“I’ve always wanted to make my own video game—like the ones I play at home. I had no idea where to start. After coming to the iD Gaming Academy, now I know what I want to study in college.” -Peter, Student

Game On! Learn first-hand from faculty with game development experience how industry professionals create premier commercial video games. During this 2-week teen program, ages 13-18 are immersed in the dynamic world of video game development, learning 3D Modeling with Maya®, Level Design with Unreal® Engine 3 or Game Programming for Xbox® 360. Get ready for gaming fun with late-night NVIDIA-hosted gaming tournaments and LAN parties! You'll also tour a major game development studio. Students can opt to receive College Continuing Studies credit. iD Gaming Academy locations include Stanford University, Emory University and Villanova University.

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iD Gaming Academy Courses:

GAME MODELING WITH MAYA® - Updated!
New this season, each student will run Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited. This awesome summer video game camp for teens uses Maya, the professional-grade, industry standard program used by big-name game studios and movie houses. Autodesk tools are used to develop 90% of contemporary video games and provide one of the leading effects packages used in The Lord of the Rings™, Spider-Man®, Star Wars® and other blockbuster films.

GAME PROGRAMMING - New!
Program games and challenge your friends on your Xbox 360®! Deploying the groundbreaking XNA™ framework from Microsoft®, you’ll develop games for delivery on your PC or Xbox 360. Didn’t think you could create games for a gaming console? Think again! XNA is an advanced set of tools that facilitate computer game development and management. XNA attempts to free game designers from writing repetitive code and bring different aspects of game production into a single system. Note: Beginning students will learn to code games in C++ with Microsoft Visual Studio® Express.

LEVEL DESIGN-UNREAL® Engine 3 - New!
Modify Unreal Tournament® 3 with custom maps, storyboards and character treatments. Learn what makes a game addicting and the strategies behind compelling game play as you create your own levels. Take home a copy of Unreal Tournament 3. Dedicated gamers and game developers will be introduced to a variety of tactics and strategies developed by our curriculum and faculty experts.

Additional technology and game development programs are available at over 60 prestigious universities nationwide. These programs include the iD Film Academy, iD Programming Academy and weeklong kids’ camps and teen camps at the flagship iD Tech Camps (America’s #1 Tech Camp).


WHY iD? TOP 10 FACTS

• Real-World Skills: The game development industry is expanding at a fast rate. Why not learn the skills to launch your future career?
• Top Universities: Many universities are now offering game development “Majors.” Mirroring this trend, the iD Gaming Academy is offered at 3 prestigious locations including Stanford, Emory and Villanova.
• Instruction: Learn from the best! iD faculty are fun, energetic staff with serious gaming credentials. Learn from our elite faculty.
• College Credit: Teens can elect to receive continuing education units.
• Fun: iD promotes a well-balanced experience on and off the computer. The iD experience encompasses gaming tournaments, LAN parties, sports, excursions, and more.
• Best Products: iD uses the best products including Maya® Unlimited, Unreal® Engine 3, Adobe® CS4, Microsoft® XNA for Xbox® 360, and more.
• Studio Tour: Visit a major game development studio.
• Safety: iD has “one of the best risk management programs in the country.”
• Family Company: We are passionate about our company—and ensuring our teens have an amazing summer experience. You deserve the best. Welcome to the iD Gaming Academy.

“At 15 I wrote Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius (McGraw-Hill, 2008). At 16 I became a programmer developer for the Apple iPhone. Last summer I led my rocketry club to the national “Team America’s Rocketry Challenge” competition and was recently approved by NASA as a government contractor. The common denominator in all these activities is my love of programming and engineering which took root at iD Tech.” -Ian, Student

The iD Programming Academy offers 2 weeks of intensive study in programming and software development for teens at Stanford University. Interact with and present to NASA researchers and top Silicon Valley professionals. Silicon Valley has a world-renowned reputation for innovation in science and technology, and is home to NASA Ames Research Center, Facebook®, Google®, HP®, and ebay®. Bridge the gap between writing code in the lab and watching functions come to life in the real world.

Additional technology and game development programs are available at over 60 prestigious universities nationwide. These programs include the iD Film Academy, iD Gaming Academy and weeklong kids’ camps and teen camps at the flagship iD Tech Camps (America’s #1 Tech Camp).

