Courses for 2012
- Acting and the Young Performer
- Instructor: Rod Davidson; 1:20-2:50 pm
Are you an actor, writer, performer or maybe want to be someday? Then this class is for you. Learn from a professional Hollywood actor how to write and perform your own monologue. Work up to the final class being a “Monologue Fest” where every student performs. Come tell your story and showcase your talents! - Birth of a Nation
- Instructor: Emily Irwin; 10:10 am-12:10 pm
Do you have what it takes to rule your own country? Come find out! Invent your own country, creating a name, government and economic structure, currency, flag and history of formation. Then participate in a simulation where your country interacts with the other invented countries. Will your country come out as a superpower or struggle to survive? - Build an Electronic Pet
- Instructor: Trevor Fiez; 1:20-2:50 pm & 3:00-4:30 pm
Additional $60 supply fee per student
Using the facilities in an OSU Electrical Engineering lab, build a Tekpet of your very own. Work in groups and independently to create your own pet to take home that might be taught to dance, change colour, and even interact with you and another pet! - Community Service 101
- Instructor: Jodi Howell; cancelled
What impact can you make on your community? Investigate the basics of community service and how volunteering can positively impact your life and your community. Work independently and as a team to learn about local service opportunities, create a mission statement, draft a grant and award a local non-profit. Plan to participate in a community service opportunity. - Creative Writing
- Instructor: Melissa Cadotte; 10:10 am-12:10 pm
Get ready to write! Find new ways to get started on stories, write reflectively about yourself, and practice precise, descriptive writing. Experiment with creative writing by diving into writing a combination of short fiction and poetry. Be prepared to share your writing with classmates and at the end compile your best pieces into a literary magazine to take home. - Creature Creation
- Instructor: Malynda Shook; cancelled
Additional $5 supply fee per student
Scales, slime, fur, fangs and wings! Do you have a favorite mythical creature? Learn how to draw and paint creatures from myth, history or our own imaginations using a variety of art mediums including watercolor, ink and pastel. - Current Issues in Law
- Instructor: Lawrence Johnson; 10:10 am-12:10 pm
Explore the current issues in law! Social media, technology and Supreme Court cases that affect every teenager will be debated. Immerse yourself in a mock trial and visit the courthouse to gain a better understanding of our legal system. - Instructor: Josh Mitchell, Additional $5 supply fee per student; 8:30-10:00 am
Ever wanted to build your own house? Now you can! Draw a floor plan and then construct your home from foam board into a 3D Model. One story? Two story? Big or small, you control the home; it’s YOUR dream home! Compile a materials list, learn basic plan reading and discuss the elements of a well-designed home. Put on your hard hat and build a house with us! - Drawing Animals
- Instructor: Tonya Gainey, Additional $5 supply fee per student; 8:30-10:00 am
Do you love to draw animals? Learn the basics of animal shapes, textures using watercolor, colored pencil, oil pastels and ink to create real-looking hair, scales, skin and eyes. Bring a photograph or choose from our library (no live models, please!) - Fashion Illustration
- Instructor: Marianne Egan; closed to enrollment
Are you a fashion designer in the making? Learn how to take your design ideas and transfer them to paper. Elements of fabric movement, texture, shading and fit will be incorporated. Master the art of using your own style to create amazing fashions! No drawing experience is needed! - Find your Inner Apprentice
- Instructor: Josh Mitchell; 10:10 am-12:10 pm
Ever had a great idea for a business? What about a great product? Businesses surround you every day and one could soon be yours! Musician? Dog walker? Cupcake baker? There are so many opportunities out there if you keep an open mind. Explore what it takes to start a business, design a logo, create a product and market those products in just a few days! This is Apprentice style! - Garden Art
- Instructor: Tonya Gainey, Additional $10 supply fee per student; 10:10 am-12:10 pm
Try your artistic hand using ceramic tiles, solder wire and wood! Create your own mosaic garden art structure using ceramic tiles to produce colorful designs and pictures to be glued and grouted onto an 8 foot garden post. There will be other projects too! Bring a pair of garden gloves. - Group Dynamics
- Instructor: Aileen Hood; 3:00-4:30 pm
Puzzles, hula-hoops, other everyday objects! What do they have in common? They are used in this popular class to learn about problem solving, communication and leadership. See what new challenges and dilemmas await you. Each day will bring something new! Make sure you wear closed toed shoes, comfortable outdoor clothing and be prepared to be challenged! - I Can't Believe You Said That!
