Outreach College
- Distance
Learning
The UA Distance Learning program works with other departments and units on campus to develop and deliver specialized certificates, degree programs, and individual courses using video, CD-ROM/DVD, and Web technology.
- Independent Study
through Correspondence- Independent Study through Correspondence credit courses are available to students anytime, anywhere. Students from high school to graduate school can set their own pace and take up to nine months to complete a course. Any class offered for credit at UA Correspondence may also be taken for personal development or enrichment, for no credit.
- Professional
Development- Professional Development offers programs that train and prepare organizations and individuals in IT and business skills. Programs are delivered on campus or in customized courses at a company or workplace.
- Credit
Outreach- Credit Outreach offers a variety of flexibly-scheduled degree and certificate courses and programs for University of Arizona academic credit – both on and off the UA campus.
- UA Evening &
Weekend- UA Evening & Weekend is specifically designed to serve working adults, and addresses the educational needs of students who wish to earn a bachelor's degree, but can only attend classes in the evenings and on weekends. B.A. degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS), Communication, Political Science, and Psychology are offered.
- Youth
Programs- Youth Programs - Students in grades 3-12 are introduced to the excitement of a college environment through specialty summer camps offered through UA academic units, including the College of Law, the College of Optical Sciences, the School of Music, and the College of Nursing.
- Seniors' Programs
- Seniors' Programs includes two programs specifically designed for Active Adults: Exploritas and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Exploritas offers participants the opportunity to explore Tucson, Nogales, and Mexico through educational travel and programs. OLLI is a member-led organization featuring stimulating, noncredit learning on a university level.
Arizona Youth University:
Summer Camps (grades 3-12)
UA CAMPS FOR SUMMER 2009
The 2009 Camp season has concluded. Please check back in early 2010 for next year's Camp schedule!
FIND CAMPS
Download the Summer 2009 Print Catalog 
- The last day to register for camps beginning June 1 is Wednesday, May 27 EXCEPT for robotics.
- The last day to register for camps beginning June 8 is Thursday, June 4.
Chess Camp
GRADES 3 – 5
The classic game of strategy will be explained and explored in all its dimensions. Young players will have ample opportunity to develop and strengthen skills, improve game-playing techniques, enjoy the company of other chess enthusiasts, and – of course! – play lots and lots of chess, including participating in mini-tournaments.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
CANCELLED
| Code: | AYUCHESS |
| Dates: | June 1 - 5, Mon - Fri (Session 1) June 8 - 12, Mon - Fri (Session 2) |
| Times: | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Annex Bldg., 220 W Sixth St., Room TBA |
| Cost: | $280 per one-week session / $18.67/hour |
Instructors:
Jim Talmadge is a retired teacher from Sam Hughes Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School District. He has been a chess club coach since 1975 and is active in retirement working with several chess teams for the TUSD School District.
UMC Camp Scrubs!
Grades 7 – 8
Are you interested in science, technology, or math? Maybe you think you’d like to teach or spend time helping others? Being a Registered Nurse (RN) includes all these things and more! Nurses travel around the country, fly in helicopters and planes, and provide care for patients in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, homes, clinics, and disaster locations. Join University Medical Center (UMC) for Camp SCRUBS, a weeklong look at the many roles nurses play in caring for patients. Through hands-on experiences in the operating room and emergency department, as well as in time spent shadowing working nurses, you’ll learn about the important work nurses do. While at Camp SCRUBS, you will learn first-aid skills and become certified in CPR. What an exciting way to spend a summer week! Bring your own lunch or money to buy lunch in the hospital cafeteria, along with a drink or water bottle. Snacks will be provided by UMC.