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WHY iD? TOP FACTS
• Real-World Skills: The software development industry is expanding at a fast rate. Why not learn the skills to launch your future career?
• Stanford University: Thinking of majoring in computer science or programming? The iD Programming Academy is offered at Stanford University—in the world-renowned Silicon Valley.
• Instruction: Learn from the best! iD faculty are fun, energetic staff with serious software development credentials. Learn from our elite faculty.
• College Credit: Teens can elect to receive continuing education units.
• Fun: iD promotes a well-balanced experience on and off the computer. The iD experience encompasses gaming, excursions to NASA Ames Research Center, optional sports, and more.
• Real Presentations: Want to present your code to elite Silicon Valley professionals? Look no further.
• Safety: iD has “one of the best risk management programs in the country.”
• Family Company: We are passionate about our company—and ensuring our teens have an amazing summer experience. You deserve the best. Welcome to the iD Programming Academy at Stanford University.

iD TECH CAMPS - NORTH AMERICA'S #1 TECH CAMP!

“I’ve been to this camp for 6 years now. The counselors are amazing and the whole experience is something that I wish I could do year round. I learn more in a week at iD than I do in a year at my school." -Spencer, Student

Experience North America's most reputable and distinguished summer technology program for beginner to advanced students. Over 100,000 kids and teens worldwide have learned to create 2D and 3D video games, websites with Flash, digital movies, C++ and Java programs, iPhone and Facebook apps, graphic designs, robots, 3D models and animations with products experts use in their professions. Enroll in these fun and challenging, week-long, day and residential summer camps, located at over 60 prestigious universities in the U.S. and Canada including Stanford University, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, UCLA, Brown, MIT, Emory University and more.

Inquire about accredited Continuing Education Units. Alumni can hone their skills before and after summer with iD 365 – Endless Summer, complimentary online workshops led by live instructors year-round. Additional multi-week summer camp teen programs for ages 13-18 include: iD Gaming Academy, iD Visual Arts Academy and iD Programming Academy.

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WHY iD:

* America’s #1 Tech Camp: More students enroll at iD than any other computer camp. Over 100,000 students have participated in the past 11 years. Find out why.

* Top Universities: Over 60 prestigious locations, including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, UCLA, NYU, Emory, Northwestern, MIT and more throughout the U.S. and Canada.

* ACA Accreditation: No other computer camp has more sites accredited by the ACA.

* Smallest Ratios: Only iD publishes an average of 6 students per instructor for customized, personalized instruction. If we exceed an 8:1 ratio during your course session, you get to return for a free week of camp at equal value. And it’s only at iD Tech Camps! (Not valid for Teen Academies.)

* Adult Instructors: iD has trained, adult-only instructors without any CITs. iD staff is known to be the gold standard, and come from Stanford, MIT, UCLA and other top institutions.

* iD 365 – Endless Summer: Upon registration at iD, you now immediately get access to our monthly FREE online workshops, taught year-round by live instructors.

* Best Products: iD uses the best products including Maya®, Final Cut Studio®, Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Wacom® Pen Tablets and more.

* Earn Continuing Education Units: Students entering their Junior and Senior years in high school are eligible.

* Safety: iD has “one of the best risk management programs in the country.”

* Fun: iD promotes a well-balanced experience on and off the computer.

* Refer-a-Friend: Save $50! And your friend saves $50 too!

* Family Company: We are passionate about our company, ensuring your kids have an amazing summer experience. You deserve the best. Welcome to iD Tech Camps.

Spanish, French or Chinese Program:
Come and immerse yourself 100% in another language through music, art, songs, creative movement and games.
A native speaker coach will guide you through a fun filled week of activities that will end in a presentation for family and friends to see!
Make your very own musical instrument, create a piece of artwork, sing a song, build a toy, there is something for everyone and all while you learn a new beautiful language
Musical Instruments Making.
Drums. Chimes. Rain sticks. Join us in making instruments from around the world in this new WorldSpeak class! Each week you will build a new instrument of your very own to take home and play! Now, this is exciting!.
Science Adventures for Curious Campers
Blue Goo? Magic milk? Be a scientist this summer!
Come join us for a fun filled week of hands on science. We will build projects and perform experiments in class to have fun with wind, gravity, speed and friction, attraction of oil and water, weight of air, bubbling portions and others.
All projects built are yours to keep and share with family and friends! By the end of the week you will have expanded your science knowledge, used your creative imagination and performed and built some great projects to keep and pass on!
Toy Making and Science Exploration
Get your hands on toys! Build your own ones! Join us for cool projects and fun things like sand clocks, cars and boats, even your own musical instrument. Every week, you will build and take home a new amazing toy that is totally YOURS from inside out.
Journalism and Photography,
Theatre and Games:
Photography. Come learn the beginning fundamentals of basic photography, this class a must for all aspiring photographers.
We’ll begin with the bare basics about how a camera works, then over the course you’ll learn about how to sculpt your shot, depth of field, to choose point of view. We’ll study landscapes, profiles and portraits.
Students will be given hands on experience with film cameras snapping their own photos.
Games. Do you enjoy playing games? This is a great camp for thinkers and fun practice for analytical minds.
Expand your problem solving and strategic thinking skills while playing Jr. Scrabble, Jr. Monopoly, Jr. Mastermind, Battleship and Chinese Checkers just to name a few.
Journalism. Our news team will write different types of article (reports, analysis, cultural review) on their favorite events - in serious and in FUNNY way. Students will become reporters and interview one another.
By the end of the program you will choose which department of the newspaper you would like to work in, and your favorite specialty.
The result will be a published newspaper done by our News Team.

