Course Descriptions
Science & STEM: Fall 2019
Registration Is Open For Fall And Winter/Spring Semesters
Tuesdays YMCA
Experiment Like a Scientist
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 1, 8, 15, 22
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $215
Open your budding scientist’s mind to the wonders of the natural world with weekly experiments. The science activities in this 7-week class are designed to engage and stimulate any curious young mind. Students will develop a thirst for knowledge as they learn to ask pertinent questions and seek out answers through experiments. - Students will learn to keep lab notebooks as they investigate different areas of science. Some of the experiments conducted in this course include "Milk Fireworks", exploration with circuits, and DNA extraction.
Outside Coursework: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 1, 8, 15, 22
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $215
Open your budding scientist’s mind to the wonders of the natural world with weekly experiments. The science activities in this 7-week class are designed to engage and stimulate any curious young mind. Students will develop a thirst for knowledge as they learn to ask pertinent questions and seek out answers through experiments. - Students will learn to keep lab notebooks as they investigate different areas of science. Some of the experiments conducted in this course include "Milk Fireworks", exploration with circuits, and DNA extraction.
Outside Coursework: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
Think Like A Scientist: Observe and Classify
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
6 Weeks: October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 3,10 (No Class November 26)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $185
Students do the work of scientists in this 6-week course. The science skills of observation and classification form the foundation for scientific learning. Using their five senses, practicing asking open ended questions, and engaging in hands-on science explorations, students learn these basic skills are integrated together when scientists design and carry out investigations. Students will learn to make observations and use them to define and classify organisms or other objects based on certain attributes or features. They will use dichotomous keys and participate in dissections and sand analysis. Students will also recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each other’s evidence and explanations.
Outside Coursework: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
6 Weeks: October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 3,10 (No Class November 26)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $185
Students do the work of scientists in this 6-week course. The science skills of observation and classification form the foundation for scientific learning. Using their five senses, practicing asking open ended questions, and engaging in hands-on science explorations, students learn these basic skills are integrated together when scientists design and carry out investigations. Students will learn to make observations and use them to define and classify organisms or other objects based on certain attributes or features. They will use dichotomous keys and participate in dissections and sand analysis. Students will also recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each other’s evidence and explanations.
Outside Coursework: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
Tuesdays Jewish Community Center (JJC)
Fun with Forces and Motion
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
8 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10
(No Classes October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 26 December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $170
Embark on an adventure into physical science as we experiment with forces and motion. Students will engage with hands on demonstrations and activities to learn about matter, friction, gravity and balance and see Newton’s Laws of Motion in action! Students will build their own egg carrier and we’ll hold an Egg Drop Challenge! Simple worksheets to summarize main concepts may be completed in class or suggested for homework.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
8 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10
(No Classes October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 26 December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $170
Embark on an adventure into physical science as we experiment with forces and motion. Students will engage with hands on demonstrations and activities to learn about matter, friction, gravity and balance and see Newton’s Laws of Motion in action! Students will build their own egg carrier and we’ll hold an Egg Drop Challenge! Simple worksheets to summarize main concepts may be completed in class or suggested for homework.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Physics Labs: Forces and Motion
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
8 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10
(No Classes October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 26 December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $185
Engaging with hands-on demonstrations and experiments is the focus of learning about the exciting world of physics. Students will use the scientific method while investigating matter, density, Newton’s Laws of Motion, friction and gravity. In class, students will work on a notebook or lap book to illustrate concepts, vocabulary and findings, with completion to be done for homework. This class culminates with an Egg Drop Challenge!
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
Outside Classwork: completion of lab write-ups or worksheets, under 1 hour
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
8 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24 October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10
(No Classes October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 26 December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $185
Engaging with hands-on demonstrations and experiments is the focus of learning about the exciting world of physics. Students will use the scientific method while investigating matter, density, Newton’s Laws of Motion, friction and gravity. In class, students will work on a notebook or lap book to illustrate concepts, vocabulary and findings, with completion to be done for homework. This class culminates with an Egg Drop Challenge!