Note: Due to construction at UMC this summer, two classes (CPR and First Aid) will be held at the UMC classrooms at First Avenue and River Road. Transportation to these classes will be provided by Camp Scrubs.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
This camp is now FULL. You may call 621-7724 to be placed on the waiting list.
| Code: | AYUSCRUB |
| Dates: | June 8 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | University Medical Center, 1500 N. Campbell Ave., DuVall Auditorium, main floor |
| Cost: | $360 per one-week session / $9.60 per hour |
Instructors:
Lauri McCanless, M.S., R.N.C., C.N.S., works for University Medical Center as the clinical nurse educator for Women and Children’s Services (Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, and Pediatric ICU). Her past positions include staff nurse, camp nurse, research assistant, pediatric home health nurse, faculty member, nurse manager, and clinical nurse specialist. She has taught nursing education course concepts to undergraduate students, graduate students, and in continuing education programs.
Jo Anne Kane, R.N., B.S.N., has been a Registered Nurse for more than 24 years, working in many different roles. She received her bachelor's degree from The University of Arizona. She has worked at UMC for the past 20 years, first in the CVICU and currently as a Nurse Recruiter. Part of her role at Camp SCRUBS is to share with students the many opportunities available within the nursing profession.
Ellice Mellinger, R.N., M.S., C.N.O.R., is employed at the University Medical Center as a clinical educator for Perioperative Services (Operating Room, Pre- and Post-Op Care Units, and Sterile Processing Department). She participates in many programs with medical, nursing, scrub tech, high school, and school-age students, introducing them to perioperative nursing. Mellinger has also worked as a staff nurse in the operating room and on a medical-surgical unit.
Computer Camp: Web Design
Grades 4 - 6 and Grades 7 – 11
Harness your creative power, boost your technical expertise, and learn the basics of Web Design while using industry standard tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Students will plan, build, and organize their own Web sites, working with all aspects of Web design and production from start to finish and creating exciting, engaging, and fully functional Web sites. Students will learn how to create a collage and a banner for use on a Web site, Flash-action scripts, Flash movies, and photo, bevel, and transparent text. Each student must bring in their own flash drive to take their Web site home at the end of the course. All computer camps will take place in newly updated computer labs.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
Grades 4 – 6
| Code: | AYUCC |
| Dates: | June 15 - 26, Mon - Fri (Session 1) July 6 - 17, Mon - Fri (Session 2) |
| Times: | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310 |
| Cost: | $335 per two-week session / $8.37 per hour |
Grades 7 – 11
| Code: | AYUCOMP |
| Dates: | June 15 - 26, Mon – Fri (Session 1) This camp is now FULL. July 6 - 17, Mon – Fri (Session 2) |
| Times: | 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310 |
| Cost: | $335 per two-week session / $8.37 per hour |
Instructor:
Jean Discorfano has been an employee of The University of Arizona for the last 15 years, teaching several computer classes within and for the campus community. She has worked with AYU’s summer camp program for the last five years and brings enthusiasm and knowledge to her camps. She currently teaches computer classes for Oasis and has designed many Web sites utilizing the software programs she will be teaching.
Engineering Robotics Camp
Grades 6 – 8
Explore sensor and sound options while working on your own robotics project! Lectures will introduce the concept of speed using gears, belts, pulleys, ramp angles, and forces, while the team challenge will be to design a car/robot that can climb a ramp at the largest calculated angle. Students will get hands-on experience testing and using the concepts they learn in science and math classes by using e-Blocks. By creating a set of basic intuitive building blocks, students can implement a variety of systems without having any special programming or electronics knowledge. Students will build and program remote-control cars that will be tested for speed and stability on an obstacle course, and will write up their reflections in journals and group notes for the final project. Students will also learn the use of Solidworks 3-D design software. Following final presentations, awards will be given for creativity and best overall design. The week-long program uses Lego-Mindstorm Robotics Kits.
The last day to register for Robotics is Wednesday, May 20th.
| Code: | AYUROB |
| Dates: | June 1 – 5, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA Old Engineering Building 1209 E. Second St., Room 214 |
| Cost: | $350 per one-week session / $9.33 per hour |
Director:
Ray Umashankar, assistant dean of the College of Engineering.
Instructors:
UA College of Engineering faculty, practicing engineers, and graduate and undergraduate students.
