Summer Camp Design

Topic: Summer Camp Design

Project: Multi-week project including designing a summer camp, creating a daily schedule for campers, drawing a map of grounds, and creating an audio-visual advertisement for their camp such as a website, commercial, or slideshow.

 Academic Area/Skills: Art, Design, Technology, Engineering, Math

Materials: iPads with Google Sheets (and an account for student use), 11x14 paper for maps, coloring materials, iPads or computers to access Wix.com for website design, iMovie for commercials, and Haiku Deck App for slideshows.

Grades: 3-5 (2nd grade- modified) 

Week 1: Introduce project to students. Discuss what makes a summer camp interesting. Students spend today creating a name for their camp, selecting a location in the world, listing a few specialities/activities their camp will offer, and designing a logo for their camp if they had extra time.

Week 2: Students were introduced to Google Sheets. They learned how to log-in and created a daily schedule for campers from the time they woke up to when they went to sleep. They used two columns to organize their spreadsheet, one for time slots and one for the activity. 

Week 3: Students drew a map of their summer camp grounds. They were required to draw and label a minimum of 15 areas of their camp. They didn't have enough time in class to color their maps so this was required of them at home. 

Week 4: Students used the App, Thinglink to create interactive images of their maps! I was so impressed by their time attention to detail in their maps. Some of them blew me away. Check out a few of their Thinglinks here:

Camp Samanamish ( Check this one out! I love that she took it a step further and added photos to the descriptions!)

Florida Fun Camp! 

Camp Awesome

Camp Blue Waters

A student's work is projected for the class.
They are using the app, Thinglink to add descriptions to their map.