Academic workshops are 2-hour hands-on explorations that will thrill your students and help support key Massachusetts Engineering/Technology frameworks with a memorable, meaningful experience. Each workshop starts by providing foundational knowledge, then walks students through constructing their own understanding of the topic. Our curriculum can complement your existing lessons or stand on its own, and our highly trained instructors bring all necessary equipment and materials. Each 2-hour workshop is $225 for a class of up to 32 students. To find out more, call us at (617) 395-7527 or fill out the inquiry form on this page.
Animation: Students learn how to work with rates, perspective, and scale through animation. Working in small groups, children script and create their own stop-motion animation film. Our instructors guide students through the planning, scripting, storyboarding, prop design, filming and editing stages. Final products will be available for students to download to their home computers. For grades 2-6.
Simple Machines: Students investigate simple machines and movement by creating their own interactive and mechanical storybook. Using a variety of tools and take-home resources, children become familiar with the function and structure of the lever, wheel & axle, inclined plane, wedge, and pulley, and learn how these simple machines are used in everyday life. For grades 2-3.
Stability: Geometry, tension, symmetry, and weight are just some of the topics examined in this class. Students use LEGO kits to build projects and experiment with building components to learn the factors that contribute to a structure’s stability. For grades 3-4.
Pulleys and Gears: Our instructors lead students through a detailed exploration of pulleys and gears that includes some simple and compound machines. Students work with LEGO machines to learn concepts such as gear ratio, torque, angles, and level classes, and modify machine designs to compare functionality. For grades 4-5.
Structures: During this bridge-building workshop, students learn and apply knowledge of tension, compression, torsion and shear. Students teamwork and problem solving skills to construct and draw conclusions about structures by exploring materials, forces, and construction techniques. For grades 5-6.
Motion: Students learn about the four different types of motion as they construct different mechanisms using LEGO and building materials. The conversion of rotational movement to translational movement and the function of various mechanical assemblies including cranks, gears, and cams will be explored through hands-on activities.For grades 6-7.
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