STEAM Workshop

P1-P3

This workshop focuses on two areas of exploration and activity:

1. Scientific exploration and material manipulation: Children will discover through physical exploration, the magic of reality: properties, states and transformation of matter; mass & density; motion, acceleration, friction, gravity; light and colour; plants & animals, etc.
2. Arts & Crafts: Learning to work with tools, manipulate materials, and creatively express oneself is crucial from very early childhood. The development of intelligence is correlated with the development of hand-eye coordination.  Designing, cutting, pasting, colouring and decorating, each week students will be guided with a project and have the opportunity to apply their individual, creative spin.

P4-P5

We want children to discover the amazing, hidden reality behind every day phenomena and gain an appreciation for the science and engineering innovations that power modern life.

We are science ambassadors and communicators. We strive to present scientific and engineering concepts in a way that is both understandable, and entertaining to young explorers, with the hope that we can ignite their curiosity and appreciation and prepare them to excel in secondary level maths and science curriculum.

Children are naturally curious, and our goal is to accelerate their path of discovery, equip them with essential, critical thinking tools, as well as a foundation of key scientific and engineering concepts. We want children to carry with them a model of the universe based on skepticism and empirical data. All children can benefit from an ability to think critically, and make informed, rational decisions based on empirical skepticism in all aspects of everyday life.

This workshop is comprised of four modules:

1. Critical Thinking: Good thinkers listen or read carefully and question whether what they see or hear is true and accurate. This habit of questioning and assessing the value of any claim is called Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking implies a healthy skepticism about claims that are made without supporting evidence that can be validated, and attempts to detect cognitive bias. In this module, students will discover how to think critically, how to identify and limit cognitive biases and faulty logic, how to apply the scientific method, and how to design a controlled experiment.
2. Science Essentials: This module introduces students to critical science disciplines and theories that together unveil the hidden reality behind everyday life.  We’ll explore essential science topics to include: Matter, Forces, Energy & Work, Heat & Temperature, Physical and Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic energy, Chemistry, Evolution, and Cosmology.
3. Mechanical Engineering: Students will build machines to understand mechanical engineering principles and concepts to include the concepts of force, energy, and motion. The machines will be based on the principle of mechanical advantage: one or a combination of levers, inclined planes, screws, wedges, wheels and axles, pulleys and gears. Students will build increasingly complex, motorized machines to understand more advanced mechanical and electrical engineering principles and concepts.
4. Mechanical Computing: This module explores how computers function at the fundamental, microprocessor level and the basics of computer engineering. Children will discover how mechanical switches, connected together, can do smart things. Students will build mechanical, gravity powered computing machines to understand the basics of computer engineering.

We want children to discover the amazing, hidden reality behind every day phenomena and gain an appreciation for the science and engineering innovations that power modern life.

We are science ambassadors and communicators. We strive to present scientific and engineering concepts in a way that is both understandable, and entertaining to young explorers, with the hope that we can ignite their curiosity and appreciation and prepare them to excel in secondary level maths and science curriculum.

Children are naturally curious, and our goal is to accelerate their path of discovery, equip them with essential, critical thinking tools, as well as a foundation of key scientific and engineering concepts. We want children to carry with them a model of the universe based on skepticism and empirical data. All children can benefit from an ability to think critically, and make informed, rational decisions based on empirical skepticism in all aspects of everyday life.

This workshop is comprised of four modules:

1. Critical Thinking: Good thinkers listen or read carefully and question whether what they see or hear is true and accurate. This habit of questioning and assessing the value of any claim is called Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking implies a healthy skepticism about claims that are made without supporting evidence that can be validated, and attempts to detect cognitive bias. In this module, students will discover how to think critically, how to identify and limit cognitive biases and faulty logic, how to apply the scientific method, and how to design a controlled experiment.
2. Science Essentials: This module introduces students to critical science disciplines and theories that together unveil the hidden reality behind everyday life.  We’ll explore essential science topics to include: Matter, Forces, Energy & Work, Heat & Temperature, Physical and Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic energy, Chemistry, Evolution, and Cosmology.
3. Mechanical Engineering: Students will build machines to understand mechanical engineering principles and concepts to include the concepts of force, energy, and motion. The machines will be based on the principle of mechanical advantage: one or a combination of levers, inclined planes, screws, wedges, wheels and axles, pulleys and gears. Students will build increasingly complex, motorized machines to understand more advanced mechanical and electrical engineering principles and concepts.
4. Mechanical Computing: This module explores how computers function at the fundamental, microprocessor level and the basics of computer engineering. Children will discover how mechanical switches, connected together, can do smart things. Students will build mechanical, gravity powered computing machines to understand the basics of computer engineering.