Video Game Design
Program your own 3D video game. Students demonstrate basic programming, design process, locating objects using rectangular coordinates, and unifying art and story. Certifications include program structure, if/then statements, for/next statements, arrays, textures, and sounds.
Cartoon Animation
Create a cartoon animation that meets your customer’s criteria. Students learn FLASH animation basics, visual storytelling, the use of color, and the proper use of motion and symbolism. Certifications include storyboarding, targeted scriptwriting, motion and video effects, creating characters, and audio engineering.
Web Game Design
Design a web-based game that students, friends, and family can play. Students program in FLASH, apply the design process, demonstrate basic programming concepts, and create a storyline. Certifications include ActionScript basics, concatenating strings, FOR loops, and mouse listeners.
Building Green – Home Design
Develop a house of the future for a charitable organization. Students apply math concepts, explain how green building creates a healthier environment, and demonstrate best choices for alternative materials and energies. Certifications include 3D CAD, green design techniques, structures, mechanicals, and energy conservation.
Green Industry – Landscape Design
Invent new outdoor living spaces that add property value. Students learn the elements of good design, basic green-friendly design principles, and choosing the best plants for soil, sun, and zone. Certifications include 3D CAD, relationships in 2-D space, sketching, and working with scales.
Personal Finance and Wealth Management
Your students are hunting a criminal and leading an investigation of to uncover a fraud scheme. Their task is simple – learn and use personal finance skills to expose an unsavory character’s plot. Certifications include the following topics and more: income, taxes, inflation, investments, statements and making strong spending choices.
