YOUNG BUILDERS (Ages 5-6 only!)

Young students are introduced to the world of machines and vehicles using LEGO® technic pieces, including motors, battery packs and gears. Students build and test a crane, motorized train engine, car steering systems, and spinning amusement park rides.

Students work from instructions to design a new project each day, then customize them with personal touches. Projects are then tested by the builder, in which interesting discoveries are made: such as how gear size affects the speed of an amusement park ride, how interlocking bricks strengthen a car, how pulleys and cranks improve lifting, and similar learning.

Projects include:

•  Building an amusement park ride which uses    gears to increase a machine's speed.

•  Building a motorized train engine with a motor,    battery pack, wires, and pulleys.

•  Building a car which teaches how to create a    steering system.

•  Building a working crane that shows how pulleys    and cranks improve lifting.

Please Note: Students take home a CD containing a video of themselves with some projects and project building instructions. STUDENTS DO NOT TAKE HOME THE LEGO PROJECTS OR PIECES.

Half Day Class: Young Builders is a half-day class for 5-6 year olds. At some locations, this course can be taken by 6 year-olds with the PowerUp class for an all-day camp, which includes a supervised lunch recess. Please see the schedule for a particular site for more information.

Burlingame Week of 8-04
Campbell Week of 6-23 and 7-07
Cupertino Week of 7-21
Dublin-Pleasanton Week of 7-28
Foster City Week of 8-04
Fremont-Temple Beth Torah Week of 6-30
Fremont-Teen Center at Lake Elizabeth Week of 7-14
Menlo Park Week of 8-04

Palo Alto-Addison Week of 6-23 and 7-07 and 7-14
Palo Alto-Los Altos Week of 7-21 and 8-11
San Francisco-Brandeis Hillel Week of 7-14 and 7-28
San Francisco-Corpus Christi Week of 6-30
San Jose-Blossom Hill/Santa Teresa Week of 7-14 and 7-28
San Mateo Week of 6-16 and 7-07
Santa Clara Week of 7-07 and 7-28
Sunnyvale Week of 6-18