LEGO ROBOTICS SPORTS
With the LegoWeDo Robotics System, young children can build and program their own robotic creations. Designed by the experts at MIT, this unique system teaches children about simple machines, engineering, computer programming and so much more. We will be building a robotic soccer team complete with cheering fans this fall!
Level:Grades 4 and up
Time: 3:30 pm — 4:40 pm
Day: Wednesday
Place: Community School
Date: November 2 - December 7
Fee: $80 Res. / $85 Non Res.
HOUSE OF STRAW, STICKS & BRICKS
Construct a basic shelter. Choose walls and roof. Consider what materials are available where. Build a family. Consider the problems your walls will protect them from: rain, snow, heat, fire, winds, floods, mice, bugs or wolves. Skills: sanding, gluing, hammering, coloring and problem solving.
Level:Grades K - 1
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Algonquin School
Date: November 8
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
RUBBERBAND CAR
Students construct cars powered by rubber bands and measure their performance after 20 minutes of practive. Lively insights into the mechanics, measurement and math of motion. Great for a followup program on creative elaboration. The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling.
Level:Grades 2 - 3
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Algonquin School
Date: November 15
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
TOPS AND BALANCING TOYS
We can find tops and balancing toys in nearly every culture. There is much to be learned from them. And much mystery and magic as well. They're ancient but the thrill is modern.
Level:Grades 2 - 3
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Algonquin School
Date: November 22
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
LIFE STAGES
Each living thing goes through stages of development. Construct a small theater with scenes that change to present the growth cycle of plants or animals. We offer materials to study typically pumpkins or butterflys.
Level:Grades 2 - 3
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Algonquin School
Date: November 29
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
ELECTROMAGNET
Understand electricity through the same experiments that early scientists used. Wind a coil of wire. Suspend a bar magnet in it. Charge the coil with a battery to spin the magnet. Test polarity. Discover the origins of motors and Morse Code.
Level:Grades 4 - 5
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Community School
Date: December 6
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
ELECTRICITY
Switch on understanding. Construct a battery pack. Test it. Connect a simple switch. Test it. Install an incandescent light. Test it. Then experiment with other challenges...Lessons in electricity and thinking.
Level:Grades 4 - 5
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Community School
Date: December 13
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.
CAMERA OBSCURA
A complete light laboratory in a box. Construct a box that captures and focuses images. Use it as a camera obscura...an artist's drawing tool. Or make it into a model of the eye. Then rearrange the elements. Direct a light source on an image inside the box to project the image - recreate one of Leonardo da Vinci's greatest leaps on invention: a projector.
Level:Grades 4 - 5
Time: 3:30 pm — 5 pm
Day: Tuesday
Place: Community School
Date: December 20
Fee: $25 Res. / $30 Non Res.