Get Curious. Get Creative. Get Confident. Get DOWN! Camp Edmo (powered by Edventure More) is an innovative K-5 day camp that partners with the Exploratorium, CA Academy of Sciences, Museum of Children’s Art, Zeum and the YMCA to design creative hands-on Arts & Science, Animation and Recreation projects that bring looks of awe and wonder to campers’ faces every summer. Each week of camp features a unique theme and projects. Try them all for the ultimate Edmo experience!
2009 Arts & Science Themes: Fantastic Flyers, Planet Heroes, Gizmo & Game Inventors
2009 Animation Themes: Clay-toons, Comic Strips, Toy Stories

Cost: Arts and Science Approx. $359/wk*
Animation approx. $469/wk*
*Optional organic Kid Chow lunch delivered daily for an additional fee.

Summer is one of the best times to experience Applied Scholastics Academy San Marcos. Not only do we offer fun camp activities such as arts and crafts, cooking, enjoying our huge playing field, swimming, science projects, beach trips, field trips and much more, but we also offer a variety of academic enrichment programs as well. Camp is a great place for children to sharpen skills, advance in exsisting studies or explore new interests.

Have a young thrill seeker who loves roller coasters? Or a future veterinarian or marine biologist who seeks out the wilder side of science? Join Discovery Science Center this summer as we take Science to new heights! Experience Camp Discovery this summer from June to August 2009.

For the Little Scientists:

Summer Smiles (5-6 years old)
Take a walk on the wild side as we explore fun science topics! Investigate the world of frogs, dinosaurs, butterflies and more. Take a close-up look at butterfly wings, take apart owl pellets, make ooey, gooey slime and much more!
June 22-26
July 6–10
July 20-24
August 3-7
August 17-21
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Science Sizzles (5-6 years old)
Science is the hot topic this summer! Investigate a rainbow of colors, make your own pizza and study squirmy earthworms. Explore plants from the garden to your plate in an investigation of health and good nutrition.
June 29-July 3
July 13–17
July 27-31
August 10-14
August 24-28
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Science Exploration for 7-10 Year-Olds:

Ultimate Exploration (7-10 years old)
Try out some real-world science as you make a rubber ball, investigate fingerprints and mystery substances, and use electrical kits to light bulbs, ring buzzers, spin fan blades and play music. We’ll also focus on Animal Grossology, the less polite side of our furry and not so furry friends.
July 6-10
July 20-24
August 3-7
August 17-21
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Extended day is available for an additional fee.

Project Discovery (7-10 years old)
Enjoy a series of challenge-based activities, such as building a wind-powered car, dropping an egg without breaking it and constructing a catapult. We’ll also investigate the secrets of dinosaurs, and take a close look at the planet we live on, starting with a grain of sand.
July 13-17
July 27-31
August 10-14
August 24-28
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Extended day is available for an additional fee.

Digital Comics and Stories (7-9 years old)
Learn the more artistic side of computers during this elementary program using Power Point and cut-and-paste creative software. Campers must know basic keyboarding skills and mouse use and be prepared to learn how to photograph and download images, write storyboards and work cooperatively with others.
June 29–July 3
July 6-10
July 13-17
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
August 3-7
August 10-14
August 17-21
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Interactive Adventures for "Tweens":

