Math and Logic
Try this brainteaser: The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old. Next year, she’ll turn 10. How is this possible? If you want to know the answer to this brainteaser, this program is for you. It teaches young people to use the deepest parts of the brain in order to engage fun and challenging ideas.
Chess
There is little more satisfying than that familiar word—“Checkmate”. This program explores the basic concept and framework of playing Chess. As participants build basic Chess knowledge, it begins to develop their strategic-‐thinking skills by offering tips and tricks that will eventually create Chess champions.
Game Theory
This program is all about interaction and strategy. Students will explore themes such as cooperation, planning, community-‐building, and strategic critical thought as they interact through gaming. That’s right! Students believe all they are doing is having fun with games. However, because each week a new interaction theme is highlighted, they are also developing some of the most essential interpersonal skills that will enhance their professional and social lives.
Junior Accountants
If you can’t take your adolescent to Wall Street, and teach them the ins-‐and-‐outs of how currency functions, then allow O.U. to bring Wall Street to your adolescent. This program uses youth-‐friendly language and ideas to explore important money-‐management concepts such as bank accounts,checkbook balancing, credit, profit generation, liability reduction, and investment.
Youth Geniuses
Mozart composed music for royalty by the age of 5; King Tut ruled an entire country by the age of 9; Dr. Akrit Jaswal performed his first surgery at the age of 7. This program develops vital parts of the adolescent brain that contribute to genius thinking by making vital connections in the brain and increasing brain plasticity. The best part is, that this is all occurring through fun games, brainteasers, and divergent thinking activities.