Westonka Community Education and Services

Engineering for Kids Jr STEM Club Grades K - 4 Calling new and returning students! The Engineering for Kids STEM Club class introduces students to a new, hands on lessons 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 can succeed in almost anything! Session I Tuesdays, January 28 - March 11 (no class February 18) 3:40 - 4:40 pm Hilltop Primary School | Art Room #2038-A25W $155 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursdays, January 30 - March 20 (no class February 20 & February 27) 3:40 - 4:40 pm Shirley Hills Primary School | Art Room #2038-B25W $155 Week Engineering discipline Week 1 Aerospace Engineering | Rocket Students explore aerospace engineering, learn about principles of flight and create and launch their own slingshot rocket. Week 2 Mechanical Engineering | Mini Golf Maze Students learn about force, gravity, and friction by creating their own mini golf maze game. Week 3 Acoustic Engineering | Let's Drum! Students learn about drums, how they make sound, and learn about rhythms. Students design and build their own drums. Week 4 Industrial Engineering | Fossils Students learn about fossils, make their own cast, and learn how casts and molds are useful engineering tools. Week 5 Civil Engineering | Water Tower Students learn about civil engineering and are challenged to build a tower that carry water at the top. Week 6 Aerospace Engineering | Glider Students learn about aerospace engineering, understand the principles of flight, and apply them to make their own glider. Session II Tuesdays, April 8 - May 13 3:40 - 4:40 pm Hilltop Primary School | Art Room #2038-C25W $155 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursdays, April 3 - May 22 (no class April 17 & May 15) 3:40 - 4:40 pm Shirley Hills Primary School | Art Room #2038-D25W $155 Week Engineering discipline Week 1 Electrical Engineering | Light up Bug Students learn about simple circuits to create their own light up bug. Week 2 Industrial Engineering Levers | Bug Catcher Students are introduced to the lever and its properties and build their own bug catcher. Week 3 Marine Engineering | Does Your Boat Float Students explore the concepts of floating and sinking and design a basic boat to hold weight without sinking. Week 4 Civil Engineering | Goldilocks' Bed Students learn about and apply the concept of load distribution to construct a bed that can carry a specified weight. Week 5 Chemical Engineering | Fluffy Slime Students learn about the properties of slime and make their own fluffy slime. Week 6 Mechanical Engineering | Ferris Wheel Students learn about force, gravity and friction by creating their own simple ferris wheel.