Robotics (10-13 years old)
Work in teams to build a robot and make it move using Lego Mindstorms Robolab system. Use your knowledge and skills to program your robot by remote control. Teach your robot to react to its environment with sensors, motors and your own programming logic. (Campers will take home an electronic vehicle to build at home.)
July 20-24
July 27-31
August 3-7
August 10-14
August 17-21
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Game Masters- BASIC Video Game Design (11-13 years old)
Everyone knows how to play a video game, but not everyone can design a video game! Learn how to imagine, plan, design and create your own 2-D computer game using Game Maker software. Campers take home a CD with the trial version of the Game Maker software to continue their game-making skills after camp is over!
June 22-26
July 6-10
July 20-24
August 3-7
August 17-21
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Game Masters- INTERMEDIATE Video Game Design (11-13 years old)
Everyone knows how to play a video game, but not everyone can design a video game! Learn how to imagine, plan, design and create your own 2-D computer game using Game Maker software. BASIC Video Game Design is a prerequisite to INTERMEDIATE.
June 29- July 3
July 13-17
July 27-31
August 10-14
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Animal Safari (10-13 years old)
Join us as we trek across Southern California on this journey of life science. Begin the week at Discovery Science Center with a close-up look at the grosser aspects of animals in our Animal Grossology exhibition. Visit live sharks at the Aquarium of the Pacific, killer whales at Sea World and rhinos at the Wild Animal Park! Finish the week with a kayak tour of the Upper Newport Bay. Enjoy the comfort of a travel coach loaded with all of the extras, such as videos, restroom and snacks. All travel and admission costs are included in the camp fee.
July 27-31
Monday and Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


We have working with kids down to a science!
Camp Discovery staff members are carefully selected for their sensitivity to the individual needs of their campers. They also have a thorough knowledge of the science concepts they teach and proven track records of working well with children. All camp instructors undergo background checks and are CPR and First Aid Certified.

Discovery Science Center offers year round programming tailored to the California Science Content Standards, but nothing beats the fun and interactive learning that heats up during the Southern California summer! Sign up for Camp Discovery today!

Education Unlimited is a privately held California Corporation, founded in 1993 with the mission of giving every high school student the best possible chance of gaining acceptance into the college of their choice.

While our summer program offerings have grown considerably since then, we still maintain our original commitment to hire only the highest caliber instructors and provide the best possible experience for all our participants.

Today Education Unlimited is the leading summer academic enrichment program provider in the nation. We are proud of our variety of unique summer offerings including:

* College Admission and SAT Prep Camps: both 11 and 18- day programs for 11-12th graders
* Prep Camp Excel: PSAT and high school prep for 9-10th graders
* A+ Summer Achievement: advanced academics for high school students
* Sally Ride Science Camps for Girls: Marine science, robotics, and astronomy for 6th-9th grade girls
* East Coast College Tours for 10th-12th grade students
* Summer Focus at Berkeley—earn college credit and live on campus!
* Public Speaking Institute
* Computer Camps—HTML, Java, video production or desktop publishing
* American Legal Experience—mock trial camp at Stanford University and UC Berkeley
* Actors Workshop—3 sessions: Middle School, High School and Intensive, 2-3 weeks long at UC Berkeley
* Competitive Debate camps: both Lincoln-Douglas and Policy, 1-3 week programs

We are very proud that last summer over 1,200 students from across the country and around the globe chose to attend an Education Unlimited summer program.

These unique, overnight camps provide 6th-9th grade girls an opportunity to explore science, technology, and engineering while having fun on a college campus.

Science Majors allow girls to choose an area of focus during some activities at camp. Each major will include several small labs and a significant culminating project. This year, girls will choose from:
Astronomy (Water Rockets Project)
Marine Science (Creative Creatures Project)
Robotics (Robotics Challenge Project)

Enrichment Activities in the afternoons and evenings give girls an opportunity for informal science learning, as well as leadership and problem-solving training, through workshops, experiments, guest speakers, and recreational activities. Students will also attend a mid-program excursion to a local science venue.

8th and 9th Grade Girls will participate in an advanced 10-day program that will allow them extra time to explore our unique majors and activities.

A Sally Ride Science Camp graduate will have:
- Completed the exclusive Sally Ride Science curriculum
- Participated in lots of hands-on science learning and activities
- Gained confidence and experience in a supportive girls-only environment
- Learned from experienced and inspiring instructors
- Made lots of new friends
- Experienced a taste of college life

Science Adventures Summer Day Camps will engage your child in exciting and educational hands-on science fun!

CAMP FEATURES INCLUDE:
• Small group instruction
• Staffed with experienced educators
• Take home science projects
• Complimentary camp visor
Science Adventures offers four exciting week-long camps allowing kids to explore science in a fun, interactive way.