Calling All Young Writers: Higher Learning, Higher Writing
Grades 4 – 6
Explore The University of Arizona this summer! During this two-week camp, you’ll meet many of the interesting people who make up the UA campus community. You’ll participate in college life as you write stories, essays, and reports about your campus experiences, developing skills that will improve the organization, specificity, and clarity of your writing. Best of all, you’ll enjoy making new friends and learning about college life.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
| Code: | AYUWSU1 |
| Dates: | June 1 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:15 – 11:45 a.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Bldg., 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 301E |
| Cost: | $325 per two-week session / $9.30 per hour |
Instructor:
Michael Sheehan is returning to work in AYU’s writing camps after co-teaching last year with Shelley Hawthorne Smith. Michael is currently Editor-in-Chief of Sonora Review, and has published work in several journals. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The University of Arizona, and has taught creative and expository writing at all levels, including K-12 and post-secondary. Sheehan was recently named the 2009-2010 James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow by the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
English & Writing: The College Writer
Grades 7 – 9
You might feel as though graduation is a long way off, but now is the perfect time to start thinking about going to college. Whether you want to go to a big school like The University of Arizona or to a smaller community or private college, this writing camp will give you an excellent idea of what it’s like to be a student on a college campus. As we explore the U of A, you will practice writing stories and essays, all of which will prepare you for your college career.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
| Code: | AYUWRIT |
| Dates: | June 1 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Bldg., 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 301E |
| Cost: | $325 per two-week session / $9.30 per hour |
Instructor:
Michael Sheehan is returning to work in AYU’s writing camps after co-teaching last year with Shelley Hawthorne Smith. Michael is currently Editor-in-Chief of Sonora Review, and has published work in several journals. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The University of Arizona, and has taught creative and expository writing at all levels, including K-12 and post-secondary. Sheehan was recently named the 2009-2010 James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow by the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Fencing Camp: Beginners
Grades 6 – 12
En garde! This summer, challenge yourself with one of the best physical and mental workouts ever: the skillful swordplay of fencing. During this beginner’s camp, students will learn the fundamentals of the sport, enhance agility and balance, build strength, and increase hand-eye coordination. Offered at the beginning level, classes will cover essentials such as footwork, bladework, rules, strategy, and fencing tactics and timing. Each day, before donning protective gear, there will be a series of stretching and warm-up activities. All equipment (masks, gloves, jackets, and swords) is provided.
Enrollment limited to 25 students.
| Code: | AYUFEN |
| Dates: | June 1 – 5, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 9:00 – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Arizona Fencing Academy, 1520 E. Broadway Blvd. |
| Cost: | $240 per one-week session / $16 per hour |
Instructor:
Yvonne Gallego is the owner of Arizona Fencing Academy and has taught fencing for more than 39 years. She is currently the coach for The University of Arizona Fencing Club.
Fencing training is available year round at the Arizona Fencing Academy. During camp sessions, students will have an opportunity to register directly with Yvonne Gallego in an ongoing Junior Olympic Training Program.
Classics Camp: The Ancient World of Gladiators, Gods, Greeks, and Romans!
Grades 7 – 10
Experience the glories of two of the world’s greatest and most influential cultures! This camp introduces middle- and high-school students to many different aspects of Greek and Roman life, including classical Latin, ancient Greek, mythology, food, art, and history. Students will decorate their own Greek vases, excavate for buried archaeological remains, create illuminated manuscripts, design mosaics, and write skits in Latin. There will be numerous field trips, including private tours of museum collections and an excursion to the Special Collections wing of the UA Library. Campers can bring their own lunch or buy it under supervision at the Student Union, except for the last day of camp when there will be a Roman banquet!