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
- R.E.A.L Science Odyssey, Physics by Dahlia Schwartz (Pandia Press)
- Physics for the Grammar Stage Student Workbook by Paige Hudson (Elemental Science), along with Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Outside Classwork: completion of lab write-ups or worksheets, under 1 hour
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Robotics Design: Chassis
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
3 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $125
In small group teams, kids will use VEX IQ pieces to build several different chassis for the Drag Race, then explore different wheels and tank treads. Focus will be on the engineering design process: thinking, creating, testing, and recording the results with a new challenge every week or two including an Obstacle Course and a Tractor Pull. In addition to robotics and engineering design skills, the weekly challenges offer moments for leadership, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
3 Weeks: September 10, 17, 24
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $125
In small group teams, kids will use VEX IQ pieces to build several different chassis for the Drag Race, then explore different wheels and tank treads. Focus will be on the engineering design process: thinking, creating, testing, and recording the results with a new challenge every week or two including an Obstacle Course and a Tractor Pull. In addition to robotics and engineering design skills, the weekly challenges offer moments for leadership, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Robotics Design: Manipulators
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
5 Weeks: October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10 (No class November 26, December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $205 FULL
(TO BE PUT ON WAIT LIST PLEASE CONTACT ADRIENNE COLLINS AT INFOC3CLASSES @GMAIL.COM)
In small group teams, kids will use VEX IQ pieces to add on an arm and claw to their chassis, a 4-bar linkage, and designs for object propulsion. Focus will be on the engineering design process: thinking, creating, testing, and recording the results with a new challenge every week or two including Demolition Derby, High Rise and Sumo Bots. In addition to robotics and engineering design skills, the weekly challenges offer moments for leadership, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
5 Weeks: October 29 November 5, 12, 19 December 10 (No class November 26, December 3)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $205 FULL
(TO BE PUT ON WAIT LIST PLEASE CONTACT ADRIENNE COLLINS AT INFOC3CLASSES @GMAIL.COM)
In small group teams, kids will use VEX IQ pieces to add on an arm and claw to their chassis, a 4-bar linkage, and designs for object propulsion. Focus will be on the engineering design process: thinking, creating, testing, and recording the results with a new challenge every week or two including Demolition Derby, High Rise and Sumo Bots. In addition to robotics and engineering design skills, the weekly challenges offer moments for leadership, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Thursdays YMCA
Kids Code with Cozmo/Python
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:30
6 Weeks: September 5, 12, 19 October 3, 17, 24 (No class September 26 and October 10)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $152 FULL
(TO BE PUT ON WAIT LIST PLEASE CONTACT ADRIENNE COLLINS AT INFOC3CLASSES @GMAIL.COM)
Cozmo, our endearing pint-sized robot, is introducing us to Python programming and artificial intelligence. Kids will teach Cozmo to recognize their face, program with code blocks for movement, sound, and emotion expression. We play games with Cozmo to learn how he interacts with people and objects.
Kids work in pairs with the robot and at the computer. We will be coding with python based blocks on the Cozmo and python text on the laptops. Projects include Choose Your Own Adventure, Number Guessing Game, and a Cozmo Live Performance.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:30
6 Weeks: September 5, 12, 19 October 3, 17, 24 (No class September 26 and October 10)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $152 FULL
(TO BE PUT ON WAIT LIST PLEASE CONTACT ADRIENNE COLLINS AT INFOC3CLASSES @GMAIL.COM)
Cozmo, our endearing pint-sized robot, is introducing us to Python programming and artificial intelligence. Kids will teach Cozmo to recognize their face, program with code blocks for movement, sound, and emotion expression. We play games with Cozmo to learn how he interacts with people and objects.
Kids work in pairs with the robot and at the computer. We will be coding with python based blocks on the Cozmo and python text on the laptops. Projects include Choose Your Own Adventure, Number Guessing Game, and a Cozmo Live Performance.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Thursdays Jewish Community Center (JJC)
Introduction to Robotics
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
5 Weeks: September 5, 12, 19 October 3, 24 (No Class September 26, October 10, 17, 31)
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $190
Starting with a controller, robotic brain, and boxes full of structure pieces, your young engineers will build a robot to meet the day’s challenge, starting with a Drag Race and SoccerBots. Using a pattern, they will build a two-motor chassis. Their robot will need to gather points in the game and defend their own goal. The second half of the event, they will rethink their design, modify, and get creative. Each week or two ends with a fun competition. Who can beat the challenge, and who can do it the most creatively? Other challenges may include Demolition Derby, High Rise or SumoBots.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
5 Weeks: September 5, 12, 19 October 3, 24 (No Class September 26, October 10, 17, 31)
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $190
Starting with a controller, robotic brain, and boxes full of structure pieces, your young engineers will build a robot to meet the day’s challenge, starting with a Drag Race and SoccerBots. Using a pattern, they will build a two-motor chassis. Their robot will need to gather points in the game and defend their own goal. The second half of the event, they will rethink their design, modify, and get creative. Each week or two ends with a fun competition. Who can beat the challenge, and who can do it the most creatively? Other challenges may include Demolition Derby, High Rise or SumoBots.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Course Descriptions
Science & STEM: Winter and Spring 2020
Tuesdays YMCA
Wave Wonders
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:00-2:15
3 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $145
Have you ever watched sound in action or wondered how scientists find the epicenter of earthquakes? Wave Wonder students Students will examine different kinds of waves found in nature by studying the waves of sound, water, and the earth. They will compare the similarities and differences in the characteristics of longitudinal, transverse, and surface waves while investigating how energy is transferred along a wave. Exploration of sound waves will include hands-on experimentation with sound moving through different types of media. Student scientists will also discover what causes waves to break and how wave concepts are applied to earthquakes. Throughout the class, students will be encouraged to think about how wave knowledge can be applied improving technology.
