August 2009 STEM related EVENTS


Northwoods Academy
(The Northwoods Academy was created to provide educators with a high quality, standards-based staff development program designed to improve teaching and learning in the schools and to assist educators in meeting Wisconsin recertification standards.)

Date: August 3-7, 2009

For more information about this academy please visit their website: http://wasdi.org/nicolet.html
LEAPS (Learning Enriching for Able Primary Students!)

Date: August 3-7, 2009
Location:UW-Fond du Lac

The LEAPS! instructors have expertise in their subject areas, and are excited about having the opportunity to provide challenging enrichment opportunities for academically, creatively and artistically talented children. Courses are designed to meet the special needs of high ability children and meet the following educational objectives:

- Learning activities at appropriate level and pace
- Stimulation to a broad variety of ideas and topics
- Experience in creative thinking and problem solving
- Encouragement to seek practical application of knowledge
- Development of self-awareness and acceptance of one's own capacities, interests and needs

For more information about the LEAPS! program please visit the UW-Fond du Lac Continuing Education website: http://www.fdl.uwc.edu/ce/ or contact Leanne Doyle at leanne.doyle@uwc.edu (920) 929-1153
Chiwaukee Academy

Date: August 10-14, 2009
Location: UW-Parkside campus

Careful attention has been given to standards and benchmarks, equity, diversity, and assessment in all courses. The Chiwaukee Academy offers a variety of workshops on new trends and topics at the forefront of education.

For more information about this academy please visit their website: http://wasdi.org/chiwau.html
Discovery World Summer Camp 2009

Date: June 22 - August 28, 2009
Location: Milwaukee, WI

This summer Discovery World Summer Camp is packed with the return of some of our most popular camps, plus a handful of new offerings designed to introduce you to a whole new world of possibilities. The focus of these camps has always been on bringing science, technology, engineering, and entrepreneurship into the hands of youth in a way that simply isn't done anywhere else.

For more information and to register online, please go to our Web site at http://discoveryworld.org/summercamp/ or call (414)765-8625 or email reservations@discoveryworld.org for more information.