| Thu, Jan 19 - Mar 16 |
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App Inventors
Learn both the programming and design aspects of creating great apps, and build an app of your own. In this no-experience-required course, we use MIT App Inventor software to make fun, creative apps for Android phones and tablets. We will also explore wireless communication by building custom Bluetooth hardware controllers and readouts for our apps. -
Being Newton: Fun with Physics
Join in entertaining and educational science experiments to gain an understanding of physics including Newton’s first, second, and third laws of motion, Newton’s law of gravity, and more. We'll make boats and rockets, make and play with marble runs and catapults, and experiment with many other fun physics projects. -
Coding with Scratch & Python
Begin by learning Scratch, a block-based programming language, where you will learn key coding concepts and build a small video game or a cool animation. As you advance, you can begin to apply these same coding concepts in Python. You will experiment with variables, conditionals, and loops, and combine these elements to create a second video game. Advanced students will be given the chance to tackle additional challenges. -
Engineering & Electricity
Learn about the engineering and design process to build a sail car that rides the wind. Take the survivor engineering challenge and design a system to protect a passenger from flying out of a car when it crashes. Build basic circuits and experiment with insulators and conductors as we shift our focus to electricity. Make a light circuit and experiment with LED mini lights. -
LEGO: Adventures in STEM
Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO. Build engineer-designed projects such as chugging steamboats, enchanted moon bridges, and bustling airports. Design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment. -
LEGO: Animal Adventures
Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO. Design and build leaping dolphins, buzzing beehives, and towering giraffes, in a world inspired by the animal kingdom. Design and build as never before. -
LEGO: Buildings & History
Each week we’ll hear about a fascinating time in history, and then build a LEGO representation of some aspect of it. Hear how airports graduated from landing strips to vast travel networks, how Depression-era farms survived hordes of grasshoppers, and how aeroelasticity explains why the Tacoma bridge nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” collapsed. Our group building challenges will allow you to discuss each event, and to make decisions about addressing what happened. -
Roblox Game Design
Use Roblox Studio to create your own Obby (short for obstacle course) video game. You’ll experiment with specific tasks and movements and share gaming with classmates while learning important STEM concepts of design, problem solving, and trial/error. All games will be stored online, so you can access them from home. -
Scratch Coding 101
Use Scratch, a drag-and-drop coding system, to build a small video game or cool animation and then progress to more complex projects. Along the way, learn universal coding concepts applicable for more advanced coding languages such as Python, Java, and C++. -
Superhero Science
What makes a superhero super? Physics! Conduct gravity experiments to learn what it would take for Superman to leap over tall buildings in a single bound. Create optical illusions to understand how Wonder Woman’s jet can disappear. Investigate how Spiderman (and real spiders) can walk up walls. Examine Batman’s super gadgets and morph into the world of superheroes using the science that could make superheroes a reality. -
The Wonders of Plant Science
There is absolute wonder in the life of plants! Explore the world of biology through fun hands-on scientific analysis as we poke, prod, and observe a slew of intricate and fascinating behaviors in nature. Extract pigmentation from plants, observe capillary action, learn and experiment with paper chromatography, and explore photosynthesis in a variety of ways. Learn what all of these scientific terms mean and observe them in action. Lab coats are optional. -
Things That Fly
Ready. Set. Take off! From paper airplanes to rockets, we’ll make all sorts of flying inventions while exploring aerodynamics and how things move through the air. Students will make, test, and reinvent catapults, kites, parachutes, and more as we explore the laws of physics and the forces that keep objects afloat. Lessons will be just "plane" fun. -
Young Inventors Squad
Build and re-engineer components of everyday objects and recycled materials into your own cool gadgets. We will engage in guided challenges to develop a working knowledge of physics concepts and engineering skills by making science gadgets to take home.
