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Learning Can Be Fun offers a "hands-on" approach to many
fascinating topics. Class size is kept to a minimum to allow for
flexibility and individual attention provided by a team of
outstanding instructors.
Each
program, unless otherwise indicated, will be held at the BRCC Weyers
Cave Campus and consists of 15 hours of instruction within a
one-week period. Morning classes will meet from 9:00 a.m. until
noon, and afternoon classes will meet from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00
p.m., unless otherwise stated. Students will be given a LCBF T-shirt
with their first registration. Parents, siblings, and friends are
invited last half hour of class on Friday to observe what the
students have done during the week. The fee for any course is $95, unless otherwise stated.
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Adventures of Mark
Twain (rising grades 1-4)
Nineteenth-century America and the world of Mark Twain come to
life as we journey back in time to learn about the man who was
not only an important author, but also had careers as a painter,
steamboat pilot, miner, inventor, traveler, businessman,
lecturer and newspaper reporter. You will have an opportunity
to make printer’s type, invent new words, unmask a hoax, match
fingerprints, build a paddlewheel boat, plan a newspaper and
much, much more … all while exploring the life of this
multi-talented man!
27906
BRCC Weyers
Cave – D Building, Room D100
Instructor: Sandra
Carter
Beginning Writer's
Workshop (rising grades 5-6)
Do you
love to read, feel creative, and enjoy writing? If so, this is
the course for you! Writers will make bound books of their work
in this upbeat class that combines writing time, group sharing
time, and reading the works of other authors. Join in the fun
and have a collection of your writings at the end of the week to
share with friends and family.
27907
BRCC Weyers Cave – Plecker Center, Room P124
Instructor: Cherie
Taylor
Computer Gaming
(rising grades 6-9)
If
you enjoy playing computer games, then you will really love this
course – this is computer programming at its most fun! During
the week you will get to create your own games and play them on
the computer. You will learn how to create maps, images,
characters and tools in this hands-on, fun-filled gaming course.
27095
BRCC Weyers Cave – Plecker Center, Room P100
Instructor: Jonathan
Wyrick
Fly-Tying &
Spin-Cast Fishing (rising grades 4-7)
Have
you ever tried to tie artificial dry flies that actually float?
You’ll do that in this class, and use them as well as wet flies,
nymphs, terrestrial insects, hellgrammites, and minnows to catch
fish. You will also fish using a spin-cast rod and reel with a
casting bobber to catch sunfish, crappie, and bass with the
lures you tie. A minimum of three afternoons will be spent at
streams and farm ponds actually fishing. Don’t miss this great
opportunity!
27908
BRCC Weyers
Cave – A Building, Room A102
Instructor: Rudy
Tucker
Introduction to
Robotics (rising grades 2-4)
Have
you ever watched a robot and wondered how it works? This
summer, using electronics, you can help build real working robot
arms. You will be amazed at all the neat things you will find
out in this course!
26811
BRCC Weyers
Cave – E Building, Room E110
Instructor: Jim
Richerson
Inventing Instruments (rising grades
K-1)
Have you ever
created a homemade guitar or trumpet or drum? How about a
sniggle-bopper or a soosa-flute? Well, if you’ve ever wanted to
create your own musical instrument, then now is the time! Find
out what we can come up with to make our own Storytelling Band!
We’ll invent our instruments, and then tell a tale or two with
our new musical sound effects. Storytelling with instruments is
fun!
27751
BRCC Weyers
Cave – A Building, Room A107
Instructor: Barbara
Spilman Lawson
Nursing (rising
grades 7-9)
NEW
Do you have
compassion and drive? Do you have a desire to help others? If
so, this is the workshop for you! Welcome to Nursing!
This 15-hour course will cover the stages of life from birth to
the elderly. With the help of our simulation lab, you will
actually get to watch a birth, complete an assessment of the
pediatric and adult client, learn how to obtain vital signs,
learn basic first aid, interpret basic heart rhythms, listen to
heart and lung sounds, and learn what is normal and what is
not. With the help of Gerry, our elderly mannequin, you will
discover common findings of the elderly client. All of this and
more will challenge you to look at yourself and discover that
nurse inside you.
27707
BRCC Weyers
Cave – J Building, Room J126
Instructor: Debbie
Hartman
Paint, Draw, and Be
Merry (rising grades K-1)
You
will experience the basics of painting and drawing through the
media of paint, charcoal, pencil and collage. Sketchbooks will
be provided, and exercises in creative thinking will stretch
your imagination. Included is a mural project in which you will
learn to work together and share your creative ideas. You will
then select your best work and be oriented in the method of
matting in preparation for an art exhibit. So put on your
beret, pick up a brush, and paint with us!
