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Arduino® Prototyping
What do punch-activated flamethrowers, automatic pet feeders, and mind-controlled drones have in common? They’re all real devices built and programmed using Arduino® microprocessors. This open-source ...
Next session begins: June 16, 2025

Grades 7-10

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Art Meets Science: Literature
In this creative writing course, we’ll explore poetry, fiction, drama, and non-literary works that use science as inspiration. After reading scientific poems, science fiction short stories, and a play ...
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Grades 8-10

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Art Meets Science: Nonfiction
In this course, we’ll read works inspired by science and art and use them as models to write and revise personal essays that explore the genre of nonfiction. You’ll reflect on personal experiences ...
Next start date: September 8, 2025

Grades 6-8

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Backyard Habitats
What creatures live around you, and how can you tell? How does gardening or mowing the lawn affect local animals and plants? What happens to bathtub water after it goes down the drain? Explore your ...
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Grades 3-4

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Be a Biologist!
What can we learn from fossilized plants? What do biologists do as they study humans, plants, and animals? In this course, we’ll answer these questions and others as we learn about different types of biology, the study of living things, and the job requirements of various biologists.
Next session begins: September 9, 2025

Grades 2-3

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Be an Environmental Scientist!
Why do animals adapt? What are the advantages of renewable energy? What do environmental scientists do? In this course, we’ll answer these questions and others as we learn about different types of environmental science and scientists who work in this expansive field.
Next session begins: September 10, 2025

Grades 2-3

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Behavioral Economics
Why is it so hard to hail a cab in the rain in New York City? Why do some people pay for annual gym memberships when they would save on a pay-as-you go basis? Integrate ideas from the social sciences ...
Next session begins: July 14, 2025

Grades 10-12

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Building Blocks
Start building your communication superpowers by learning just how cool words and language can be! In this course you will study excerpts from classic stories like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,  ...
Next start date: June 16, 2025

Grades 3-4

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Catching the Criminal
Print evidence can place suspects at a crime scene, identify missing persons, and exonerate the innocent. Begin with an overview of the history of print evidence, focusing on fingerprints, footprints ...
Next session begins: June 16, 2025

Grades 5-6

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Cause Unknown
Jordan is an 8-year-old orphaned girl of color with an unknown past who you are evaluating for seemingly unrelated ailments. As you implement her medical care, you'll consider its implications for her ...
Next start date: June 16, 2025

Grades 7-10

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Chess Club
Welcome to the club! In CTY’s Chess Club, students who enjoy playing the game come together to practice their chess tactics and strategies in a community setting. Through forum discussion and the ...
Next start date: June 16, 2025

Grades 4-12

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Color of Law
Stories of discrimination capture headlines in America daily, reflecting how the promise of equal protection under the law is still unrealized for people of color. The United States is far from alone ...
Next session begins: June 16, 2025

Grades 9-12

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Crafting Fiction
Learn to master the core elements of fiction writing, such as plot, theme, dialogue, and character development by reading and analyzing short works of fiction and writing your own. Assignments are ...
Next start date: September 8, 2025

Grades 8-12

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Crafting Poetry
An introduction to poetry and poetic concepts, this course covers musical aspects of poetry, the patterns and conventions of sound, and the effects they have on readers. Imagery in poems is also ...
Next start date: September 8, 2025

Grades 8-12

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Crafting the Essay - Workshop
Bring your experiences to life on the page in this personal essay course. Through 10 assignments, we will experiment with different essay forms to describe scenes, illustrate conflicts, narrate events ...
Next start date: September 8, 2025

Grades 7-10

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Creating Fantasy Worlds
What makes a fantasy world feel real in a reader’s mind? How do writers draw and keep readers’ attention while crafting these mythical places? In this course, we will apply geography, cartography, and ...
Next session begins: September 10, 2025

Grades 5-6

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