Outside Classwork: Details Coming Soon!
Instructor: Laura Wong
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:00-2:15
3 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $145
Have you ever watched sound in action or wondered how scientists find the epicenter of earthquakes? Wave Wonder students Students will examine different kinds of waves found in nature by studying the waves of sound, water, and the earth. They will compare the similarities and differences in the characteristics of longitudinal, transverse, and surface waves while investigating how energy is transferred along a wave. Exploration of sound waves will include hands-on experimentation with sound moving through different types of media. Student scientists will also discover what causes waves to break and how wave concepts are applied to earthquakes. Throughout the class, students will be encouraged to think about how wave knowledge can be applied improving technology.
Outside Classwork: Details Coming Soon!
Instructor: Laura Wong
Environmental Impacts
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: January 14,21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $215
In this course students will examine some of the ways they can minimize impacts on their environment. By understanding the current and potential environmental issues associated with human impacts, students learn how to take steps to avoid and minimize these effects. Through hands-on experiments and activities, students will investigate recycling, monitor water quality, explore methods to clean oil spills, and conserve water with hydroponic gardening. In addition students will participate in citizen science and practice science in their own communities to identify ways to improve their local environments.
Outside Classwork: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: January 14,21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $215
In this course students will examine some of the ways they can minimize impacts on their environment. By understanding the current and potential environmental issues associated with human impacts, students learn how to take steps to avoid and minimize these effects. Through hands-on experiments and activities, students will investigate recycling, monitor water quality, explore methods to clean oil spills, and conserve water with hydroponic gardening. In addition students will participate in citizen science and practice science in their own communities to identify ways to improve their local environments.
Outside Classwork: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
Renewable Energy Lab
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
6 Weeks: March 3, 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class March 10. 17 April 14)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $185
Welcome to the world of renewable energy! Today’s scientists are exploring ways to improve the technologies surrounding different types of renewable energies. In this course students will explore their own energy consumption and investigate ways to use solar and wind energy. They will design and refine a solar car and a windmill to optimize speed or power. Using critical thinking skills, students will discuss the environmental impacts of renewable energies on the environment.
Outside Classwork: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 2:15-3:15
6 Weeks: March 3, 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class March 10. 17 April 14)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $185
Welcome to the world of renewable energy! Today’s scientists are exploring ways to improve the technologies surrounding different types of renewable energies. In this course students will explore their own energy consumption and investigate ways to use solar and wind energy. They will design and refine a solar car and a windmill to optimize speed or power. Using critical thinking skills, students will discuss the environmental impacts of renewable energies on the environment.
Outside Classwork: Less than an hour
Instructor: Laura Wong
Tuesdays Jewish Community Center (JJC)
Fun with Energy, Light, and Sound
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
8 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25 March 3
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $170
Investigate the invisible world of physics - air, heat, sound and light waves - as we experiment with air pressure, sources of energy, and the ways sound and light travel. Students engage with hands on demonstrations and activities to gain a concrete understanding of the invisible properties of physics. Simple worksheets to summarize main concepts may be completed in class or suggested for homework.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
8 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25 March 3
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $170
Investigate the invisible world of physics - air, heat, sound and light waves - as we experiment with air pressure, sources of energy, and the ways sound and light travel. Students engage with hands on demonstrations and activities to gain a concrete understanding of the invisible properties of physics. Simple worksheets to summarize main concepts may be completed in class or suggested for homework.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Fun with Electricity and Magnetism
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
5 Weeks: March 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class April 14)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $140
What is electricity and where does it come from? Find out how light bulbs work, what kinds of materials conduct electricity, how powerful magnets are, and what can happen when electricity and magnetism are combined to form electromagnetism. Through hands on experiments, we will explore the many ways electricity and magnetism are such powerful forces in our everyday lives.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
1st-2nd Grade
Tuesdays 9:50-10:45
5 Weeks: March 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class April 14)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $140
What is electricity and where does it come from? Find out how light bulbs work, what kinds of materials conduct electricity, how powerful magnets are, and what can happen when electricity and magnetism are combined to form electromagnetism. Through hands on experiments, we will explore the many ways electricity and magnetism are such powerful forces in our everyday lives.