Enrollment limited to 25 students.
| Code: | AYUCLAS |
| Dates: | June 1 – 5, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA Learning Services Bldg., 1512 E. First St., Conference Room 246 |
| Cost: | $360 per one-week session / $9 per hour |
Instructors:
Cynthia White is Associate Professor and Director of the Latin Program in the Department of Classics at The University of Arizona. She studied Latin in Rome with the Papal Latinist Reginald Foster, O.D.C., and regularly teaches in the UA Classics Department’s Study Abroad Program in Orvieto, Italy. Each March during spring break, she organizes a 10-day tour of Italy.
Laura Provance recently graduated from The University of Arizona's graduate program in Classics. She was raised in Missouri, where she received her undergraduate degree in Classics from Truman State University. Her primary focus is Roman history, but a special interest in Roman iced desserts and their modern counterparts inevitably blossoms every summer.
Adam Cirzan is currently a graduate student in Classics at The University of Arizona where he also teaches elementary Latin. He was raised in Tucson and received his undergraduate degree in Classics from the UA in 2007. He is especially interested in ancient Egypt during the Roman period and the Latin graffiti that decorates so many Egyptian monuments.
Wildcat Junior Drama Camp
Grades 4 – 6
The University of Arizona’s School of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce a drama camp especially for upper elementary students! Led by UA Theatre Education students, campers will explore their imaginations and creativity by participating in fun theatre exercises and developing their very own scenes and characters. Basic theatrical and performance skills will be emphasized throughout this process, all while having great fun! Students’ work will be showcased in an informal studio performance for friends and family on the final Friday afternoon of camp.
Enrollment limited to 25 students.
| Code: | AYUDRAMA |
| Dates: | June 1 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA Drama Building, 1025 N. Olive Rd., Room 114 |
| Cost: | $325 per two-week session / $4.06 per hour |
Under the supervision of:
Dr. Laura McCammon, Associate Professor, School of Theatre Arts, Teacher Certification Program Coordinator.
Laura McCammon is the co-coordinator and advisor for the B.F.A. in Theatre Arts Education, Teacher Certification option, at The University of Arizona. For 15 years she was a successful high school speech and drama teacher in Maryville, Tennessee. She has presented papers and workshops at drama education conferences internationally, served as editor of Youth Theatre Journal, and has been awarded the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Research Award three times. She is co-editor of a secondary-school drama methods text, Learning to Teach Drama: A Case Narrative Approach with Joe Norris and Carole Miller. In 2006, she published International Mosaic of Drama and Theatre: The IDEA 2004 Dialogues, co-edited with Debra McLauchlan. Currently, she is engaged in a four-year multinational exploration on the nature of creativity and its relationship to drama/ theatre teaching and learning.
UA Student Leader Instructors:
Christina Culligan is an Art Education and Theatre Education major at The University of Arizona, expecting to graduate in May 2009.
Additional Instructor: TBA
Environmental Science Research Camp
Grades 8 – 11
Help protect the environment by joining our team of young eco-researchers! As part of a continuing Arizona Youth University research project, you will work both in the lab and in the field of the Catalina Mountains, helping to monitor the Coronado Forest's recovery from the devastating Aspen fire of 2003. Each student will train with state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) tools, learn computer mapping with the U.S. Forest Service’s digital archive, and gain hands-on experience gathering and analyzing environmental data. The camp includes a day of training, three days in the mountains collecting fire recovery data, and one day of final data analysis. This is not a typical summer camp exercise: at the end of the course, students will present their data to U.S. Forest Service officials, who will use the results to help them decide how to protect and manage our nation’s forests in the future. This is a singular chance to have fun, learn new skills, get your hands dirty, and make an environmental difference for the future. This camp is taught in cooperation with the UA Department of Geography and Regional Development.
Enrollment is limited to 25 students.
CANCELLED
| Code: | AYUECO |
| Dates: | June 22 – 26, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA Harvill Building, 1103 E. 2nd St., Room 402 |
| Cost: | $450 per one-week session / $11.25 per hour |
Instructors:
Morgan Apicella is a senior in the Geography Department at The University of Arizona, and was the assistant for last summer’s camp. He is an experienced hiker, rock climber, and mountain biker. He has been a classroom teacher at a charter school, a counselor at an outdoor adventure camp, and is presently teaching cooking classes to kids at a local school and guiding mountain bike tours in Sonora and Chihuahua. He believes that getting people outside of their everyday experience can tap into realms of personal potential.
