Classes for ages 4-13
STEMON offers 5 different classes based on your child's age. As of right now, classes are on Wednesdays - Fridays, but we strive to work with every parent and child around their availability. We are still growing, and hope to be able to open up more availability in the near future.
- Kinder
- Basic
- Advanced
- Kids Elite
- Programming and Robotics 1 & 2
Our Kinder classes are geared towards our younger students, around ages 4-5 year. In this class, students will learn introductory physics and engineering concepts while using larger building blocks in order to refine their fine motor skills. Students are encouraged to explore the concepts that are covered, focusing more on introducing concepts than applying them. Projects include learning how wheels and axles help vehicles move, measuring weight, distance, and length, and an introduction to block coding.
STEMON's Basic classes are meant for students. Students will build upon concepts learned in our Kinder classes and apply them towards more complex projects. Our Basic classes contain a mix of original curriculum and curriculum from our partners at Artec in order to provide a more physics and engineering focused curriculum. That being said, students will still explore some basic coding applications. Student are encouraged to engage more with the concepts introduced, as students are asked to incorporate these concepts into their project designs. Our Basic curriculum covers topics such as simple machines, simple block coding, and gear mechanisms.
Our Advanced classes will further students' understanding of topics introduced in the Basic course. Student creativity really shines in this class, as students begin to explore different ways to solve the same problem. We slowly begin to shift focus from engineering and physics to programming and coding. Advanced projects include introduction to circuits, an introduction to iterative and branch processing, and using simple machines to create various balances.
In Kids Elite, our goal is to prepare students for the more intensive programming projects within our Programming and Robotics courses. While some physics concepts may be explored, our focus will be on programming and coding. Students will be comfortable using Sphero, Prozemi, and Microbit by the end of this course. Course projects include coding a friction wheel with Sphero, expanding upon branch and iterative processing with Prozemi, and creating a random number generator with Microbit.
In our Programming and Robotics courses, students will be fully coding in programs such as Microbit, Scratch, Studino. Programming and Robotics 1 is focused on robotics, where students will build and code their own robots that require external stimuli and sensors. Meanwhile, Programming and Robotics 2 is more focused on game creation and simulation. Students will create their own version of classic games like Super Mario Bros. and Pong.