27909
BRCC Weyers
Cave – D Building, Room D115
Instructor: Jennifer
Gutshall
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Water Adventure Week (rising grades 4-6)
This course
is designed to be less physically challenging than an “Adventure
Sport Sampler Class” but a great introduction to some of the
water-related adventure activities that are a part of the
“sampler” class. You will get to participate in the following
abbreviated day trips (weather and water levels permitting): a
3- to 5-mile raft float trip on one of the area’s mild rivers; a
waterfall hike and swim day; a river-tubing day of floating in
fabric-covered tubes down an area river; a swimming hole day of
old-fashioned playing in the water at one or two area swimming
holes; and on the last day a trip to an area lake to relax,
paddle kayaks, play on a giant inner-tube, or have fun
participating in different water and beach games. All necessary
equipment and personal flotation devices will be provided. You
must bring a bag lunch and drinks in plastic screw-top bottles
each day. Course information packets will be sent to each
student upon registration.
24569
$230
BRCC Weyers Cave – Plecker Center, Room P104
Instructor: Derek
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Beginning Karate
(rising grades 2-8)
Come
get some kicks for kids at BRCC! In this course you will learn
the basic techniques of karate including blocks, punches and
kicks. You will also learn about ancient Japanese culture and
experience other fun activities. The fee for this course
includes a karate uniform that each child may keep. Please
give size information when registering.
27911
$120
BRCC Weyers Cave – Plecker Center, Room P126A
Instructors: Rick & Kathi Scruggs
Computer Gaming
(rising grades 6-9)
If
you enjoy playing computer games, then you will really love this
course – this is computer programming at its most fun! During
the week you will get to create your own games and play them on
the computer. You will learn how to create maps, images,
characters and tools in this hands-on, fun-filled gaming course.
27096
BRCC Weyers Cave – Plecker Center, Room P100
Instructor: Jonathan
Wyrick
It’s All About Me (rising grades
7-9)
NEW
Do you feel
uncomfortable in some social situations, particularly around
people you don’t know? Come and join us in a class that is
designed to boost your self-confidence! You will gain tips on
appearance, body language, etiquette, as well as how to build
team skills. You will gain the best advice on how to make the
most of what you have! On the last day of class, you will serve
tea to your parents, family and friends to demonstrate all the
valuable life skills you have learned.
27912
BRCC Weyers
Cave – D Building, Room D100
Instructor: Cherie
Taylor
Jungle Art (rising grades 3-5)
Discover wild
jungle creatures and their environment through this
3-dimensional art form. You will work on a soft-sculptured
snake, a parrot mobile, clay elephants and lizards, and a dodo
bird puppet … plus work on 2-dimensional paintings of jungle
animals and sketchbook drawings! All of your artwork will be on
display during exhibit day on Friday.
24422
BRCC Weyers
Cave – Fine Arts/Humanities Building, Room V205
Instructor: Nilda
Jolloff
Make it a Musical (rising grades
K-1) NEW
Do you like
to sing songs? How about making up some of your own music? Well,
come join the fun as we combine songs and stories to create our
own original musical production! We’ll choose a well-known folk
tale, then make up new words for some familiar tunes or write
some of our own music, and turn a plain story into a wild and
wacky musical adventure! Singing, dancing, playing and laughing
will be required! Storytelling through music is fun!
26825
BRCC Weyers
Cave – A Building, Room A107
Instructor: Barbara
Spilman Lawson
Nursing (rising
grades 10-12) NEW
Do you have
compassion and drive? Do you have a desire to help others? If
so, this is the workshop for you! Welcome to Nursing!
This 15-hour course will cover the stages of life from birth to
the elderly. With the help of our simulation lab, you will
actually get to watch a birth, complete an assessment of the
pediatric and adult client, learn how to obtain vital signs,
learn basic first aid, interpret basic heart rhythms, listen to
heart and lung sounds, and learn what is normal and what is
not. With the help of Gerry, our elderly mannequin, you will
discover common findings of the elderly client. All of this and
more will challenge you to look at yourself and discover that
nurse inside you.
27716
BRCC Weyers
Cave – J Building, Room J126
Instructor: Debbie
Hartman
Paint, Draw, and Be
Merry (rising grades 2-4)
You
will experience the basics of painting and drawing through the
media of paint, charcoal, pencil and collage. Sketchbooks will
be provided, and exercises in creative thinking will stretch
your imagination. Included is a mural project in which you will
learn to work together and share your creative ideas. You will
then select your best work and be oriented in the method of
matting in preparation for an art exhibit. So put on your
beret, pick up a brush, and paint with us!
27910
BRCC Weyers
Cave – D Building, Room D115
Instructor: Jennifer
Gutshall
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