Be a human-centered inventor! In each session, we'll meet a different user or problem, and students will invent new products, spaces, or solutions for these users. Design thinking is an underlying theme of this course. From a polar bear cub who needs a new shelter, to an astronaut visiting the moon for her first time, a scuba diver who needs new tools for exploring and collecting treasure, and a bot to help with household chores - we’ll think of solutions, build them, test them out, and refine them. Apart from empathy-building skills, fine-motor prototyping, and communication practice, we'll also cover a mix of design, electronics, and engineering topics, including sensors, inputs and outputs, pulleys, solar power, motors, and more. By the end of the semester, students will have their very own suite of inventions to present during the Hawk's Nest Science Fair.
This course is taught by an outside vendor, therefore, this course is nonrefundable after the close of registration on 08/25/2023. Instructional times are from 2:45pm to 4:00pm.
From 4:00pm to 4:10pm, students are cleaning up/packing up and transiting to dismissal, clubs, or study nest.
After enrichment classes, Hawk's Nest students have the opportunity to choose and participate in after-school clubs, study nest, and free play from 4:15pm to 5:30pm. Please see the club schedule in the table below:
09/11/2023, 09/18/2023, 10/02/2023, 10/16/2023, 10/23/2023, 10/30/2023, 11/06/2023, 11/13/2023, 11/20/2023, 11/27/2023, 12/04/2023, 12/11/2023, 12/18/2023, 01/08/2024, 01/22/2024, 01/29/2024
Participants must be entering grades kindergarten to 2.
Minimum: 12
Maximum: 15
Registration starts on 06/12/2023 and ends on 01/31/2024.
Room: Courtyard / Gym
Please contact HCES Hawk's Nest if you have any questions.