Young Peoples Workshops

2010 SPRING WORKSHOPS

SPANISH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE YPW offers beginner to advanced level Full-Immersion Spanish workshops for young people from preschool to high school age. YPW Spanish instructors are trained in early education and are also native Spanish speakers. "Full-Immersion" means the workshops, including all instructions and activities, are conducted entirely in Spanish. Even beginner students quickly become comfortable with this method of learning and absorb the Spanish language at a much quicker rate than if learning by hearing two languages concurrently. As with all workshops at YPW, the Full-Immersion Spanish workshops are "hands-on fun". Students learn through singing songs, role-playing, and playing games. Visual aids help further the learning process. Each student is encouraged to participate verbally during question-and-respond sessions. Workshops are grouped by proficiency level and age. Young people who already speak some Spanish, will be interviewed by the appropriate instructor to determine workshop placement. YPW encourages young people enrolled in YPW Full-Immersion Spanish workshops to keep speaking Spanish! All workshops include take-home material for continued review. For Spanish workshop schedule and more information click here
ROBOT-DRAULICS Ages 7+ Sunday afternoon, January 17 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Learn about different ways robots move and operate Test your skills with teammates while you operate models of a lifting platform, an excavator, a cherry picker, a scissor lift and a mobile arm. Move everything with the power of water and air pressure (pneumatics and hydraulics). REGISTER
PETITE PICASSO Ages 4 to 6 Sunday afternoon, January 31 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included It is never too early (or to late) to learn and create! Side-by-side, you and your preschooler will discover the ways in which master artists Picasso and Mondrian used shape and color in their art pieces. Together, you will both create your very own masterpieces exploring some of the processes of painting, sculpture and print making. REGISTER
ROBOT-CHALLENGE I Ages 7+ Sunday afternoon, February 21 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Discover the world of robotics using LEGO Mindstorms as you go on a fun-filled expedition into deep space! Build a robot to explore and perform tasks on Mars, like building a base camp, monitoring a volcano, rescuing a lost vehicle and more. REGISTER
MINI MASTERS Ages 6+ Sunday afternoon, March 7 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Learn about the styles of master artists Mondrian, Picasso and Van Gogh! Each young person will be encouraged to stretch his/her imagination while creating original prints, sculptures and paintings. REGISTER
TECH & SIMPLE MACHINES I Ages 4 to 6 Sunday afternoon, March 21 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included There is nothing that little people find more exiting that the rough, tough world of vehicles, aircraft and boats! This camp provides an interactive way for children to learn about the physical world in which they live by designing and building vehicles using Lego construction models. Young People explore basic mechanics and design features; learn to discuss, plan, and test ideas; and strengthen their sorting and classifying skills REGISTER
PHYSICS OF BUILDING I - The Science of Matter & Energy - Ages 8 to 12 Sunday afternoon, April 4 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included This workshop provides a comprehensive explanation of mechanical physics. Through building various models and conducting subsequent experiments with the models, your young people will learn the fundamental laws of mechanical physics. Start by building small models, such as a fixed pulley, to learn about basic forces and simple machines. Then, work your way up to more complex machines, such as a pendulum clock, to learn more advanced concepts like work and centripetal force. This hands-on approach is both fun and effective because the principles of physics are demonstrated right in front of your little one. • Build a windmill, two-speed crane, force scale, sail car, mars robot, hammer machine, centrifuge, pinball game, centrifugal switch, ship’s lantern, and dozens of other models • Experiment with simple machines: gears, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles • Learn and understand the most fundamental physics equations • Learn about amazing real-world applications for physics REGISTER
PHYSICS OF BUILDING II - The Science of Matter & Energy - Different Experiments From Previous Section Ages 8 to 12 Sunday afternoon, April 11 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included This workshop provides a comprehensive explanation of mechanical physics. Through building various models and conducting subsequent experiments with the models, your young people will learn the fundamental laws of mechanical physics. Start by building small models, such as a fixed pulley, to learn about basic forces and simple machines. Then, work your way up to more complex machines, such as a pendulum clock, to learn more advanced concepts like work and centripetal force. This hands-on approach is both fun and effective because the principles of physics are demonstrated right in front of your little one. • Build a windmill, two-speed crane, force scale, sail car, mars robot, hammer machine, centrifuge, pinball game, centrifugal switch, ship’s lantern, and dozens of other models • Experiment with simple machines: gears, levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles • Learn and understand the most fundamental physics equations • Learn about amazing real-world applications for physics REGISTER
TECH & SIMPLE MACHINES II Ages 4 to 6 Sunday afternoon, April 25 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included There is nothing that little people find more exiting that the rough, tough world of vehicles, aircraft and boats! This camp provides an interactive way for children to learn about the physical world in which they live by designing and building vehicles using Lego construction models. Young People explore basic mechanics and design features; learn to discuss, plan, and test ideas; and strengthen their sorting and classifying skills REGISTER
ROBOT-CHALLENGE II Ages 7+ Sunday afternoon, May 2 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Discover the world of robotics using LEGO Mindstorms as you go on a fun-filled expedition into deep space! Build a robot to explore and perform tasks on Mars, like building a base camp, monitoring a volcano, rescuing a lost vehicle and more. REGISTER