SUMMER 2009 CAMP TOPICS:

GIZMO’S ROBOT FACTORY
Build, customize, and battle with your very own walking K’Nex robot! Discover the secrets behind robo-cool tools while building a satellite, investigating top-secret listening devices and crafting a periscope. View color in 3-D “robot vision” and explore your own color creations at home. Full day campers will kick it into high gear while building a take-home robot tool kit and their own motorized invention.

POWERFUL PLANET
Let’s team up to explore the planet’s most powerful forces! Learn how new sources of energy can make the planet a better place to live by building speeding electric cars, cooking up s’mores using solar energy and creating your own water filtration system! Stay all day to solve the mystery of the endangered sea turtles. Recreate and learn about the dangers they face on their adventurous journey to the sea.

FABULOUS PHYSICS CHALLENGE
Are you ready to grapple, physics style? It’s a showdown when campers build dragsters, throw magnetic darts, and hurtle parachutes through the air. These budding physicists will throw down their sickest moves with skateboard racers and slime sport shoes. Serious mini-scientists will learn how physics properties relate to the sports and self-guided contraptions. This physics challenge will be your campers’ biggest adventure.

SPACE AND ROCKETRY
Back by popular demand! Blast off from planet Earth to explore the farthest reaches of the universe by launching your very own rocket! Parachute down to the rocky and dangerous terrain of Mars, while you investigate the magnificent planets of our universe. Construct your electric Mars Rover to uncover the mysteries of the surface of the planets. Space: no longer the final frontier!

To enroll, call 888-458-1812!

At the our high school science research camps, students have a unique opportrunity to participate in wildlife or marine biology investigations usually available only to scientists at Universtiy of California research stations.
At our backpacking science camps, you will engage in hands-on science activities as you learn about rocks, astronomy, birds, insects, trees and flowers along with learning outdoor survival and backpacking skills.

Campers in grades 1-6 can explore science in a fun, interactive way. Our quality hands-on experiments, innovative curriculum and professional instructors bring your child’s understanding of science to the next level. Campers will compete in extreme sports challenges; build a detective kit and use cutting edge forensics science; thrill to building racers, planes and a gigantic roller coaster and launch the High Flyer rocket into the stratosphere. Each topic runs for five days. Full-day and half-day options available. Multi-topic discount if two or more Camps are purchased together. Visit the Science Adventures website or call 1.888.458.1812 to enroll!

Science Adventures Summer Day Camps will engage your child in exciting and educational hands-on science fun!
CAMP FEATURES INCLUDE:
• Small group instruction
• Staffed with experienced educators
• Take home science projects
• Complimentary camp visor
Science Adventures offers four exciting week-long camps allowing kids to explore science in a fun, interactive way.

SUMMER 2009 CAMP TOPICS:

GIZMO’S ROBOT FACTORY
Build, customize, and battle with your very own walking K’Nex robot! Discover the secrets behind robo-cool tools while building a satellite, investigating top-secret listening devices and crafting a periscope. View color in 3-D “robot vision” and explore your own color creations at home. Full day campers will kick it into high gear while building a take-home robot tool kit and their own motorized invention.

POWERFUL PLANET
Let’s team up to explore the planet’s most powerful forces! Learn how new sources of energy can make the planet a better place to live by building speeding electric cars, cooking up s’mores using solar energy and creating your own water filtration system! Stay all day to solve the mystery of the endangered sea turtles. Recreate and learn about the dangers they face on their adventurous journey to the sea.

FABULOUS PHYSICS CHALLENGE
Are you ready to grapple, physics style? It’s a showdown when campers build dragsters, throw magnetic darts, and hurtle parachutes through the air. These budding physicists will throw down their sickest moves with skateboard racers and slime sport shoes. Serious mini-scientists will learn how physics properties relate to the sports and self-guided contraptions. This physics challenge will be your campers’ biggest adventure.

SPACE AND ROCKETRY
Back by popular demand! Blast off from planet Earth to explore the farthest reaches of the universe by launching your very own rocket! Parachute down to the rocky and dangerous terrain of Mars, while you investigate the magnificent planets of our universe. Construct your electric Mars Rover to uncover the mysteries of the surface of the planets. Space: no longer the final frontier!

To enroll, call 888-458-1812

Summer is one of the best times to experience, learn and grow! Not only do we offer FUN activities, such as arts and crafts, field trips & much more, we also offer a variety of academic enrichment programs.

Camp is a great place for students to sharpen skills, advance in existing studies or explore new interests. The students will take advantage of our excellent reading, writing and math programs as well as the one-on-one, individualized attention!