Assistant: TBA
Optical Sciences Camp
Grades 9 – 12
Do you like science and math? Do you like high-tech gadgets? Then the Optical Sciences Camp is for you! You will learn all about optics—the science and technology of light. Optics isn't just telescopes and microscopes any more, but an integral part of the technology that enables you to view DVDs, take a picture with your cell phone, drive at night, save and share information on CDs, enjoy fantastic special effects in movies, create virtual realities, and much more.
Optical Sciences campers will learn about the properties of lasers and laser applications (such as transmitting music through a laser beam), measure the spectra of various light sources, learn how images are formed with lenses and mirrors, take apart the optics in a CD player, and more.
This camp will provide students with a basic knowledge of optics and allow them to interact with internationally renowned professors in the UA College of Optical Sciences. This course is offered in conjunction with the UA College of Optical Sciences.
Note: The above camp description includes information that is available as the AYU brochure goes to print. Be aware that activities and discussion topics may change slightly.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
| Code: | AYUOPTIC |
| Dates: | June 8 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA College of Optical Sciences, Room 821 Meinel Building, 1630 E. University Boulevard |
| Cost: | $340 per one-week session / $17.00 per hour |
Instructors:
Mike Nofziger is a Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator for the College of Optical Sciences. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences, and has 10 years experience teaching optics to undergraduate students. His primary interests are in the development and teaching of optical laboratory experiments and demonstrations.
Assisted by other College of Optical Science faculty and staff.
Photojournalism Camp
Grades 7 – 11
Working on a school yearbook or newspaper? Interested in becoming a photojournalist or maybe just learning how to take better pictures? Here’s your chance! Using your camera, you will learn to tell a story visually by gathering information (who, what, why, where and when), editing/refining that information to the most important points, and then presenting that information to readers/viewers in an interesting way.
In addition to making compelling, story-telling photographs, class members will participate in critiques and discussions, making suggestions that generate ideas and alternatives. The basics of lighting, focus, and composition will be demonstrated using students’ cameras as they shoot specific assignments and pursue specific themes. Basic lessons in image downloading and editing with a computer will produce a short picture story presentation that students can take home. Each student must bring to camp his or her own digital camera, a computer connector cable, an instruction booklet for the camera, and a flash drive, which will be used so that final presentations can be taken home.
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
| Code: | AYUPHOTO |
| Dates: | June 1 – 5, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310 |
| Cost: | $325 per one-week session / $16.25 per hour |
Instructors:
Gary Gaynor rretired from the Tucson Citizen in 2007 after working for 39 years as a photojournalist. Nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, his photography and writing told stories from every corner of the Tucson community. Beginning his career with a 4 X 5 film camera, he transitioned into the computer and digital age and became proficient using video cameras. Raised in Tucson, he graduated from Catalina High School and attended The University of Arizona while working the night shift at the Citizen. He and his wife Cinda have five children and currently live in rural St. David.
Jean Discorfano (Assistant) has been an employee of The University of Arizona for 15 years, teaching several computer classes for the campus community. She has been a computer instructor for six years and has worked with AYU’s summer camp program for the last five years. She currently teaches computer classes for Oasis and has designed many Web sites.
Advanced Photojournalism Camp
Grades 9 - 12
This four-day workshop will focus on a single theme: July 4, 2009. Students will experience the atmosphere of a professional news organization as they interview and make environmental portraits of three to four individuals, illustrating their subjects’ thoughts and feelings about Independence Day. While working under a strict time deadline, students will learn better interviewing skills and photography and editing techniques. Short stories and digital images will be input and edited using Adobe Photoshop. Students must be proficient with a digital camera and have mastered basic journalism writing style. Work will be saved on students’ flash/memory cards so that they can take it home at the end of camp. Completed work may also be featured online.
