Center for Talent Development Accelerated Weekend Experience
Whether your child's passion is computer graphics or animal care, this fall's Accelerated Weekend Experience (AWE) offerings from Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern University are truly "AWE"some.

September 25 & 26 in Naperville
Photoshop (Grades 5 & 6)
Learn the ins and outs of this powerful image-editing program as you create digital compositions and illustrations.
The Mathematics of Computer Graphics (Grades 7 & 8)
Put your math skills to work while exploring the Logo programming language. Students build and test programs with 2D and 3D graphics that they create.

October 16 & 17 in Flossmoor
Alice (Grades 5 & 6)
Prepare for higher-level computer languages in this introduction to programming that uses drag-and-drop graphic tiles to create a game or tell a story.
Veterinary Medicine (Grades 7 & 8)
Animal lovers and young scientists explore this exciting field through x-rays, microscopes, dissection and case studies with a practicing veterinarian.

October 23 & 24 in Evanston
Cognitive Neuroscience (Grades 5 & 6)
Discover the brain's secrets as you gain an understanding of learning, memory, brain imaging and neural networks.
Statistical Research with NetLogo (Grades 7 & 8)
Developed at Northwestern University's Center for Connected Learning, NetLogo moves theoretical application to the statistics of daily life. Using this computer-based model, probability and data become easy to comprehend.

Visit the AWE web site for additional course information, admissions criteria and an online application.