Summer Camps
Full or half day
at 
Gizmo



Cities and Circuits

CLASS FULL!

Cities and Circuits
Imagine, design and build a city of the future.  Identify problems, create a solution and build a 3D view of tomorrow.  Using the laser cutter and other tools at Gizmo a city will be built in a week complete with the power being turned on when families gather on Friday to see the creation.
 
Ingenuity • Design • Teamwork
 
June 12th thru June 16th
9:30 AM -11:45 AM
Please bring water and a snack
Ages 8 and up

Fee: 
Member $85
Non - Member $90

Let's Science It
Girls Only
The Power of Super Heroines

CLASS FULL

Comics are filled with heroes and villains and the heroes need your help.  Using girl power, problem solving and engineering look at the super powers of our heroines and then create your own super heroine identity.
 
Science • Imagination • Investigation
 
June 12th thru June 16th
12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Please bring water and a snack
Ages 7 and up

Fee: 
Member $85
Non - Member $90



​Underwater Drones

CLASS FULL

Under Water Drones
There are sunken ships on the bottom of Lake Coeur d’ Alene.  With these underwater drones we will find these ships and film them for all of Coeur d’ Alene to see.  Help build a fleet of vehicles with robotic arms to gather samples and learn about buoyancy, propulsion.  Sensors will be able to bring up samples, capture data about the health of the lake and film underwater all over Northern Idaho.  These robots will be used on all of the surrounding lakes for the next three years.  Be part of something extreme.
 
Design • Robotics • Engineering
August 21st thru Aug 25th
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Please bring water and a lunch
Upper Middle School and High School
Fee  $180

Build a Vehicle For the 3rd Annual GizMotion
(Formerly the Kinetic Fest)

Class Full!

Build a Vehicle For the 3rd Annual GizMotion Celebration
Spend a week learning how to use the tools at Gizmo; laser cutters, welders and plasma cutters and all kinds of saws and sanders.  Have access to a pile of bikes that are waiting to have a new life as your human powered vehicle.  With your imagination and help from us you will be riding in the parade on July 8th in style. 

Metal Shop • Woodshop • Laser Cutter
 
June 26th thru June 30th
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Please bring water and a lunch
Middle School and High School
Fee  $180


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Bling Your Bike
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Class Full!

​You don’t have to build a bike, you can just decorate your way to awesomeness for the GizMotion day parade on July 8th.  Bring your bike to Gizmo and spend a morning or afternoon letting your creativity flow.  We will assist you in transforming your very own bike into the coolest ride of the parade on Saturday July 8th.
 
Creativity • Awesomeness • Art 
You will have a blast.
2 hr times from July 3rd thru July 7th
Sign up for one or multiple sessions. 

All ages 

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​​Blender

Class Full!
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Whether you are into 3D modeling, game creation, animation, or simulation Blender is the tool for you.  Get started with this Open Source, powerful 3D tool this summer, start growing your skill set and use it for the rest of your life.
 
3D Modeling • Art • Exploration
July 10th thru July 14th
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
Please bring water and a lunch

Ages 12 and up
Fee
Member $170
Non - Member $180
Waivers must be signed to attend class.
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​The Art Experience

CLASS FULL!

Look around! Nature inspires artists to create. We'll explore how several artists use the natural world in their art, from images of animals, plants and the natural world to actually using things from nature like rock, plants, and shells to make their artwork. We'll take a field trip to a local gallery and gather items from nature to use in our work.
Observation • Inspiration • Experimentation
 
July 10th thru July 14th
9:30 AM  - 3:00 PM Please bring water and a lunch
Ages 10 and up

Fee
Member $170
Non - Member $180
Waivers must be signed to attend class.
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Shadow Boxes, Lanterns and Zoetropes

CLASS FULL!

New creations are made all through this class.  A week of making things that celebrate light and animation. Learn to use the Laser Cutter and Cricut Cutter as well as the printer.  Play with light through making shadow boxes and cut out lanterns and then through animation create an illusion of motion with your own personally built Zoetrope.
 
Light • Creativity • Animation
 
July 17th thru July 21th
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
Please bring water and a lunch
Ages 7 and up

Fee: 
Member $170
Non - Member $180

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​Kidz Who Weld

Class Full!

Learn to weld, cut, bend and shape metal.  In depth demonstrations will be given on the safe and effective operation of welding equipment as you are guided to create a welded sculpture or product.  Amaze yourself and your friends at what you can make.  Limited class size.  Some metal costs may apply
Sparks • Design •Imagination
 
Full day, week long camp
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
July 17th thru July 21st
Please bring water and lunch!
Ages 13 and up

Fee:
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180
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Electric Guitars

Class Full!

