Spark Studio
In Session 3, learners will continue exploring all aspects of entrepreneurship. Spark will begin the session with a guest talk from an entrepreneur, Lisa Bourven of Toy Nest, who reimagines the way we buy and use toys. Each learner will then work with a small group to create their own business. They will have the opportunity to incorporate animals, sports, holiday related themes, and food and drink into their products as they solve a solution to a world problem.
Wondering if math, reading or writing are important in designing and owning a business? Learners will work with hands-on materials in each area of the studio to see how these basic skills help them as they own and operate a business. They will conclude the session with a business fair to showcase and sell their products.
Discovery Studio
This session Discovery learners will lean into their Trailblazer identity and consider what it means to be a changemaker through graphic design. Learners will study the impact and effect of persuasive graphic design through research on three rhetorical appeals – logos, pathos, and ethos – and four graphic design principles – proximity, alignment, contrast, and repetition. They will hear Trailblazer talks from several local graphic designers and artists to inspire them in their own design creation. What will they persuade us to think and believe? We can’t wait to see their final products at the end of session exhibition.
The Session 3 Writer’s Workshop will invite learners to explore the art and practice of journaling. In this technology-free project, learners will write their own journal entries inspired by reflective journaling, creative journaling, travel journaling, and gratitude journaling. The project will kick-off with the “discovery” of a time capsule that holds journal entries written by famous historical figures. At the end of the session, learners will choose one journal entry to put in a time capsule that will be opened in four years, the next time this Writer’s Workshop is offered in Discovery Studio!
Adventure Studio
What do you get when you mix history, science experiments, and sugar? The Chemistry of Candy Project! This Session Adventure learners will explore the origins and history of one of the world’s sweetest discoveries, dive into the science of candy, and learn about the processes that go into mass production. Learner’s chemistry skills will be put to the test with the challenge of creating their very own brand of Edible Slime at our “Edible Slime Tasting Exhibition” at the end of the session.
Adventure learners will also begin the process of securing an Apprenticeship this session. Learners will spend time considering their values, strengths, and skills in order to determine what apprenticeship might serve their dreams and passions best. They will make decisions about their dream apprenticeship opportunities and create a social capital map that will help them in realizing who they know and who might be able to support and guide them in their journey.
Health & Wellness
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”
–Deborah Day
Self-care is essential to our physical, emotional, and mental health. The holiday season can often be a time of joy, comfort, and fun. It can also be a time when we all feel busy and stressed. During the last session of 2023, health and wellness will be a time of introspection. The learners will be challenged to reflect on how they take care of their minds, bodies, and spirits. In the linked research article, the authors explain how students learned about how to take care of their minds through reducing stress, their bodies through healthy exercise and nutrition, and their spirits through finding connection with themselves and their purpose. Each learner will be given tools for reflecting on the self-care they engage in now and what they would like to focus on in the future.
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