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Bricks Challenge
April 2, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
The Bricks Challenge Program
Using stories and simple demonstrations to spark imagination and critical thinking, Bricks Challenge is Young Engineers’ most popular enrichment program. With the use of LEGO® building blocks in conjunction with other tools and mechanical parts, specially trained educators inspire youth participants while teaching theoretical and applied principles of science, technology, mechanical engineering and math (STEM). In addition, students develop their abilities for independent learning and improve their building skills.
Young Engineers participating in the Bricks Challenge can expect to finish the program having learned important theoretical and practical lessons. The Bricks Challenge will introduce students to scientists and inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton, Archimedes and more.
Bricks Challenge participants will gain knowledge of laws of physics such as centrifugal force, centripetal force, force of inertia, kinetic energy, potential energy, law of action-reaction, lift force, torque, leverage points, load distribution, force conservation, angular momentum, and more. In addition, students will learn the essential mathematic skills that go along with making the scientific calculations they will need in order to build their models.
Secondary objectives of the Bricks Challenge Program are to:
- Foster planning and time management skills
- Encourage independent creative thinking
- Develop the ability to analyze engineering processes
- Broaden knowledge of laws of physics and various natural phenomena
- Improve spatial recognition
- Cultivate a sense of self-efficacy
- Expand interpersonal communication skills
This program is offered for 1st – 5th graders on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:45pm in the Bricks & Minifigs Littleton party room.
Cost:
- $229 for a full semester
- $89 for a one-month period
- $29 for a one-day drop-in class
Sign up information:
Email: YoungEngineersLittletonCO@gmail.com
Phone: Call Nicole or Jay at 720-550-8922!