Group Schedule
This year, Peaks will have four groups of three classes each. Each group will have a maximum of 10 students each. Each group will have their own staff member to escort them to workshops and spend lunch and free time with them. These students will stay together throughout the day, attending workshops, eating lunch and spending free time together. We will have little to no intermingling of groups with each other.
Group Name | 8:30 - 10:00 am | 10:20-11:50 am | 1:15-2:45pm |
Diamond Group Group Full |
Some Like it Hot! Exploring the Limits of Life on Earth Take a virtual research trip to some of Yellowstone National Park's most remote thermal areas to explore the unseen world of extreme microorganisms. As a Yellowstone scientist, you will gather samples and collect measurements to identify organisms from Yellowstone's extreme hot spring environments and learn about the microbial world around you. Rebecca Mueller |
Neuroscience and Self-care: Understand Yourself at a Cellular Level |
Outdoor Survival |
Emerald Group |
DIY Solar Power |
Science Storytelling If Bill Nye is your hero, then this is the workshop for you! This world needs scientists who can actually explain science well. Learn how to get people excited about science the same way writers at Disney do it - by telling a great story, and gaining confidence doing so. Mackenna Landis |
Cooking with Science Foods are amazing materials. We encounter them every day while cooking or simply eating and enjoying them. For this reason and many others, foods can be instructiove, and can be used to teach us valuable scientific concepts which may otherwise seem daunting. James Wilking, and Connie Chang |
Sapphire Group Group Full |
How Computers Think How do the same circuits that use a switch to turn on a lightbulb relate to our phones and computers? This workshop will show students how the circuits in our phones and computers work by building some of those circuits ourselves, from simple switches to digital devices. Mackenna Landis |
DIY Solar Power In this workshop, we will explore how to convert the Sun's energy into useful electricity. How will you harness the Sun's power? Blake Wiehe |
Neuroscience and Self-care: Understand Yourself at a Cellular Level Learn about how your brain and nervous system create your behavior, emotions, and personality. Put your knowledge into action with self-care and self-discovery activities, including how a personality test can help you find your passion and how to actually change the cellular connections in your brain with mindfulness. Zariah Tolman |
Ruby Group Group Full |
The Science of Food |
NASA Mission to Mars Take a trip to Mars and follow in the steps of the Perseverance Rover. Program your own robotic rover to face challenges navigating the landscape and craters to Mars. Fly a drone on a special mission and look for signs of alien life. Shawna Wright |
Infectious Diseases: the Microbes Among Us We live in a world filled with microbes! Some are harmless, but some can be deadly. In this workshop, you will learn how to grow and identify some of the microbes that make us sick and learn about the ways that doctors and microbiologists fight infectious diseases! Jovanka Voyich |