KIDZ WORKSHOPS AND TEAMS

Kidz Workshops and Teams

MAKERTOTS!

MAKERTOTS
4 SESSIONS, THURSDAY MORNINGS
SEPT 13TH thru OCT 4TH
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
AGES 4 - 6

A class for kids 4-6 years old to gain experience in using hand and maker 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

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL)

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL) JUNIOR

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 LEGO LEAGUE (FLL)

First LEGO League (FLL)
Wednesdays,
Sept 26th thru Nov 21st
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
AGES 9 - 14

FIRST LEGO League gives students and coaches the opportunity to solve problems. Students are challenged to research a real-world issue and create an original solution for that problem. Then they design and build a robot using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® kit. A common set of rules to accomplish “missions” on a playing field, offers a chance to be creative in many ways. Limited enrollment, small teams. Please note there will be expenses for travel. Volunteering is encouraged!

Competition date to be announced.

$45
Scholarships available for those with financial need call
208-929-4029

legos - robotics - passion

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL)
ALL GIRLS

All Girls First LEGO League Team
Wednesdays,
Sept 26th thru Nov 21st
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
AGES 9 - 14

Forming an all girls Lego League team. Know a girl who loves Legos? Then this group is for her.

Competition date to be announced.

$45
Scholarships available for those with financial need call
208-929-4029

All Girls Team
First Lego League

legos - girls - creativity

CRAZY 8s CLUB

Click Here for Wait List: GRADES K - 2

Wednesdays, Sept 26th thru Nov 14th
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
GRADES K - 2

Tuesdays, Sept 25th thru Nov 13th
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
GRADES 3 - 5

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

FIRST ROBOTICS
COMPETITION (FRC)

First Robotics Competition (FRC)
Part 1- Pre-Season Skill Building Class
Thursdays, Sept 27th thru Dec 13th
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
AGES 14 - 18

Be part of the First Robotic Competition (FRC). Build a 5 foot tall, 120 pound robot that can do things like kick a soccer ball or shoot hoops. It’s as true to real-life, hands-on engineering
as you can get.
This project is in two parts. During the Pre-season class (Sept-Dec) you will have the opportunity to learn how to design, do CAD, do electronics, build, fabricate, program, market and other skills that will be instrumental to the team during Part 2, the Build Season (Jan-March). Once we hit build season, the training is over and we strategize and build our robot for competition
Cost for the pre-season skill building course is $50. Please note if you go on to the actual build part of FRC and you choose to go to the regional competition you will have to raise $400 for travel and housing to the competition.
Be part of a team, learn skills, be amazing!

$50

robotics design fabrication

GIRLS WHO CODE

Girls Who Code
Tuesdays, Sept 25th thru Dec 11th
3:30 pm - 5:45 pm
GRADES 6 - 12

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!

FREE!

coding G.R.I.T. ingenuity

FUTURE CITY

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