Outside Classwork: minimal occasional outside classwork, under 30 minutes
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Physics Labs: Energy, Light, and Sound
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
8 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25 March 3
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $185
Engaging with hands-on demonstrations and experiments will be the focus of learning about the exciting world of physics. Students will use the scientific method while investigating and experimenting with the invisible properties of physics - air pressure, energy sources, sound and light waves.
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
Outside Classwork: completion of lab write-ups or worksheets, under 1 hour
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
8 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28 February 4, 11, 18, 25 March 3
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $185
Engaging with hands-on demonstrations and experiments will be the focus of learning about the exciting world of physics. Students will use the scientific method while investigating and experimenting with the invisible properties of physics - air pressure, energy sources, sound and light waves.
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
- R.E.A.L Science Odyssey, Physics by Dahlia Schwartz (Pandia Press)
- Physics for the Grammar Stage Student Workbook by Paige Hudson (Elemental Science), along with Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Outside Classwork: completion of lab write-ups or worksheets, under 1 hour
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Physics Labs: Electricity and Magnetism
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
5 Weeks: March 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class April 14)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $150
Explore the sources and workings of electricity and magnetism in this hands-on experiment based class. Using both every day materials as well as electronic circuit sets, students experiment with materials that conduct electricity and will create circuits to demonstrate electrical energy. The forces of magnetism are learned through working with magnets, making a compass, and combining the forces of electricity and magnetism with an electromagnetic project culminating in a game of challenge.
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
3rd-5th Grade
Tuesdays 11:00-12:15
5 Weeks: March 24, 31 April 7, 21, 28 (No Class April 14)
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo (JJC)
Tuition: $150
Explore the sources and workings of electricity and magnetism in this hands-on experiment based class. Using both every day materials as well as electronic circuit sets, students experiment with materials that conduct electricity and will create circuits to demonstrate electrical energy. The forces of magnetism are learned through working with magnets, making a compass, and combining the forces of electricity and magnetism with an electromagnetic project culminating in a game of challenge.
Optional: Looking for a year-long home science curriculum?
Combine this class with either of these two curriculums.
Concepts, vocabulary and experiments presented in class will coincide with both of these curriculums.
- R.E.A.L Science Odyssey, Physics by Dahlia Schwartz (Pandia Press)
- Physics for the Grammar Stage Student Workbook by Paige Hudson (Elemental Science), along with Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Instructor: Lisa Antonic
Robotics: Simple Machines
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
3 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo JCC
Tuition: $125
We will be exploring simple machines: wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, lever, screw and then will combine them together in a large Rube Goldberg machine (think the crazy game of Mouse Trap). First week, a tire rolls down a ramp knocking down a block which releases a pendulum which strikes a pedestal dropping another tire connected through a pulley to a teeter totter where gravity takes over to send our car into the garage. The next two weeks, what will the kids come up with to make the contraption even more crazy and complicated?
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
5th-8th Grade
Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
3 Weeks: January 14, 21, 28
Location: Jewish Community Center of Mission Viejo JCC
Tuition: $125
We will be exploring simple machines: wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, lever, screw and then will combine them together in a large Rube Goldberg machine (think the crazy game of Mouse Trap). First week, a tire rolls down a ramp knocking down a block which releases a pendulum which strikes a pedestal dropping another tire connected through a pulley to a teeter totter where gravity takes over to send our car into the garage. The next two weeks, what will the kids come up with to make the contraption even more crazy and complicated?
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Thursdays YMCA
Middle Ages: STEM Challenges
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays: 10:00-11:15
7 Weeks: March 5, 26 April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 and 19)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $195
Our study of the Middle Ages concludes with two exciting STEM Challenges. The first is designing and building a battering ram. The ram must be suspended in the air by string and must effectively swing back and forth to exert force on an opposing structure. The battering ram must also have wheels and axles, moving forward and backward.The second challenge is to create a watermill. The watermill must properly spin when water is poured from the top of a wheel without falling apart. Join us for this hands-on and minds-on class!
