(TROY,
MI) – LEGO - Wild &
Wacky Wheels is a four
week class for 1st - 3rd graders on Saturdays from
January 15 – February 12 (or March 5-26) from 9-11am at the Troy Community
Center. Build and modify different vehicles including
everyday vehicles, concept cars, and construction machines using unique LEGO
kits. This fun approach to engineering
principles has participants learning about friction, forces, motion and
aerodynamics. Students start developing
problem solving and communication skills!
All materials included. Students
take home knowledge, not lego vehicles.
Fee: $75 resident, $85 non-resident.
LEGO
- Collision Cars is a four week class for 4th-8th graders on Saturdays from January 15
– February 12 (or March 5-26) from 9-11am at the Troy Community Center. Will
your car be the last car standing? Using
unique LEGO kits to build a variety of battling machines, you will see who can
build the strongest. This hands-on class
will help develop problem solving and risk taking abilities. Explore how machines work by experimenting
with gearing and gear ratios, electric motors and energy, friction, forces,
motion and aerodynamics. A great jump
start into engineering! All materials
included. Students take home knowledge,
not lego vehicles.
Fee: $75 resident, $85 non-resident.
The
Troy Community Center is located at 3179 Livernois. For more information, call 248.524.3484 or
see www.troymi.gov/ParksRec for
information about this and the many other activities offered through the Troy
Parks and Recreation Department.
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