Class Descriptions

Math Choice for Teens

MATH CLUB: Physics, Science of SuperHeros, Tutoring and etc. Each term teachers and registered students choose from the growing list of types of math subjects the class will focus on.  Introductory to advanced levels are available for single subject investigations to span the entire term, or for a selection of specific subjects to be explored, or for a mathematical survey engaging a different discipline of math each week of the term.  If interest among students varies greatly, additional sections of the class can be...

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World & American History through Movies

Taught by a history buff with a political science degree from an Ivy League university, this class will intensely focus on significant eras and events in World and American history through watching and discussing movies and documentaries while incorporating survey and exploration of history around the globe including comparative and contrasting analysis of the social economic, political and cultural events of human kind. Click here to Register

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Online Fencing

Online fencing class emphasizes conditioning and technique with super fun reaction drills, coordination challenges and games that translate well for students exercising in their homes.Don’t worry that at-home fencers don’t have their foil, masks or jackets– students still get a great and productive practice with intense focus on skills such as critical finger and wrist techniques, improved reaction skills, enhanced footwork, endurance, strength and strategic actioning.Additionally, the online format optimizes opportunities for coaches to give each student more individual...

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Lego Robotics: Playgineering – Bring Your Own Legos Design & Construction

Playgineering with Legos! Rolling enrollment – Full Term, Monthly and Drop In options Grab a bucket full, or at least a few hundred Legos or forty Duplo Legos and join us as we Playgineer – explore thinking like engineers! We’ll have blast building together with all kinds of Legos, and all kinds of other supplies and materials too! These hands-on, online classes use the Engineer’s Process to focus students’ understanding through imagining and constructing scenes and stories that go with our mechanized models; so creating a bakery to go with the mixer model made in Fungineering,...

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Lego Robotics: Fungineering for AGES 3-7 and 8-12

Fungineering with Technic Legos! Level 1 Rolling enrollment – Full Term, Monthly and Drop In options Making Legos move! We provide the Supply Sets of Technic Lego® components for building mechanized robotics models of real-world devices. These hands-on, online classes use a customized Supply Set of Technic Lego® components that we ship to you, and the Engineer’s Process to focus students’ understanding of engineering and robotics through an exploration of design, basic mechanization, simple and complex gearing, locomotion, energy, law of physics and more.  Students get to thoroughly...

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History of Music: Music Appreciation for Teens

In this class we will listen to all kinds of music from Beach Boys to Billie Eilish, from Brahms to the Beastie Boys, from Puerto Rican Salsa to Oklahoman Western Swing!  We will critically listen to musical form, instrumentation, recording techniques, lyrics, and emotional elements.  We will discuss the music’s background and historical situation which led to its creation.  A focus will be to compare different songs, genres, and artists and to discover what makes them the same and different.  We will find that the student doesn’t have to “like” all music they hear...

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