Summer@IMSA Blog – Metro East

Summer@IMSA in the Metro East Area

Follow along with our student adventures in learning!

3rd – 4th Grade Programs

Makey Lab
  • 7.14.23 – Makey Lab July 14, 2023 - Today our inventors finished their toy creations! Each camper now has a completed, one-of-a-kind toy to bring home and show off. They worked hard all week designing, building, testing, and… Continue Reading
  • 7.13.23 – Makey Lab July 13, 2023 - Let’s light up the night! Today campers began designing and decorating their own night lights, to finish and bring home at the end of the week. Campers applied their knowledge… Continue Reading
  • 7.12.23 – Makey Lab July 12, 2023 - Wireless communication is something that we use every day. But years ago, Morse Code was used to send messages. This form of communication was based on a series of dots… Continue Reading
  • 7.11.23 – Makey Lab July 11, 2023 - Shall we swing right to the stars? Today our playground engineers continued their work on building out their playground and were challenged to design a swing that could carry different… Continue Reading
  • 7.10.23 – Makey Lab July 10, 2023 - The fairytale realm is being bombarded by natural disasters, and they need our campers to help build homes to withstand the new dangers! Today our campers experimented with different materials… Continue Reading
  • 6.30.23 – Makey Lab at MetroEast June 30, 2023 - Today our inventors finished their toy creations! Each camper has a completed, one-of-a-kind toy to bring home and show off. They worked hard designing, building, testing, and finalizing their finished… Continue Reading
  • 6.29.23 – Makey Lab at MetroEast June 29, 2023 - Let’s light up the night! Today campers began designing and decorating their own night lights to finish and bring home at the end of the week. Campers applied their knowledge… Continue Reading
  • 6.28.23 – Makey Lab at MetroEast June 28, 2023 - Wireless communication is something that we use every day. But years ago, Morse Code was used to send messages. This communication was based on a series of dots and dashes… Continue Reading
  • 6.27.23 – Makey Lab at MetroEast June 27, 2023 - Shall we swing right to the stars? Today our playground engineers continued their work on building their playground and were challenged to design a swing that could carry different loads.… Continue Reading
  • 6.26.23 – Makey Lab at MetroEast June 26, 2023 - Natural disasters are bombarding the fairytale realm, and they need our campers to help build homes to withstand the new dangers! Today our campers experimented with different materials to see… Continue Reading

5th – 6th Grade Programs

CSImsa
  • 7.14.23 – CSIMSA at MetroEast July 14, 2023 - After all of our CSIMSA investigators’ hard work this week, it is finally time to try and convict the guilty suspect who dognapped Fifi LaRoux! The students spent the day… Continue Reading
  • 7.13.23 – CSIMSA at MetroEast July 13, 2023 - In CSIMSA we had an exciting day doing DNA profiling of our suspects and DNA found at the crime scene! We practiced pipetting before loading our gels and performing gel… Continue Reading
  • 7.12.23 – CSIMSA at MetroEast July 12, 2023 - A ransom note was sent to Fifi LeRoux’s owner last night and so today at “CSIM-stitute”, our doggedly determined CSIMSA trainees learned more about ink chromatography and handwriting analysis (a.k.a.… Continue Reading
  • 7.11.23 – CSIMSA at MetroEast July 11, 2023 - Our 5 suspects in the case of the missing Fifi LeRoux have reported to the police department to submit some of their key biometric information and to get fingerprinted. Today,… Continue Reading
  • 7.10.23 – CSIMSA at MetroEast July 10, 2023 - Today in CSImsa, the campers dug into the details of the crime: The dognapping of Fifi LeRoux, a prized 3-time Westminster dog show defending champion! They built Foldscopes, which are… Continue Reading
  • 6.30.23 – CSImsa at MetroEast June 30, 2023 - After all of our CSIMSA investigators’ hard work this week, it is finally time to try and convict the guilty suspect who dognapped Fifi LeRoux! The students spent the day… Continue Reading
  • 6.29.23 – CSImsa at MetroEast June 29, 2023 - We had an exciting day doing DNA profiling of our suspects, and DNA found at the crime scene! We practiced pipetting before loading our gels and performing gel electrophoresis!! Tomorrow… Continue Reading
  • 6.28.23 – CSImsa at MetroEast June 28, 2023 - A ransom note was sent to Fifi LeRoux’s owner last night. So today at “CSIM-stitute”, our doggedly determined CSIMSA trainees learned more about ink chromatography and handwriting analysis (a.k.a. graphology)… Continue Reading
  • 6.27.23 – CSImsa at MetroEast June 27, 2023 - Our five suspects in the case of the missing Fifi LeRoux have reported to the police department to submit some of their key biometric information and to get fingerprinted. Today,… Continue Reading
  • 6.26.23 – CSImsa at MetroEast June 26, 2023 - Today in CSImsa, the campers dug into the details of the crime: The dognapping of Fifi LeRoux, a prized 3-time Westminster dog show defending champion! They built Foldscopes, and paper… Continue Reading

7th – 8th Grade Programs

Vital Signs