Engineering for Kids | STEM Club (Grades K-3)
Engineering for Kids |STEM Club
Grades K-3
Calling new and returning students! The Engineering for Kids STEM Club class introduces students to a new hands-on lesson featuring STEM topics. For each lesson students focus on developing 21st Century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and peer collaboration. These life skills provide students with the confidence to approach challenges in their lives and realize that they an succeed in almost anything!
| Level | Time | Location | Session cost (4 weeks) | |||
| Grades K-3 | 3:40 - 4:40 pm | Hilltop - Art Room Shirley Hills - Art Room |
$115 |
Session I
| Week 1 |
Mechanical engineering - Slingshot Students learn about kinetic and potential energy as they create their own simple slingshot. |
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| Week 2 |
Mechanical engineering - Water clock Students learn about the history of timekeeping and use STEM to make their own water clock. |
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| Week 3 |
Aerospace engineering - Frisbee Students learn about aerodynamics as they make a frisbee. |
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| Week 4 |
Civil engineering - Build a Tower Students learn about what makes sturdy structures and are challenged to create the tallest standing tower with the supplies they are given. |
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| Session I |
Tuesdays, January 31 - February 21 Hilltop Primary School | Art room #2038-A23W Thursdays, January 26 - February 23 (no class February 16) Shirley Hills Primary School | Art room #2038-B23W |
Session II
| Week 1 |
Biomimicry - Design a Grabber Students learn about biomimicry and how engineers often imitate nature in the design of innovative products and make their own grabber tool. |
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| Week 2 |
Environmental engineering - Digging for Crystals Students learn about mining and try their hand at making their own tool for digging crystals. |
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| Week 3 |
Aerospace engineering - Sailing the Skies Students learn about symmetry and the effect of wind speeds in flying a kite. |
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| Week 4 |
Civil engineering - Geodesic Dome Students learn about geometric shapes and strong structures as they make their own geodesic dome. |
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| Session II |
Tuesdays, April 4 - 25 Hilltop Primary School | Art room #2038-C23W Thursdays, April 6 - 27 Shirley Hills Primary School | Art room #2038-D23W |
Session III
| Week 1 |
Mechanical engineering - Paper Coasters Students will understand the basic properties of physics such as gravity, kinetic and potential energy as they design a simulated roller coaster for a marble using everyday materials. |
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| Week 2 |
Electrical engineering - Light up Thaumatrope Students learn about electrical engineering with paper circuits and make a light-up thaumatrope. |
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| Week 3 | Chemical engineering - Slimy Story Students learn about polymers, fluids, and make another version of slime. |
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| Week 4 |
Mechanical engineering - Treat Dispenser Students are challenged to use everyday materials to make a working dispenser for treats or other things. |
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| Session III |
Tuesdays, May 2 - 23 Hilltop Primary School | Art room #2038-E23W CANCELED Shirley Hills Primary School | Art room #2038-F23W |
Options
Past Options
2038-E23W
Online registration is over| Date | Time | Location |
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| Tue, May 2nd 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, May 9th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, May 16th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, May 23rd 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
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2038-C23W
Online registration is over| Date | Time | Location |
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| Tue, Apr 4th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Apr 11th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Apr 18th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Apr 25th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
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2038-A23W
Online registration is over| Date | Time | Location |
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| Tue, Jan 31st 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Feb 7th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Feb 14th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
| Tue, Feb 21st 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Hilltop Primary School |
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2038-B23W
Online registration is over
3:40 - 4:40 PM
No class Feb 16
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Sa
Price: $115.00
Grades K - 3rd
| Date | Time | Location |
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| Thu, Jan 26th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Shirley Hills Primary School |
| Thu, Feb 2nd 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Shirley Hills Primary School |
| Thu, Feb 9th 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Shirley Hills Primary School |
| Thu, Feb 23rd 2023 | 3:40 - 4:40 PM | Shirley Hills Primary School |
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