The Pekin Art of Opera Face Painting

Exciting Classes At Splash:

Pekin Face Painting

Taught by Emily Song

Learn about the Ancient art of Pekin Face Painting!  This facial make-up is applied to distinguish different roles and reveal their dispositions and moral qualities.  Red stands for courage and loyalty and white represents brutality and cruelty. Students explored intriguing facts about Chinese culture and learn the application of face painting!

Crazy Bikes!

Exciting Classes At Splash:

H511: Unusual Bicycle design and construction techniques

Taught by Tom Kabat

Students in the class learned about how to make very unique bikes. After an explanation of different design strategies and construction techniques (cardboard designs, wood designs), the students worked in teams to design their own bikes. These designs were reviewed at the end with ergonomics, integrity, and uniqueness in mind. Check out more classes here!

Music Theory!

Exciting Classes At Splash:

P452: Intro to Music Theory

Taught by Michelle Zeman

Students learned about how to read treble and bass clef staffs, identify keys, learned notes and time signatures, and how to construct simple chords. The solfege system (do-re-mi) was taught and students participated in some simple sight-reading exercises. The kids got their MUSIC ON!

Cooking!

Class In Review:

H534: Simple Indian cooking

Taught by Rani Agrawal

Students watched and learned about Traditional Indian food that can be cooked quickly and effortlessly. Students were taught how to interlace spices into meals and learned the varied effects of specific spices. Not to mention the got to EAT some of the delicious food prepared before their eyes!

Juggling!

Class In Review:

H607: Let's Throw Things! Juggling 101

Taught by Melody Lu and Daniel Newburger

In this class, not only were you taught how to juggle, but you get to make your own juggling balls out of everyday materials! But the BEST part is that you get to KEEP the juggling balls you make!

Ukuleles!

Class In Review:

L533: Learn to Play the Ukulele

Taught By Scott Meyer

This is a class where a small group 6 students were taught how to play a stringed instrument. By the end of the class these students (who had no prior knowledge of how to play a guitar) were able to play Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles.

Origami Yoda!

Class in Review:

H595: Giant Origami!
Taught By: Aviv Ovadya

In this class, students worked in teams to fold origami out of very large pieces of paper. This year two life-size Yodas were made! Click on the photos below to enlarge them!

Class Reviews Coming Soon....

Did you miss Splash this last time? Maybe you were able to make it but didn't get a chance to take all the classes you wanted to. We're going to highlight a few of the classes to show you what you missed! Maybe you took the class we review, and you might be in some of the pictures!