Outside Classwork: Finish work not completed in class.
Instructor: Laurie Weir and Adrienne Collins
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays: 10:00-11:15
7 Weeks: March 5, 26 April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 and 19)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition: $195
Our study of the Middle Ages concludes with two exciting STEM Challenges. The first is designing and building a battering ram. The ram must be suspended in the air by string and must effectively swing back and forth to exert force on an opposing structure. The battering ram must also have wheels and axles, moving forward and backward.The second challenge is to create a watermill. The watermill must properly spin when water is poured from the top of a wheel without falling apart. Join us for this hands-on and minds-on class!
Outside Classwork: Finish work not completed in class.
Instructor: Laurie Weir and Adrienne Collins
Game Design With Sphero Programming
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:30
7 Weeks: March 5, 26 April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 or 19)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition $175
Sphero is a rolling robot you control from your phone or tablet. But more than playing with a fun remote control toy, kids will be programming the Sphero to drive their chariot around the Coliseum track, racing against human and computer driven opponents! Can you meet the challenge? Can you add a crazy, colorful light show to your chariot with your new coding skills? What else will your team dream up?
Second half of the course will be Game Design with Scratch. Kids will choose projects like Animate a Name, Hide and Seek Game, Story Teller. Experienced programmers will jump right into new projects.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:30
7 Weeks: March 5, 26 April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 or 19)
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition $175
Sphero is a rolling robot you control from your phone or tablet. But more than playing with a fun remote control toy, kids will be programming the Sphero to drive their chariot around the Coliseum track, racing against human and computer driven opponents! Can you meet the challenge? Can you add a crazy, colorful light show to your chariot with your new coding skills? What else will your team dream up?
Second half of the course will be Game Design with Scratch. Kids will choose projects like Animate a Name, Hide and Seek Game, Story Teller. Experienced programmers will jump right into new projects.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Science - Details Coming Soon!
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20, 27
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition:
4th-8th Grade
Thursdays 2:15-3:15
7 Weeks: January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20, 27
Location: Mission Viejo Family YMCA
Tuition:
Thursdays Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Junior Engineers' Workshop: Robotics
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
6 Weeks: January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $230
Starting with a controller, robotic brain, and boxes full of structure pieces, your young engineers will build a robot to meet the day’s challenge, starting with an Obstacle Course and Tractor Pull. Using a pattern, they will build Stretch, a robot with 4-bar linkage. Their robot will need to pull a load and traverse a course. The second half of the event, they will rethink their design, modify, and get creative. Each week or two ends with a fun competition. Who can beat the challenge, and who can do it the most creatively? Other challenges may include High Rise Tower Building and Freeze Tag Soccer. This session introduces sensors and robotic programming.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
6 Weeks: January 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13, 20
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $230
Starting with a controller, robotic brain, and boxes full of structure pieces, your young engineers will build a robot to meet the day’s challenge, starting with an Obstacle Course and Tractor Pull. Using a pattern, they will build Stretch, a robot with 4-bar linkage. Their robot will need to pull a load and traverse a course. The second half of the event, they will rethink their design, modify, and get creative. Each week or two ends with a fun competition. Who can beat the challenge, and who can do it the most creatively? Other challenges may include High Rise Tower Building and Freeze Tag Soccer. This session introduces sensors and robotic programming.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
Junior Engineers' Workshop: Programming
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
6 Weeks: February 27 March 5, 26 April 2, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 and 19 April 9 and 16)
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $230
Coding sessions utilize code.org with characters from Frozen, Plants vs Zombies, and Angry Birds; Scratch game design where kids will animate their name; and Khan Academy JavaScript for computer generated drawing. New students welcome. Returning students continue where they left off.
Robotics programming will be introduced with Sphero (round, rolling robot), Cozmo (tiny robot with artificial intelligence) and VEX IQ robots.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard
1st-3rd Grade
Thursdays 9:00-11:00
6 Weeks: February 27 March 5, 26 April 2, 23, 30 (No Class March 12 and 19 April 9 and 16)
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Tuition: $230
Coding sessions utilize code.org with characters from Frozen, Plants vs Zombies, and Angry Birds; Scratch game design where kids will animate their name; and Khan Academy JavaScript for computer generated drawing. New students welcome. Returning students continue where they left off.
Robotics programming will be introduced with Sphero (round, rolling robot), Cozmo (tiny robot with artificial intelligence) and VEX IQ robots.
Outside Classwork: None
Instructor: Cheri Haggard