This is a more advanced course than the beginning photojournalism class offered in June. Students are expected to be proficient with their own digital cameras and basic journalism writing style. Each student must bring in his or her own digital camera, a computer connector cable, an instruction booklet, and a flash drive.
CANCELLED
| Code: | AYUPHOAD |
| Dates: | June 29 - July 2, Mon - Fri |
| Times: | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310 |
| Cost: | $275 per camp / $17.19 per hour |
Instructors:
Gary Gaynor retired from the Tucson Citizen in 2007 after working for 39 years as a photojournalist. Nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, his photography and writing told stories from every corner of the Tucson community. Beginning his career with a 4 X 5 film camera, he transitioned into the computer and digital age and became proficient using video cameras. Raised in Tucson, he graduated from Catalina High School and attended The University of Arizona while working the night shift at the Citizen. He and his wife Cinda have five children and currently live in rural St. David.
Assistant: TBD
Law Camp
Grades 8 – 12
Law is exciting, challenging, and as current as today's newspaper headlines. Everyone should have a basic understanding of how our law works, what lawyers do, and how they approach and solve problems. This is a hands-on class; from the first morning, students will be involved in “lawyering”, discussing and debating current legal issues such as: Should a teen arrested for marijuana possession be put on probation or sent to jail? What gives the Supreme Court the right to throw out Arizona laws? Are there any limits on judicial power?
Students will learn legal principles and will consider ethical issues faced by lawyers. They will also get a healthy dose of "thinking like a lawyer". Time and time again, they will have to articulate and defend their positions, to listen closely and to consider other points of view, and, perhaps most critical for teens, to consider the long-range implications of short-range decisions. At the end of the week students will conduct a trial with friends and family sitting as jurors.
Enrollment is limited to 18 students.
This camp is now FULL. You may call 621-7724 to be placed on the waiting list.
| Code: | AYULAW |
| Dates: | June 1 – 5, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
| Location: | Law College, Room 156. Meet in Law College Jury Room on the first day. |
| Cost: | $365 per one-week session / $10 per hour |
Instructors:
The class will be taught by two UA law students under the supervision of law professors Kenney Hegland and Paul Bennett.
Kenney Hegland is the author of "Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law", a book used by students in many of the country's law schools. He also produced educational law-related videos that are distributed nationally, and has recently completed a book on the law for general audiences titled “Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers”.
Paul Bennett is the head of the UA Law School's Child Advocacy Clinic and is a national leader in clinical legal education.
Karting Camp I
Grades 7 - 12
Students will explore the dynamics of how a basic racing vehicle operates, and gain hands-on experience. The course includes instruction with kart safety, basic line theory, and the human experience. Students will first walk the track and the instructor will tell them the proper line, braking, and acceleration techniques to achieve maximum efficiency for each section of the track. After the walk, students will participate in lead and follow sessions, where the lead driver demonstrates the best line, and students follow and learn. Students will be amazed at how quickly they catch on and how much time they lose going around the track each time. By the end of the session, not only will the students have gained basic karting techniques, they will have sharpened decision-making skills, mastered basic motor vehicle mechanics, and discovered greater confidence in themselves.
Students will be responsible for learning safety rules that they can then apply to their daily experiences. Students will drive karts specific to their size and age provided by Musselman Honda Circuit Track. Safety gear needed to participate includes full pants, long sleeve shirt, and closed-toe shoes. The Camp provides everything else, which includes helmet, neck brace, and gloves. Students who come with open minds will learn the quickest, and all students will have a great time! This camp is offered in conjunction with Southern Arizona Kart Club, Inc. Transportation daily from the UA to the P1 Circuit location is included in the cost of the camp. The van will depart at exactly 8:30 a.m. each morning and will return to the UA at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Enrollment limited to 14 students.