- Instructor: Jodi Howell; cancelled
Have you ever sat down with someone who sees the world very differently and listened to their thoughts and then tried to express you own? Have you ever changed your mind because of new information, even if the information came from a source that made you uncomfortable? Be prepared to stretch your brain and expand your personal ideas. It isn't always easy, but it is always interesting and often surprising to explore ideas with un-like minded people! Brain and psychology studies, small and large group debates, interest surveys and multiple intelligence activities will be part of the class. - Intro to GameMaker
- Instructor: Theresa Desaulniers; 8:30-10:00 am
Have you ever considered being a Video Game Programmer? Are you fascinated by the way games are created? A new Zelda game takes years to create, and we have only two weeks! Be introduced to deciding the type of game to make, publishing a completed game on the web, and everything in between. Come and try out the entire process of video game making to see if you will continue on the path of becoming one of the future great video game creators. - Introduction to Graphic Design
- Instructors: Hannah Durighello & Brittany Albertson; 8:30-10:00 am
Express your ideas visually in this creative, hands-on course. Explore the world of graphic designers where people create the magazines, illustrations, clothing and posters that are seen worldwide. Create your very own unique design projects to take home with you. No prior art or computer experience necessary. All you need is an excitement to create! - Instructor: Yigal Toister; 1:20-2:50 pm
If you like chess or Starcraft, you will love Go! Played by Samurai and monks, this is the oldest board game in the world. The rules are simple, but the game is rich in complexity. Starting with an empty board and black and white stones, see how the Masters have played and then try it yourself. Fun challenges from “Life and Death” problems to “Opening Theory” come join us! - LEGO Robotics
- Instructors: Tim Lykins and Tina Schnell; 8:30-10:00 am
Whether you have played with LEGO® kits all your life, or never built a thing, you will love LEGO® Robotics. Using LEGO® RCX kits, combined with your skills of building, problem solving, and engineering create and program a LEGO® robot to do just about anything. Build a Bumper-Bot and be amazed the first time you watch your programming spring to life as your robot turns in a circle, solves a maze, or uses a light sensor to follow a colored path. No previous experience required -- only an enthusiasm for learning and enjoyment of hands-on experiences. - Lights! Camera! Action!
- Instructor: Jordan VanderWeyden & Evan Anderson; 10:10 am-12:10 pm & 1:20-2:50 pm
Don't just watch TV, make It! Show off your technical skills and artistic creativity in this hands-on course taught in OSU's KBVR-TV studio. Learn how to use cameras, lights, microphones, and other production equipment to create a team-produced television show. Each member of the OTB TV production crew receives a videotaped copy of the show. - Music as Poetry
- Instructor: Jodi Howell; cancelled
Hip Hop, protest music, rhyme, meter and rhythm. Express yourself through verbal and written expression in an abstract way, using poetry forms and music from all genres to push your everyday writing to a new level. Listen to and discuss music where you can bring in lyrics or write your own. A culminating project will be a music montage and poetry book. - On the Air at KBVR-FM
- Instructors: Johnathon Flannery & Kurt Hagan; 3:00-4:30 pm
Each student supplies a CD-R.
Produce your own live on-air radio show at OSU's radio station KBVR-FM 88.7. Be trained in the art of radio broadcasting. Learn all aspects of live broadcasting as well as pre-recorded production. Announce the news, PSA's and play music on the air. Take home pieces of your own shows on CD. - Phantastic Physics
- Instructors: OSU Physics Personnel; 1:20-2:50 pm
Are you interested in taming the laws of physics to solve complex problems? Discover physics in the things of everyday life using OSU Physics Lab facilities and equipment! Work side by side with OSU department instructors exploring advanced topics in the field. Be prepared to participate in new (this year) and different hands-on activities and mind-boggling laboratory projects. - Russian: Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich
- Instructors: Ilana Volfson, cancelled
Investigate the language, culture, and traditions of the biggest country in the world. Become familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet, Russian grammar and pronunciation, and of course, a great deal of vocabulary from this area that spreads seven thousand miles from east to west. Upon completion of this course you will be able to read and write in Russian simple texts, to hold conversations in Russian and to continue to teach yourself Russian until you will reach the level when you will be able to read Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and many other brilliant Russian writers in the originals! - Teen vs Wild
- Instructors: Emily Irwin and Josh Mitchell; 1:20-2:50 pm & 3:00-4:30 pm
Additional $5 supply fee per student
The global financial system has collapsed rendering money meaningless, the electric grid is all but eliminated, and government is a thing of the past. We, the last of a dying race, must rely solely upon our survival skills to stay alive. Learn how to survive in the Oregon wilderness, how to cultivate your own food, filter water, and learn how to fend for yourself. What decisions will you make? Will you form a group or go it alone? If you're in a group will you be the leader or fulfil another role? The world we once knew is a relic of history, the question is can we adapt? Do you have what it takes to survive in the brave new world? - The Blast Behind Nuclear Physics
- Instructor: Joel Moreno; 1:20-2:50 pm
Additional $10 supply fee per student
Explore the world of nuclear physics with lots of hands-on activities and a field trip to the OSU Radiation Center. Breeze through Hawking and learn how the first nuclear reactor operated two billion years ago! The challenging topics of relativity, lasers, atom smashing and radiation will be explored through games, life-sized models and applications to daily life. - Trick of the Eye
- Instructor: Malynda Shook; cancelled
Additional $5 supply fee per student
Create a work of art that baffles the eye and inspires a sense of wonder. Discover our secret technique for making a piece of art that will leave your friends and family guessing! Draw from the Italian Renaissance Masters to create 3-D images using pen, ink, colored pencil, oil pastel and watercolour. Let your creativity shine! - What Makes a Good Leader?
- Instructor: Jodi Howell; cancelled
Whether you want to be a leader to your friends or the next President of the United States, it is important to know what it takes to become a great leader. Take fun personality quizzes, look at your strengths and learn about how YOU can be the next successful leader. Plan to use your creativity to design a project about your favourite leader.
Courses for 2013 will be available in March. Following, for information purposes, are the courses offered in the 2012 program.
Design Your Dream Home
Learn to play GO!
