Forest Lake Area Schools Community Education

In FIRST® LEGO® League, students will be immersed in a real-world science and technology challenge. Teams will strategize, design, program and test an autonomous robot to perform a series of missions based on an annual theme. Research a real-world problem, come up with a solution and then participate in a regional tournament. Adult volunteer assistant coaches needed. No experience necessary.

The Engineering For Kids Junior STEM Club introduces students to a new, hands-on lesson every week from various engineering disciplines. For each lesson, students focus on developing 21st century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and peer collaboration. These life skills provide students with the confidence to approach challenges in their lives and realize that they can succeed in almost anything! Engineering for Kids has a library of 300+ individual lessons which continues to grow so lessons are never repeated.

New and returning students are welcome! Each {YEL!} Chess class follows four basic components: Teach It! Students are taught different chess concepts and coached to implement those concepts into their chess games. Practice It! Students practice positions set by the coach to improve their understanding of the concept. Puzzle It! Students are given chess puzzles, constructed by WIM Serafima Sokolovskaya and work with coach guidance to solve them. Play It! Each class ends with students playing 20-30 minutes of chess. Coaches often feature in-class tournaments during the session. Fee includes ChessKid.com membership ($49 annual value).

The Engineering For Kids CODING Club helps develop your child’s creativity, problem solving skills, teamwork and technology knowledge in an engaging, collaborative way though fun and practical challenges. Students are introduced to a different coding activity each session to develop 21st century skills and bring authentic learning as they build something they can share with family and friends. Kids will watch their game world come to life by creating and animating play spaces, characters and objects as the artist, game designer, storyteller, programmer, publisher and player! Using BloxelsEdu ®, students will create a digital video game that they can play on a mobile device or tablet.