KIDZ WORKSHOPS AND TEAMS

Kidz Workshops and Teams

Through a series of digital puzzles & challenges, this free interactive event introduces students to the field of cybersecurity.

There is a global shortage of cybersecurity professionals, in particular, female professionals; by the year 2022, a projected two million jobs will be left unfulfilled in this critical field.

Girls Go Cyberstart
April 4th
3:45 - 5:45 PM

Grades 9 - 12
FREE

This will be a Phase One event challenge for the nation-wide CyberStart competition. Idaho is one of 26 states participating in this event, administered by the SANS institute. During the competition, students will learn skills including cryptography, web vulnerabilities, the Linux operating system, and coding in Python. Don't need prior experience to participate.

NEW SESSION! STARTS FEBRUARY 28TH

MAKERTOTS!

MAKERTOTS
4 SESSIONS, THURSDAY MORNINGS
FEB 28TH - MARCH21ST
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
AGES 4 - 6

A class for kids 4-6 years old to gain experience in using tools to assemble and finish projects.
Gizmo is a place where tools are safely demonstrated and used by young children.

$50

Facilitated by: Tarin Leach

BE PART OF

GIRLS WHO CODE

STARTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2019
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM
AGES 13 AND UP
FREE!

Part of Gizmo-CdA's G.R.I.T. (Girl Revolution In Technology) program, this free after-school program for 6th thru 12th grade girls will inspire girls to use computer science to impact their community and join the sisterhood of supportive peers and roles models. Weekly meetings will explore different programming languages. Learn to write apps, make your clothes light up, build devices that will help solve problems, all with the companionship of other girls and women who want to create technology, not just consume it!

coding - G.R.I.T. - ingenuity

NEW SESSION SOON

8 Sessions, Thursdays
Feb 28th - Apr 25th
(No class Mar 28th)
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
GRADES K - 2

CRAZY 8s CLUB

EACH CRAZY 8S GROUP HAS ALL UNIQUE SESSION MATERIALS! WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH CLUB!

Crazy 8s is a math club unlike any other! It offers unique, high-energy math activities that appeal to kids of all math abilities. Kids come together to learn and have fun. We offer mischief-making activities that kids love, like Bouncy Dice Explosion and Toilet Paper Olympics. We start with the fun, then roll in the math.
CRAZY 8s MATH CLUB
GRADES K - 2 OR GRADES 3 - 5

FREE!

Facilitated by: Tarin Leach & Kelly Lattin

Thank You to the Bedtime Math Foundation!

NEW SESSION SOON

8 Sessions, Tuesdays
Feb 26th - Apr 23rd
(No class Mar 26th)
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
GRADES 3 - 5

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL) JUNIOR

CLASS FILLED

First LEGO League JR.
Thursday Afternoons
Starts, Jan 24th - Mar 21st
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
AGES 6 - 10

Join with other home schoolers and learn about engineering, programming and teamwork as a part of First Lego League Jr.
It’s never too early to discover STEM. FIRST LEGO League Jr.* is designed to introduce STEM concepts to kids ages 6 to 10 while exciting them through a brand they know and love − LEGO®.

Guided by adult coaches and FIRST LEGO League Jr. Core Values, students build models using LEGO® Education WeDo and create Show Me posters to present what they learned. The program focuses on building interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through a real-world challenge – to be solved by research, critical thinking, and imagination.

Family Sharing Day: March 21st

$40

Facilitated by: Tami Wengeler

FIRST ROBOTICS
COMPETITION (FRC)

First Robotics Competition (FRC)
Part 2- Build Season
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
AGES 14 - 18

robotics design fabrication

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FUTURE CITY

MISSED YOU

Thursdays, Starts Aug 30th
(Ongoing Enrollment until Sept 27th)
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GRADES 6 - 8

Future City is coming to Gizmo!! We are looking for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders interested in engineering and innovation. If you are ready to ask and answer questions with the goal of making the world a great place to live then you are ready for the Future City program. Join us as we imagine, research, design, and build a city of the future. Teams are competitive and will present their work to a panel of experts in January. Theme this year is Powering Our Future! Teams will design a resilient power grid for their future city that can withstand and quickly recover from the impacts of a natural disaster.

FREE!

Facilitated by: Dinah Gaddie