BRICKS4 KIDZ®

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM

This is a hands-on class where students will design and build machines, catapults, pyramids, derby cars, buildings, and other constructions out of LEGO® bricks. While exploring engineering, architecture, and physics, students will develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Participants build a new project each month. Architectural concepts are taught while assembling buildings, bridges, and other structures.
Once the project is completed, children use the rest of their time to expand their gadgets and collaborate with one another

Students will work in a lab-type setting using LEGO® bricks with an integrated curriculum based on math and science.
Instructional content includes concepts of friction, gravity, torque, scale, gears, axles, and beams.
Part of the curriculum will include the construction of a scaled model of their elementary school.
The material covered in each session will vary depending on students’ ages, experience, and skill levels.
All materials will be provided.

For children to play and socialize with friends while learning fundamentals of engineering and architecture in a non-competitive setting.
To build problem-solving skills, provide an opportunity for creative expression, and foster an appreciation of how things work.
To help students understand that Architecture and Engineering are viable career choices.

Kids already know how to build with LEGO® bricks, but with a little coaching, they can learn engineering, architecture, and concepts of physics and mathematics using the plastic components.
Students will develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.