应广大家长朋友的邀请，Play2Lean Education将于2017年1月4日开始在Edgemont Community Association 开设为期8周的基于STEM（Science, Technology, Engineers, Mathematics)的 LEGO Challenge 101的课程。LEGO Challenge Program在过去的一年被很多卡城知名儿童教育机构引入。Play2Learn Education作为一家专注为小朋友及其家长提供STEM Education服务的教育机构，今年已分别在Aspenwood/Chestermere等多个社区开设了多个不同等级的LEGO Challenge课程，获得了孩子和家长的一致好评。Kids Love it!
Play2Learn Education采用世界知名的STEM教育课程计划，面向6-10岁的孩子，力图用独特的课程内容和流行于孩子群体内的教具，引导孩子学习科学/技术/工程/数学（STEM）领域的原理知识，激发孩子的创造力（Invention）和表达（Expression）能力，锻炼孩子们的领导者精神（Leadership）。如果您是对孩子有同样期许或者和我们的教育理念相一致的家长朋友，请往下阅读。
常见问题
Play2Learn Education LEGO Challenge项目和其他类似的Lego课程有什么不同？
Play2Learn Education LEGO Challenge项目采用严格的教学体系结构，课程设计由浅入深。在玩的过程中让孩子理解belt transmission, gear ratio, gravity的多种科学技术数学的原理（Theoretical Knowledge of Science/Technology/Mathematics）和在工程(领域的具体应用。同时这套体系引入了presentation, leadership和invention的环节，在实践过程中帮助孩子们培养和提高Soft Skills.
什么是Four-stage program?
Stage 1- Presentation: The students learn the basic STEM concept through building the LEGO models and practice various experiments in a 10-weeks program. At stage-1 graduation ceremony, each student will attend a mini science fair to present their models and explain the theory behind it in their own way.
Stage 2- Leadership: The students learn the advanced STEM concept through building the LEGO models and practice various experiments in a 10-weeks program. Each student will have the opportunity to practice leadership at a stage-1 session as a student leader. This way will help students find out what leadership means to them. At stage-2 graduation ceremony, each student will attend a mini science fair to present their models and explain the STEM theory in their own way.
Stage 3- Creative Thinking: In this 10-week program, students utilize the STEM knowledge they have accumulated from previous stages and apply them by creating their own enhancement to our advanced LEGO models. Each student will continue to have the opportunity to practice leadership at a stage-1 or stage-2 session as a student leader. Each student will attend a mini science fair to present their invention at graduation ceremony.
Stage 4- Entrepreneur Thinking: This 10-weeks unique program offers the students the opportunity o play various roles in a mini startup team. They will decide what product or improvement they want to produce or implement, build the product demo by LEGO, what problem they want to solve, and how to impress investors, etc. At the stage-4 graduation, the team will deliver a pitch to the parents who play the role as angel investors. The winning team will have a reward.
Don't worry, this is not too hard. We just like our students to experience the process, they might grow up as Entrepreneurs Tomorrow!
What is Next:
After level-4 graduation, the student have the pre-requisite knowledge and skills to move on ROBOTIC LEGO Enrichment Program to use programming.
哪里可以买到Motor 和Battery? 这样我们就可以在家里玩了，而不用上课。
上Lego challenge课程和学生买了Motor和battery自己在家里玩，没有任何冲突。我们鼓励和并提供相应的配套零件给registered学生们，有利于他们把在课上学习的STEM知识运用到自己已经拥有的LEGO brick 上。 我们的课程是提供知识给孩子们，LEGO brick和Motor是我们采用的教具。 （只有Motor和Battery是无法谁让model动起来的，我们需要不同的配件来设计不同的运动方式，体现不同的STEM理论）
以下是课程的具体报名信息：
时间：
Every Wednesday starting from January 4th, 2017 for 8 sessions
地点：
Edgemont Community Association Boardroom
33 Edgevalley Cir NW
Calgary, AB T3A 4X1
人群：
Kids in age of 6 to 10, All residents around are welcome
价格:
$160/Child
$150/Child if you registered before Dec 8th, 2016
Class size: 10-12
Registration:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 403 977 0875 / 403 560 8519
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