Kopernik Programs at Your School

[expand title=”Programmable Robotics Using LEGO Robotics Kits (grades 2-6)”]

Grade Level: 2-6

Description:

Kopernik educators utilize LEGOs to introduce the technology of gears and motors for 2^nd and 3^rd grade in new engaging projects. Our original,  KOPERNIK’s new primary-level LEGO SPIKE, “Perfect Swing” uses iPads and Bluetooth wireless connections. Kopernik brings all materials- iPads (including programming) with  LEGO kits. SPIKE focuses on using engineering methods & creative solutions to solve problems. Classes of up to 24 students will work in pairs using mini-kits to follow directions and construct their models. Students will also learn introductory coding to program their “Swings” to move.

LEGO programming & engineering for grades 3, 4, and 5, utilizes LEGOs to introduce the technology of energy, balanced and unbalanced forces to third, fourth, and fifth-grade students in an engaging project called “Mini-Mini Golf”. Students work in pairs using iPads and SPIKE mini-kits to follow directions and construct their models. Students will also learn introductory coding to program the golf club to hit the ball to make a hole-in-one. Each lesson will include the opportunity to develop creative solutions through trial and error while collaborating with their partners.

Learning Standards for Science: PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and
Interactions:  

• • 3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the
    effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
  • 3-PS2-2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s
    motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future
    motion.

Learning Standards Engineering:

• • K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information
    about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that
    can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or
    tool
  • K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to
    illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a
    given problem.
  • 3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want
    that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials,
    time, or cost.
  • 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a
    problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and
    constraints of the problem.

Learning Standards for Common Core English Language Arts: 

• • Asking and Answering Questions
  • Communicating Information and Ideas
  • Engaging in Argument from Evidence
  • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Program Length: 2 hours

Cost: $275/class up to 20 students, chaperones are free[/expand]

[expand title=”Electricity and Magnetism (grades 3 – 5)”]

Grade Level: 3-8

Description:

Grade 3-5: Students engage in engineering with hands-on experiments
showing how magnets interact with each other, and how they interact with
non-magnetized materials (ferrous and non-ferrous). Using
electromagnets, they will show how electricity produces magnetism.
Students will experiment with simple circuits involving lights and motors.
They will distinguish between static and flowing electricity. The scientific
method will be emphasized in all activities.

Grades 6-8: Students will discover that not only will electricity produce
magnetism, but conversely, magnetism can also produce electricity.

Learning Standards for Science: 

• • 3-PS2-3: Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of
    electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with
    each other.
  • MS-PS2-3: Ask questions about data to determine the factors that
    affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.
  • MS-PS2-5: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental
    design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting
    forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Learning Standards for Technology Education: 

• • 3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want
    that includes specified criteria
  • MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and
    differences among several design solutions

Learning Standards for Common Core English Language Arts:

• • Asking and Answering Questions
  • Communicating Information and Ideas
  • Engaging in Argument from Evidence
  • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Program Length: 2 hours

Cost: $275/class up to 20 students, chaperones are free[/expand]

[expand title=”Build Your Own Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Program (grades K-12)”]

Grade Level: K-12

Description:

Call us to design a fun day that will reinforce your curriculum with
hands- on learning for every child. Kopernik has the equipment, trained teachers
and labs ready for you. Example: Kopernik’s “Stories in the Stars” is a big success
with K-5. Students read stories in ELA, they come to Kopernik to discover the stars,
constellations, planets, & moons. We can draw from the various other programs
offered at Kopernik to fit your curriculum.

Program Length: 2 hours

Cost: $275/class up to 20 students, chaperones are free[/expand]
Kopernik In-School Programming for Large Groups (Grades PreK-12) is available.

For booking, please contact: please contact our

Interim Director of Education:

Dr. Laura Lamash,
llamash[at]kopernik.org
607 748 3685 x 315