascots and Battle Bots

Halloween in Summit was a big hit, even our parents got involved with momma bird coming to pick up her baby bird at PUDO! Our staff was also smurfed out with Papa Smurf, Chef Smurf, Clumsy Smurf, Scaredy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, and Smurfette (not shown) making an appearance. In the classroom, one of the highlights this week was a battle bots event happening in our robotics vehicles class. All week the kids have worked on individualizing their robots through appearance and powers. Their designs were put to the test today when each robot entered the arena to fight for the production excellence award, bragging rights, and a much envied cash prize of 5 ivy points. It was a tough battle but this camper's bot came out on top, using his overhead swing mechanism to fend off his opponent!

Experiments in Flight and Aerospace

Chatham Week 4

            Up, Up, and Away was the moto of the week by creating rockets and various other flying objects. These objects were tested with weights and many other variables to see which goes the farthest, longest, and fastest. Today we did an egg drop challenge. The campers had to create baskets for their eggs to keep from breaking when landing on a hard surface. Below are the videos. One camper was lucky enough to not have his break.

Original Games at Short Hills!

The Video Game Creation class for Beginners at Short Hills finished making their original games this Friday. They got to save their games to bring home and had fun playing with their friends' games too! These future game-makers had a great time this week.

Treasure Chest Day at Scotch Plains Week 4!

Fridays in Scotch Plains are always highly anticipated as the campers can cash in their Ivy Points and pick out a great prize from the treasure chest! All of the campers have worked hard throughout the week to make sure that they had plenty of Ivy Points to get the best prize possible. Fidget spinners have been a big hit throughout the weeks, yet occasionally a camper will take a cool pen or bouncy ball.

Choosing a prize is a difficult choice!