Computer Explores: Fall & Winter Line Up
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LEGO IN MOTION
Young budding engineers love this "hands-on, minds-on" program. Concepts of simple machines such as gears, pulleys, levers and wheels are introduced through a series of activity-card LEGO building projects. With the use of a motor and electrical controls, the models come alive right before their eyes!
Level: Ages 6 - 8
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Tuesdays
Place: PES
Date: Nov. 15 – Dec. 13
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.
MINE, CRAFT, PLAY AND LEARN
Are you a builder, crafter, miner or farmer? Have you only been able to play on your iPad and want to see what the full PC version of Minecraft is all about? This is the perfect course for eager minecrafters to learn the comprehensive features minecraft PC offers, participate in teamwork and collaboration while playing with other students on a teacher-monitored closed server
Level: Ages 6 - 8
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Thursdays
Place: PES
Date: Nov. 10 – Dec. 15
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.
VIDEO ANIMATION GAMING
Children use a visual programming language called SCRATCH developed by MIT Media Institute to create and program animations, games, music, interactive stories and more. Scratch is designed to teach computational thinking using a building-bloc approach to software development that focuses on problem solving.
Level: Ages 8 - 12
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Tuesdays
Place: PES
Date: Jan. 10 – Feb. 7
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.
MINECRAFT POWER USERS!
Are you an experienced PC Minecraft user who is well-versed in a vanilla minecraft world and crafting recipes. Are you interested in checking out modpacks that let you ride an ender dragon or a creeper pig? Or get a NASA workbench to build a rocket and blast off to the moon and plant your own flag on the surface? The possibilities are endless with different modpacks – come have fun!
Level: Ages 8 - 12
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Thursdays
Place: PES
Date: Jan. 12- Feb. 16 (No Class 1/26)
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.
CODING IN MINECRAFT
This class is more than just “mining” and “crafting” in Minecraft. Students will learn a range of coding concepts like loops, functions and conditionals using JAVA to create MODs for the game.. This is a fun introduction to computer programming.
Level: Ages 8 - 12
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Tuesdays
Place: PES
Date: Feb. 28 – Mar. 28
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.
LEGO ROBOTICS
Lego WeDo provides wonderful hands-on opportunities for the students to experiment and learn about the fundamentals of robotics, construction and computer programming. We will be using the all-time familiar Lego bricks to build around a microcomputer and using computer software to bring the robot to live!
Level: Ages 7 - 10
Time: 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Day: Thursdays
Place: PES
Date: Mar. 2 – Mar. 30
Fee: $85 Res. / $90 Non Res.