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Engineering a Metropolis (Grades 2 - 4)
Launch Math + Science Centers - Upper West Side (Online)
About
Help us discover the inner urban planner in your child as we engineer a metropolis! Over the course of the semester, kids explore what it takes to create a metropolitan area with the goal of developing skills to design their own city of choice. From street layouts and building placement to power source identification, students learn about the challenges that architects, engineers, and urban designers face when building cities from scratch. How will we light our street lamps? Let’s learn about hydroelectric power and build a working model of a dam out of clay! How will we cross the rivers that surround our island city? Let’s use popsicle sticks and glue to simulate bridges that traverse these wide spans. By the end of the class, Launch kids use teamwork combined with the knowledge they’ve gained to design their own simulated city!
Additional topics include:
• Machines and materials
• Building types
• Transportation systems
• Building codes
• Environmental considerations
Additional topics include:
• Machines and materials
• Building types
• Transportation systems
• Building codes
• Environmental considerations
When to arrive:
5 minutes before
Cancellation policy:
2 hours in advance
Caregiver required:
No
Upcoming Schedule for Engineering a Metropolis (Grades 2 - 4)
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Provider
173 West 81st Street, New York, NY 10024
Upper West Side
(212) 600-1010
About
Launch Math & Science Centers, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, provide toddlers to tweens with inspiring math instruction and STEM-based camps and classes. The "Launch Learning Program" teaches math in a real-world way, utilizing hands-on teaching tools, computer-based instruction methods and real-world problem-solving techniques to make math come alive. Their philosophy is that if kids are passionate about math, improved grades will follow. Kids 18 to 36 months old can take the Toddler and Pre-K math programs, kids in Kindergarten and 1st grade can take "Juniors" math and STEM classes, kids in 2nd through 4th grade can take "Kids" math and STEM classes, and kids in 5th through 8th grade can take the "Tweens" math and STEM classes. They also do summer camps and birthday parties!
Editor’s Tip
Launch Director, Scott Heifetz, earned aerospace engineering degrees from The University of Michigan and Caltech, and an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business. Scott believes that math is best taught as the 'language of science' and applies this philosophy to real-world math instruction and exciting science-based activities for kids.
