Artemis 2012

Here is this year's weekly schedule. Note that certain things are subject to change:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

To see a calendar of all field trips, guest speakers, and other special events, please visit our calendar page.

Week 1 Schedule:

Monday:

9:00-9:30 Connection
9:30-9:45 Snack break
9:45-10:15 Powerpoint mini-lesson
10:15-11:45 About me presentations
11:45-12:15 Photoshop: introduction
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Photoshop: building a house

Tuesday:

9:00-10:00 Photoshop: LOL animal
10:00-10:15 Snack break
10:15-11:30 Photoshop: LOL animal
11:30-12:00 Tour of Brown
12:00-12:15 Speaker Ettiquite
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Hardware

Wednesday:

All Day Field Trip: Wheeler School ropes course

Thursday:

9:00-10:00 Photoshop: putting yourself in a picture
10:00-10:15 Snack break
10:15-11:00 Photoshop: Ripples and changing colors
11:00-12:15 Cryptography: Caesar ciphers and photo encryption
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: James Hays
2:00-3:00 Cryptography: public key encryption/RSA

Friday:

9:00-9:45 HTML session 1
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 HTML session 2
11:00-12:15 Excel
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Nerf capture the flag
2:00-3:00 HTML session 3

Week 2 Schedule:

Monday:

9:00-9:45 HTML session 4
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 HTML session 5
11:00-11:15 break
11:15-12:15 HTML session 6
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Nerf gun war or water gun fight
2:00-3:00 HTML session 7

Tuesday:

9:00-9:45 Alice: intro and tutorials
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Alice: methods
11:00-11:15 break
11:15-12:15 Alice: events and functions
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Betsy Hilliard
2:00-3:00 Alice: free time

Wednesday:

No camp today. Have a happy Fourth of July!

Thursday:

9:00-9:45 Alice: intro to lists
9:45-10:00 Snack break
10:00-11:00 Linux command line
11:00-11:15 break
11:15-12:15 Alice: arrays and loops
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 The last lecture screening
2:15-3:00 Alice: free time

Friday:

9:00-9:45 Alice: camera control and light
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-12:15 Alice: final project
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Google
2:15-3:00 Alice: final project presentations

Week 3 Schedule:

Monday

9:00-9:45 Introduction to Binary
9:45-10:00 Snack break
10:00-11:00 Truth tables and logic circuits
11:00-12:15 Python: lesson 1
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Nerf gun war or water gun fight
2:00-3:00 Python: lesson 2 (variables)

Tuesday

9:00-9:45 Simple data structures
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Simple data structures
11:00-12:15 Python: lesson 3 (loops and lists)
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Maurice Herlihy
2:00-3:00 Python: lesson 4 (strings and conditionals)

Wednesday

All Day Field Trip: MIT Museum and robotics lab

Thursday

9:00-9:45 Peruvian coin flips
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Logism
11:00-12:15 Python: lesson 5 (functions)
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Microsoft
2:00-3:00 Python: lesson 6 (debugging, tracing)

Friday

9:00-9:45 Teach and play Nim
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-12:15 Nim project
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Genevieve Patterson
2:00-3:00 Nim project

Week 4 Schedule:

Monday

9:00-9:45 Sorting
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Python: lesson 7 (graphics)
11:00-11:15 break
11:00-12:15 Python: lesson 8 (animation)
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Nerf gun war or water gun fight
1:45-3:00 Game theory: dollar auction and prisoner's dilemma

Tuesday

9:00-10:00 Searching
10:00-10:30 Snack and game break
10:30-11:00 Searching in python
11:00-12:15 Game Theory: nim
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Eugene Charniak
2:00-3:00 Python: graphics project

Wednesday

All Day Field Trip: Boston Museum of Science

Thursday

9:00-9:45 Pathfinding
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:30-11:00 Python: graphics project
11:00-12:15 AI/machine learning
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Iris Bahar
2:00-3:00 Python: graphics project presentations

Friday

9:00-9:30 AI/machine learning
9:30-10:30 Learning Nim project
10:30-11:00 Snack and game break
11:00-12:15 Learning Nim project
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Erik Sudderth
2:00-2:45 Learning Nim project and choosing research topics
2:45-3:00 AI demostration

Week 5 Schedule:

Monday

9:00-9:45 Robotics: intro to robotics, assigning teams and roles
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Robotics: the VEX kit and hand tool basics
11:00-12:15 Research
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Tom Doeppener
2:00-3:00 Robotics: the VEX kit and hand tool basics

Tuesday

9:00-9:45 Robotics: building the sample robot
9:45-10:15 Snack and game break
10:15-11:00 Robotics: easyc
11:00-12:15 Research and powerpoints
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Speaker: Tom Philip Klein
2:00-3:00 Robotics: easyc

Wednesday

9:00-9:45 Robotics: maze project
9:45-10:00 Snack break
10:00-11:45 Robotics: maze project
11:45-12:15 Finalize presentations
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Robotics: maze project

Thursday

9:00-10:00 Final Presentations to Coordinators
10:00-10:15 Snack break
10:15-11:45 Final Presentations to Coordinators
11:45-12:15 Public Speaking Exercise
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Set Up Final Presentations
1:30-2:30 Final Presentation to Faculty
2:30-3:00 Game

Friday - LAST DAY OF CAMP!

9:00-1:00 Field Trip to United Skates of America
1:00-3:00 Movie and goodbyes