PLEASE NOTE: The van transporting students from the UA to the circuit track is now FULL. However, if you can provide your own transportation to the circuit track, there remain a few additional openings in the camp. Please call Registration at 520-621-7724 for more information.
| Code: | AYUKART |
| Dates: | June 8 - 12, Mon - Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Musselman Honda Circuit Track, 11800 S. Harrison Road |
| Cost: | $575 per one-week session/$16.42 per hour |
Lead Instructor:
Lat Franklin has over 20 years racing experience in different forms of racing -- as a driver, engineer, and mechanic. He has raced everything from Karts to Formula Cars to Dirt and Pavement Midgets to Stock Cars. He is a degreed Mechanical Engineer who has taught Vehicle Dynamics at The University of Arizona. He has the unique ability to integrate driving and set-up with the ability to explain the science of why things feel and react the way they do.
TerraPod: The Nature of Our World
Grades 6 - 8
Make your own science documentary film, load it up on YouTube, and enter a virtual film festival! You’ll participate in an online social network community where you will learn about science and filmmaking. Each two-person film crew will focus on a specific topic, fanning out across the UA campus to create its own original 3-5 minute film on a science or nature subject. Back in the computer lab, film crews will use online tools to edit, produce, and enhance films with graphics, sound effects, stock film footage, and other techniques. Using an open forum in the online site, students will “chat” with one another, ask questions of experts, talk with filmmakers, and probe the minds and expertise of scientists. At the end of the week, you will enter your movie in the TerraPod Film Festival, where everyone gets to vote for their favorites!
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
CANCELLED
| Code: | AYUTERRA |
| Dates: | June 8 - 12, Mon - Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | UA University Services Building 888 N. Euclid Ave., Room 310 |
| Cost: | $350 per one-week session/$8.75 per hour |
Instructors:
Kirk A. Astroth is the director of the Arizona 4-H program and has more than 25 years of teaching experience. Kirk has been involved with promoting TerraPod for 2 years and was one of the early pilots of this unique program. Kirk has experience in curriculum development and several programs he has created have won national recognition.
Curt Peters is a Pima County Extension 4-H Agent with more than 25 years of teaching experience. Curt is the 4-H Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math liaison and has led a number of innovative science programs during his career. He has also been involved in Digital Storytelling and GPS programs.
Patty Bean is the program coordinator of the TerraPod project, an innovative science and film-making project begun at Montana State University’s Department of Media and Theater Arts. Patty has taught numerous TerraPod workshops in several states. Patty is also a former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park and a former school teacher.
Kostya Nakazny is an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at the University of Arizona 4-H Extension office. He has extensive experience in digital multimedia. He has taught Flash Animation and Web Design at various summer camps. Kostya is an amateur digital photographer with many years of experience in that field.
Camp Architecture
Grades 8 - 11
Finally, an opportunity for aspiring young architects (and those curious about what it means to be an architect) to “try-on” architectural education! Learn how to sketch like an architect, build architectural models, use 3D Modeling programs, and design a small building. You will be working with a team of professional phase architecture students and the Assistant Dean of the UA College of Architecture. There will be field trips around town to learn more about Tucson architecture and students will visit an architecture office to talk with professional architects and learn about what they do.
A $25.00 materials fee is included in the cost of the camp.
CANCELLED
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
| Code: | AYUARCHT |
| Dates: | June 1 – 12, Mon – Fri |
| Times: | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Architecture, West building, Rm. 104 |
| Cost: | $475 per two-week session/$5.94 per hour (includes $25 materials fee) |
Instructors:
Susan K. E. Moody, M. Arch is currently an Assistant Dean and has been a teacher and Administrator in the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture for over 20 years. She has taught courses throughout the curriculum, but she especially enjoyed the 10 years she taught “Introduction to Architecture” to incoming freshmen.
UA Student Leader Instructors: Ms. Moody will be assisted by a Team of carefully chosen professional phase architecture students. These students have been selected because of their skills in specific areas of the curriculum, their proven ability to work as mentors, and the broad variety of extra – curricular experiences they can share with our aspiring architect-campers.
