Session 3: July 15-19, 2024   

(Bio)engineering the Future:  Our genome is the code within each of our cells that make us who we are by coding for traits such as height and eye color. Are you aware that the technology is available to edit the genome of living organisms? The CRISPR-Cas9 system has revolutionized the way researchers study life and is allowing us to create new solutions to genetic disease or even manipulate bacteria to create useful chemicals. In this course, student will experience the power of CRISPR-Cas9 firsthand in a laboratory environment. This course will provide students with a background in genetics and molecular biology, the tools associated with the CRISPR-Cas9 toolkit, and be put to the test through designing their own application of the tool to help all of humankind. 

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Bioterrorism and biowarfare's potential impacts on human health and the environment are cause for concern. This course will provide students with an overview of bioterrorism, including its history, potential biological agents that could be used, and methods for detecting and responding to bioterrorism incidents.

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Chess Academy: Chess teaches critical thinking and problem solving, giving students the mental discipline needed to succeed in school and in life. Studies have shown that chess helps kids to improve their math and reading skills. Spend a week learning chess from instructors who know the game and are seasoned tournament competitors.

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Entrepreneurship: Financial Literacy: Back by popular demand to the SEA lineup of programming is this new financial literacy class focused on personal finance and entrepreneurship. This class will examine the basics of financial literacy and each student will create their own personal budget, a critical skill for teens earning their first paychecks. They will also learn about entrepreneurship as they create and present their own business plans. Students taking this course will further their knowledge of financial literacy, explore and grow their mathematical and critical-thinking skills, while having fun. Students enrolled in this class will leave with valuable skills they'll directly be able to apply to their lives.

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Ethical Hacking: Want to become an Ethical Hacker? Learn to hack like a black hat and secure like a white hat hacker. Ethical hacking is a practice of detecting vulnerabilities in an application, system, or organization's infrastructure and bypassing system security to identify potential data breaches and threats in a network. This beginner-friendly course acts as a launch pad for your cybersecurity career and aims to walk you through the basic concepts of ethical hacking. This 15hr course is specially curated for students to enhance their knowledge of real cyber threats and other vital aspects of hacking, defending themselves in today's advanced Digital World. This course comprises the latest methodologies of ethical hacking and system penetration, giving a hands-on experience to the students on the latest hacking tools, techniques, and real-time case studies, which makes the student feel like a cyber ninja.

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Ethical Hacking: Want to become an Ethical Hacker? Learn to hack like a black hat and secure like a white hat hacker. Ethical hacking is a practice of detecting vulnerabilities in an application, system, or organization's infrastructure and bypassing system security to identify potential data breaches and threats in a network. This beginner-friendly course acts as a launch pad for your cybersecurity career and aims to walk you through the basic concepts of ethical hacking. This 15hr course is specially curated for students to enhance their knowledge of real cyber threats and other vital aspects of hacking, defending themselves in today's advanced Digital World. This course comprises the latest methodologies of ethical hacking and system penetration, giving a hands-on experience to the students on the latest hacking tools, techniques, and real-time case studies, which makes the student feel like a cyber ninja.

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Genetics and Genomics:  If you look around a crowded room, you'll notice many differences from person-to-person. The key to understanding these differences lies in our genes. Discoveries surrounding genetics have allowed scientists to solve problems ranging from plant breeding to human disease. In this week-long summer course, students will gain an understanding of how differences in our genes can affect how our bodies work. Specifically, students will develop familiarity with the structure and function of the DNA molecule as they build simplified models of double stranded DNA. Students will identify genetic traits using a traits bingo activity and demonstrate how they are passed from parents to their offspring using an alien genetics activity. Students will master the scientific method by tackling real-life scenarios to obtain and analyze data. In this course, students will gain hands-on experience handling a live model organism (the fruit fly) and sorting flies under the microscope based on gender and mutation status. Students will also conduct the following physical performance test using normal and mutant fruit flies: climbing speed, endurance test, and strength test. The course will culminate with a video documentary where students will share how much they learned about how differences in our DNA can affect how our bodies work.

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Mock Trial: Are you interested in debate, and want to experience what happens in a courtroom first hand? Do you think you have a future in law? Mock Trial is a simulation of a courtroom trial with, judge jury, prosecution and defense! This interactive course is designed to introduce middle age students to the concepts of legal reasoning and argument in a fun and engaging platform.

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The  Japanese Cultural Experience: What comes to your mind when you hear Japanese culture? Origami? Tea ceremony? Kendo? Anime? Manga? J-pop? Whatever came to your mind, you are in the right place! Japanese culture is mixed with long lasting traditions and new concepts. 

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Unlocking Math's Mysteries: Hands-On Experiments for Real-World Understanding: Have you ever wondered "What's the point of this Math I'm doing?" and "How is this Math relevant to my life?" Well, if so, this may just be the course for you! This interdisciplinary laboratory course will expose students to different mathematical concepts through a series of hands-on experiments. Students will master basic quantitative skills, higher-order reasoning, and practical use of measurement tools through the daily labs. Students will see in action and work with ratios, proportions, probabilities, estimation, and average/mean through experimentation and acquire and analyze experimental data to demonstrate mathematical concepts.

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Wearable Tech, AI, VR & Entrepreneurship: What do the human body, music, video games and artificial intelligence have in common? Wearable Technology. Students will have the opportunity to explore innovations from the realm of AI, virtual reality, med tech and haptics while developing innovative ideas of their own. The world is constantly changing and the tech innovators of the world will know how to develop AI models and use data to create products we need everyday. Students will not only redefine themselves as innovators but future entrepreneurs with a plan. Students who complete the course will earn an ethical AI product development certificate from Wearable Tech Ventures and have the opportunity to pitch future wearable products to leading tech corporations.

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Wearable Tech, AI, VR & Entrepreneurship: What do the human body, music, video games and artificial intelligence have in common? Wearable Technology. Students will have the opportunity to explore innovations from the realm of AI, virtual reality, med tech and haptics while developing innovative ideas of their own. The world is constantly changing and the tech innovators of the world will know how to develop AI models and use data to create products we need everyday. Students will not only redefine themselves as innovators but future entrepreneurs with a plan. Students who complete the course will earn an ethical AI product development certificate from Wearable Tech Ventures and have the opportunity to pitch future wearable products to leading tech corporations.

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