Students will meet or exceed their state and provincial learning outcomes in science, technology, engineering & math (STEM), as well as language & creative arts. Imaginations are ignited exploring, learning & having fun while designing & building with LEGO, story making, producing, directing, role playing, & using theatrical combat techniques as students collaborate on projects.
Traditional Learning Academy Classes
Advanced Seminar
10-14yrs
Classes are 1.5-2 hours long
Workshops are 3-4 hours long
Collaborate creating new inventions & designing solutions to engineering, scientific & global grand challenges. Learn 21st Century STEM+ARTS+MOVEMENT themes while incorporating BC PLO's thru DIGIVATIONS ImagineSTEM curriculum: design, engineering, extreme eco-systems, commercial space & transportation, life sciences, sustainability & humanities. Students create projects from their imaginations & research after a discussion of current & historical events inspiring them to become the next generation of innovators. Hands-on projects may include NASA materials, electronic circuits, upcycled projects , rockets, roller coasters, & science kits with some game programming & LEGO sprinkled in. Using story & game making technologies students create final projects & contribute to an ImagineSTEM blog. Students bring their own laptops or iPads.
False Creek Home Learners
Ages 9-14
Thursdays 12-2 pm, starting April 11, April 18, 25, May 2, (no May 9), May 16, May 23, May 30, June 6
DIGIVATIONS is an innovative STEM (science/tech/engineering/math)+ARTS+MOVEMENT program developed and taught by Dr. Steven Lee Berman and Anne Deane Berman, PhD. Enthusiastic and engaging educators, they are deeply committed to creating a safe, collaborative learning environment that meaningfully connects with each students' interests and needs.
Class Description: Imagine an adventure where everything has a connection to everything else. Make sense of the world around you by discussing current and historical events and the great minds who bring science and technology ideas to life through inventions, stories/books, films and games. Fuel your imagination, creative process and inventive spirit having fun using these ideas while engaging in a creative activity,game, and solving building challenges with LEGO, Simple Machines, Rockets, Robots, various Science kits, and NASA materials.Through story/movie making, improvisation, and more, you will unlock and use the power and mystery of STEM+ARTS+MOVEMENT to develop new innovations or create new artistic expressions.
There will also be an (optional) parent-managed lunch/drop in time one hour before the class to give the kids a chance to hang out. A volunteer parent and students will be on hand 15 minutes before class to help set up and 15 minutes to tear down after class.
