| Our Academics Workshops are designed to engage a school class in hands-on activities covering popular academic science and technology curriculum objectives. Most programs are 2 hours in length and can accommodate up to 32 students. Our highly skilled staff can deliver their programs at your school or in a Children's Technology Workshop facility. |  |
Simple Machines
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Movement
Students will investigate simple machines and movement through hands-on projects. Using a variety of tools and take-home resources, students will construct their own interactive and mechanical storybook. This course is subject to an additional materials fee. |
Stability
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Stability
This workshop invites students to learn about different types of structures and what makes them stable. Through hands-on activities and challenges, students will build their own structures and investigate the forces that act on them. |
Pulleys & Gears
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Pulleys & Gears
With a focus on levers and gear ratios, students use engineering and science concepts in this exploration of motion and machines. Students understand how rotational motion is converted to translational motion with hands–on investigations that examine both simple and compound machines. |
Structures
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
During this bridge-building workshop, students learn and apply knowledge of tension, compression, torsion and shear. Students use teamwork and problem solving skills to construct and draw conclusions about structures by exploring materials, forces and construction techniques. |
Motion
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Motion
Students will learn about different types of motion as they construct and investigate several different mechanisms. The conversion of rotational movement to translational movement as well as the function of various mechanical assemblies including cranks will be addressed through hands-on explorations. This course is subject to an additional materials fee. |
Pneumatics
Strand: Structures and Mechanisms
Topic: Mechanical Efficiency - Pneumatics
The pneumatics workshop introduces students to pump, valve and piston systems. Students construct and test a pneumatic device while investigating concepts in fluids and fluid flow. Students will be introduced to schematic diagrams and the terminology relevant to pneumatic systems. |
Animation
Strand: Language
Topic: Oral & Visual Communication
The animation workshop introduces students to stop motion animation production. Animations are created using digital cameras and capture software and students learn about all aspects of the production process as they work in teams to write, direct and produce their own short film. |