HYDROPOWER I - Renewable Energy Science - Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, May 9 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Hydropower has been used for hundreds of years in watermills and is now commonly used to generate electricity in applications such as hydroelectric dams and tidal power plants. Young People will Explore the power of water by building models and conducting experiments with them. Learn about how different devices are used to extract useful energy from moving water — from a waterwheel in a small stream to a giant turbine in a tidal power station. Your Young People will Build a waterwheel, a sawmill, and a hammer mill to harness the energy of moving water to do different types of physical work. Investigate the intriguing properties of water by performing experiments involving surface tension, adhesion, and cohesion. Learn about water pressure by building a water tower, communicating vessels, and a water fountain. Construct a hydroelectric power station to generate electricity and light an LED. Learn about where the energy in ocean waves, tides, and rivers comes from, and discover how we can generate electricity from them. REGISTER
HYDROPOWER II - Renewable Energy Science - Different Experiments From Previous Section Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, May 16 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Hydropower has been used for hundreds of years in watermills and is now commonly used to generate electricity in applications such as hydroelectric dams and tidal power plants. Young People will Explore the power of water by building models and conducting experiments with them. Learn about how different devices are used to extract useful energy from moving water — from a waterwheel in a small stream to a giant turbine in a tidal power station. Your Young People will Build a waterwheel, a sawmill, and a hammer mill to harness the energy of moving water to do different types of physical work. Investigate the intriguing properties of water by performing experiments involving surface tension, adhesion, and cohesion. Learn about water pressure by building a water tower, communicating vessels, and a water fountain. Construct a hydroelectric power station to generate electricity and light an LED. Learn about where the energy in ocean waves, tides, and rivers comes from, and discover how we can generate electricity from them. REGISTER
GLOBAL WARMING I - Earth's Climate & Climate Change - Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, May 23 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Global warming — the steady increase in Earth’s air and ocean temperatures since the mid-20th century — is one of the most discussed and studied topics in the scientific community today. This workshop introduces you to Earth’s climate and the issue of global warming with various hands-on experiments. Since Earth’s formation, its climate has been constantly changing. Periods of warmer climate have alternated with ice ages. These changes happen over long periods of time. During the last few decades, a warming in the climate has been observed everywhere on Earth. While some warming may be due to natural phenomena, scientists predominantly attribute global warming to human influence. This workshop gives your Young People the basic knowledge he/she needs to understand the climate, why it changes, and how our actions affect it. REGISTER
GLOBAL WARMING II- Earth's Climate & Climate Change Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, May 30 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Global warming — the steady increase in Earth’s air and ocean temperatures since the mid-20th century — is one of the most discussed and studied topics in the scientific community today. This workshop introduces you to Earth’s climate and the issue of global warming with various hands-on experiments. Since Earth’s formation, its climate has been constantly changing. Periods of warmer climate have alternated with ice ages. These changes happen over long periods of time. During the last few decades, a warming in the climate has been observed everywhere on Earth. While some warming may be due to natural phenomena, scientists predominantly attribute global warming to human influence. This workshop gives your Young People the basic knowledge he/she needs to understand the climate, why it changes, and how our actions affect it. REGISTER
THE MIND'S EYE I - The Science of Light, Optics, & Visual Perception Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, June 13 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Young People will experiment with light and the color spectrum by building a color wheel, a fiber optic peacock, and diffraction glasses. Learn how the eye and a camera are similar and how they are different. Build a camera obscura and pinhole glasses. Investigate lenses and light refraction. Experiment with spatial vision and depth perception with 3D glasses and an Ames room model. Find your blind spot and watch things disappear. View stunning optical illusions involving shapes, color, depth, and scale. Make a curved line look straight. Turn cardboard transparent. See the world shrink. Make white by mixing red, green, and blue, and see colors in black and white. Learn about how optical illusions relate to techniques commonly used by artists. See firsthand how your eye and brain work together to perceive color, light, depth, perspective, size, shape, and motion. REGISTER
THE MIND'S EYE II - The Science of Light, Optics, & Visual Perception - Different Experiments From Previous Section Ages 8+ Sunday afternoon, June 27 1:00 - 4:00 Cost $35 Snack & Material Included Young People will experiment with light and the color spectrum by building a color wheel, a fiber optic peacock, and diffraction glasses. Learn how the eye and a camera are similar and how they are different. Build a camera obscura and pinhole glasses. Investigate lenses and light refraction. Experiment with spatial vision and depth perception with 3D glasses and an Ames room model. Find your blind spot and watch things disappear. View stunning optical illusions involving shapes, color, depth, and scale. Make a curved line look straight. Turn cardboard transparent. See the world shrink. Make white by mixing red, green, and blue, and see colors in black and white. Learn about how optical illusions relate to techniques commonly used by artists. See firsthand how your eye and brain work together to perceive color, light, depth, perspective, size, shape, and motion. REGISTER

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