Cracking the STEM Code: Intro to Simple Machines for Young Learners (Part 1)

Each session is full of projects based on Passion, Collaboration with Peers, and in a Playful Spirit. It is full of hands-on Memorable, Meaningful, and Motivating activities, specially designed for girls and boys, 7 to 9 years old.

This class is a discovery class where the only academic requirement is a passion for learning and creating. We will use household materials to build the projects.

In this online live course, each student will:
- Participate in a class with other children his/her age group (7 - 9) discovering how the engineering process is a part of everyday life 
- Enjoy four hours of personalized project-based instruction and interest-based projects. 
- Learn to design, build, create models using household materials that will require an engineer's eye using everyday household materials. 
- Collaborate with small groups (6 students maximum per session) with one adult certified live instructor.
 
Syllabus/Topics covered:

Day 1 (Force & Motion)
- Work 
- Force and Motion
- Design a Balloon Car 

Day2 (Energy Conservation)
- Energy 
- Types of Energy 
- Design your own Catapult 

Day3 (Simple Machines)
- Simple Machines 
- Friction 
- Design your own pulley, inclined plane, and screw 

Day4 (Rube Goldberg)
- Review of Force, Energy, and the different simple machines discussed 
- Introduce Rube Goldberg
- Design and Create your own Rube Goldberg Machine 


The 60 minutes classes are incredibly interactive:
10-minute lecture using videos and slides.
40-minute self-paced creation.
10-minute discussion of achievements.