Manchester Community College is offering 3 classes this fall for ages
11-14/grades 5-8.
Contact
Carleigh Schultz if you should have any questions at 860-512-2804. You can view
the entire catalog at http://www.manchestercc.edu/continuing/excursions/catalog.php
Here
is the list of the classes they are offering for homeschoolers:
Mixed
Media Art Studio (Grades 5-8 or Ages 11-14)
Dive into Art! Throughout the course
of this ten week class in a studio art setting, students will
explore different types of artistic
medium. Our focus will be on watercolor and acrylic painting.
Drawing skills and techniques will
also be emphasized and practiced as a good drawing is the
basis of a good painting. Students
will practice color theory and color mixing, painting techniques
and composition. Several watercolor
and acrylic painting projects will be completed throughout
the course! No class on
10/13/14
CRN 31724 | Fee: $220
8 Mondays | 9/15-11/10
9 AM-12 PM | Location: AST
D110
Instructor: Cate Christen
Waung
Masters of the Skies (Grades 5-8 or Ages
11-14)
What must terrestrial animals
sacrifice in order to achieve flight? How are their bodies modified
in order to realize this freedom from
gravity? Can you separate the fraudulent from the true
masters of flight? Caution: This may
not be as easy as one thinks! Students will be expected to
take part in excursions to four
different habitats on the MCC campus. They will observe the
differences in behavior of birds and
insects on the ground and in the air. In the classroom,
comparative studies will be made of
insect, bird and bat skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and
respiratory systems in order to gain
a clear understanding of their physical adaptations for flight.
Using all of this information,
students will extrapolate what physical modifications would be
necessary for their own bodies to
take to the skies! No classes on 10/13/14.
CRN 31711 | Fee: $220
8 Mondays | 9/15-11/10
9 AM-12 PM | Location: SSC
L-142
Instructor: Winthrop Ford
Earth
Science (Grades 5-8 or Ages 11-14)
Students will observe how erosion by
weather, water and detrition
causes the formation of soils. They
will test the composition of
different types of soils and learn
how they are classified. Tectonics
(diastrophism) and its causes, as
well as, volcanology will be the
subjects of hands-on investigation.
Armed with this knowledge and an
understanding of soil forensics, the
class will be able to unearth secret
plans for the destruction of MCC by
the diabolical Dr. I.G. Norance.
Somewhere on campus these plans for
total annihilation lie buried.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to
explore earth science in a
college environment through
creativity and hands-on experiments.
This class will involve lab
experiments and use of microscopes
and slides.
CRN 31944 | Fee: $220
8 Wednesdays | 9/17-11/5
9-12 PM | Location: SSC L -145
Instructor: Winthrop Ford