Why buy when you can build!  Rock out with the CNC router - Create a "you" styled electric guitar during this week long class.  Learn a combination of techniques that will allow you to build a guitar that you will prize forever. Bragging rights will be amazing
 
CNC Router • Music • Woodworking
Full day, week long camp
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
July 24th - July 28th
Please bring water and lunch!

Ages 12 and up
Fee:
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180

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Art Music and Arduinos
Coding for Girls
FREE
Pt 1 and Pt 2

Learn to Code and change your world
Yes it is possible to do something life changing in two weeks. Learn to program and to build circuits that will allow you to create a moving sound-making amazing art project.  The first week you learn to code and the second week you learn to build.  Unleash your talents in this new way. Whether you are a girl who has never coded or a girl who codes this experience will inspire your creativity in new amazing ways!!!
 
Girl power • Engineering • Electronics
 
Full day, week long class
July 24th thru July 28th and
July 31st thru August 4th
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM 
Please bring water and a lunch
Upper Middle School and High School
Fee: $0

Gaming Jam

The Gizmo Game Jam 2017 is open to all ages and skill sets. Join us as we learn a variety of rapid prototyping tools, reveal the theme, pitch original game ideas, join teams, playtest and iterate a polished product and ultimately release your creations to the world!
Coding • Gaming • Creativity
Full day, week long camp
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
July 31st – Aug 4
Please bring water and lunch!
All ages

Fee:
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180

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Build a Drone

CLASS FULL!

Explore the science of flight with a drone you build for yourself. Learn about computer aided design, lasers, radio control, electric motors, and aerodynamics. We’ll design and lasercut frames, add motors, props, ESCs, and flight controllers to create a working drone, then learn to fly them through an obstacle course.
 
Flight • Electronics • Laser Cutter
 
Full day, week long camp
9:30 AM -3:00 PM 
Aug 7th thru August 11th
Please bring water and lunch!

Ages 11 and up
​Fee:
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180

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Scratch

CLASS FULL!

Kidz will make games, animate stories, make interactive art while learning to understand the principals of coding.  Let your child learn to create and express themselves with the computer not just interact with it.
 
Coding • Story Telling • Games
 
 
Half Day, week long class
Aug 7th thru Aug 11th
9:30 AM – 11:45 AM 
Please bring water and a snack

Ages 7 and up
​Fee: 
Member  $85
Non-Member  $90

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Scratch Jr

CLASS FULL

Kidz will make games, animate stories, make interactive art while learning to understand the principals of coding.  Let your child learn to create and express themselves with the computer not just interact with it.
 
Coding • Story Telling • Games
 
Half Day, week long class
Aug 7th thru Aug 11th
9:30 AM – 11:45 AM 
Please bring water and a snack

Ages 5 thru 7
​Fee: 
Member  $85
Non-Member  $90

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Minecraft
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CLASS FULL!

Be the creator of your own world.  Build incredible things out of virtual blocks, from dizzying towers to entire cities.  Program animals and other Minecraft Creatures  while you explore, build and survive.  Spend part of your day learning about the laser cutter to make Minecraft accessories. 
 
Imagination • Exploration • Creativity
 
Full Day class
Aug 14th thru Aug 18th
9:30 am  - 3:00 pm
Please bring water and a lunch

Fee: 
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180
Ages 8 and up
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Fun in the Mud
Mad Hatters Tea Party

CLASS FULL

Our inspiration for this fun in the mud week is the Mad Haters tea party.  Students will make pieces to decorate a table for tea party.  They will make a cups, saucers, spoons and bowls.  The final day of class we will have a tea party using the things we make.   
                                                Handbuilding • Clay •Creativity
 
Half day, week long class
Aug 7th thru Aug 11th
9:30 - 11:45

Please bring water and a snack
 
Fee:
Member  $85
Non-Member  $90
Ages 6 and up
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Build Your Own Pinball Machine

Be a “Pin Ball Wizard!”  Have an arcade game that is your fantasy, your design and learn about electronics and building stuff in our shops. A weeks worth of work, a life time of fun.  Learn about computer aided design (CAD), lasers, electronics, 3D printing, and coding. Amaze yourself with what you can do! 
Imagination • CAD • Arduino
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Full day, week long class
Aug 14th thru Aug 18th
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM 
Please bring water and a lunch

​Ages 12 and up
Fee:
Member  $170
Non-Member  $180

Let's Science It
Near Space Balloon Launch

CLASS FULL!

Lets Science it
Near Space Balloon Launch
Learn about the challenges of being in the hostile environments of Space and being deep underwater.  Ask questions and build experiments that will be taken up to Near Space and be on the vehicles going down a 1,000 feet on Lake Pend Oreille.  This class offers an early exposure to the scientific method through a fun week of experimentation.
 
Discovery • Experiments • Imagination
 
Half Day, week long class
August 28thst thru September 1st
9:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Please bring water and a lunch

Ages 6-9
​Fee: 
Member  $85
Non-Member  $90

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