Learn about coding as you program a cat to follow directions in a cool programming language called Scratch, Jr.  Scratch, Jr is a fun language available free online. With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the a phone or tablet. You can read more about it here: https://www.scratchjr.org/ 

Use one of LabSpace’s tablets, or bring your own. If you bring your own, before the workshop, download Scratch, Jr to a tablet, iPad or phone. We’ll complete the requirements for badge 1. 

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $10 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

50 Minute Worshop

Materials: Scratch, Jr

Explore how board games and video games are the same and different.  Program your characters to have a race!  We’ll continue to learn more about the Scratch, Jr programming language.

You’ll need to have Scratch, Jr downloaded to a phone or tablet before class, or use one of LabSpace’s tablets.  Please take badge 1 before this workshop.

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $10 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

50 Minute Workshop

Materials: Scratch, Jr

Tuition: $10

Explore animation and how pictures can tell a story.  We’ll watch a video to see how animators use storyboards to plan their projects and then, we’ll create a storyboard for our story and bring it to life with programming in Scratch, Jr.  

You may use one of LabSpace’s tablets, or bring your own with Scratch, Jr downloaded.

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $6 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

50 Minute Workshop  

Tuition: $10

Join us as we explore different types of robots and see how they are used.  You’ll get to help us program a robot to knock down a stack of cups and then, we’ll build BrushBots that you can take home with you!

  

We’ll complete the requirements for Badge 1 of Daisy Robotics.  

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $12 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

50 Minute Workshop  

Materials: All materials are provided for this workshop.

Tuition: $12, badge not included.

Help program a robot to find the stuffed animal at the end of a maze. Learn different ways that robots move from wheels, to tracks, to spinning blades! We’ll make a fun “helicopter” to play with and a set of wheels you can take home and add to a toy or box to get them moving.

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $10 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

45 Minute Workshop

Tuition: $10

We’ll brainstorm problems that a robot might help solve. Then you’ll pick a problem and create a drawing of a robot that could help solve your problem. Then, you’ll create a prototype of your robot using everyday materials.

This workshop will meet the requirements for badge 3. The badge is not included in the workshop.

Badge 1: Board Game Design Challenge

Ready to take on the challenge of designing your own board game?  You’ll get to choose your theme, decide on the rules and create and test your game. LabSpace will have lots of materials available for your game, but if you have items from home you’d like to bring, feel free! We’ll all start by engineering our own game spinner and then make our games our own.

This workshop is offered regularly for individual Scouts. We’re happy to schedule a special session for your troop of 6 or more. Tuition would be $10 per Scout. Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Just contact us at [email protected].

60 Minute Workshop

Tuition: $10

Badge 2: Roller Coaster Design

Coming Soon

Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 1- Leap Bot Design

$8

50-minute workshop

 Ready to learn some new engineering skills?  We’ll be making contraptions that leap into the air as we explore the engineering design process.

We’ll be talking about springs, so, if you have a toy or device that uses springs, bring it for show and tell!

This workshop will complete the requirements for this badge. The badge is not included in the cost of the workshop.

Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 2: Fling Flyer

$8

50 Minute Workshop

 Ready to learn some new engineering skills? We’ll be experimenting with elastic potential energy as we make Fling Fliers that really zip through the air!

This workshop will complete the requirements for the badge. The badge is not included.

Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 3: Car Design

$8

50 Minute Workshop

We’ll be making cars and exploring the forces that act on them.  First we’ll make a car that rolls and then we’ll add a launcher to it to make it really fast! You’ll get to take your cars home.

We’ll complete the requirements for this badge. The badge is not included.

Brownie Coding for Good Badge 1

$10

 We’ll explore coding with some hands-on fun and learn about algorithms, debugging, events, loops and more.  We’ll be using a free app called Scratch, Jr to explore coding concepts. You can use one of LabSpace’s tablets, but we’d recommend you bring your own with Scratch, Jr installed so you can continue to program at home.

50 Minute Workshop

We will complete the requirements for this badge during the workshop. The badge is not included.

Brownie Coding for Good Badge 2: Digital Game Design

$10

Design your own video game in Scratch, Jr.   Badge 1 is a prerequisite for this workshop.  We’ll continue our exploration into coding and learn some new techniques and how to apply them to video game design. 

We’ll complete the requirements for this badge in the workshop. The badge is no included.

50 Minute Workshop

Brownie Coding for Good Badge 3: App Design

$10

 Exploring the world of apps and how they work!  We’ll take a look at several different apps and discuss ones that we or someone in our family uses.  Then, we’ll plan and program an app in Scratch, Jr (ScratchJr.org) that has 4 screens.  We’ll discuss the importance of making our app easy to use and then incorporate those ideas into our design.  You will need a phone or tablet with the Scratch, Jr app downloaded.  It works best if you have a separate device for Zoom for this class. You’ll also need a pencil and paper.

We’ll complete the requirement for this badge during the workshop. The badge is not included.

50 Minutes

Brownie Robotics Badge 1

$12

60-Minute Workshop

 Let’s explore robotics! We’ll explore some of the many ways robots are used, then we’ll build and program some spinning bird robots using Lego WeDo. Each Brownie will have their own robot set and computer to work with during the workshop.

Badge 2 part 1

$10

approximately 50 minute workshop

Did you know engineers often use ideas from nature to inspire their creations? It’s called biomimicry. We’ll take a look at robots that were inspired by nature. Then, we’ll build an extendo arm from every day materials. You’ll get to take your arm home with you. Complete steps 1 and 2 of   the Brownies Robotics Badge 2: Designing Robots. In this workshop we will complete Steps 1 and 2.  

Robotics Badge 2 part 2

$10

 What’s a prototype? A prototype is a quick way to show an idea to others or to try it out. It can be as simple as a drawing. We’ll be learning about and creating prototypes of robots to solve a real world problems.  We’ll take a look at robots that have been developed to solve real-world problems, and  then we’ll brainstorm ideas and get to work creating our prototypes from everyday

 

45 Minute Workshop

Tuition: $10

50-minute workshop

We’ll take a look at the different boats are powered and think about what might work well and try to discover what problems might exist.

Our hands-on project will be to construct a paddleboat that can be wound-up to propel itself through the water.

This workshop will complete the requirements for this badge. The badge is not included.

Tuition: $10

50 Minute Workshop

Design and build a car that is powered by the air from a balloon. Explore potential and kenetic engergy and put the Engineering Design Process to the test!

This workshop will satisfy the requirements for the badge. The badge is not inculded in the workshop.

 

Tuition: $10

50 Minute Workshop

Our project is to build a crane from recycled materials. We’ll start with a basic plan and then make adjustments as we experiment with our crane. How many pennies will your crane be able to lift? Can you design a bucket to hold them without spilling?

We’ll complete the requirements for this badge. The badge is not included in the workshop.

We’ll be exploring programming concepts like loops and if-then statements as we learn to program in Scratch- a programming language that makes it easy to tell stories and express your self.

You’ll need a gmail account to sign-in to Scratch so you can save your work. You can read more about Scratch here: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Tuition: $10

50-minute workshop

Tuition: $10

One 60 minute class

In this workshop, we’ll explore how video games are used for good! Did you know that truck drivers and pilots use a type of video game called a simulator to learn how to do their jobs better? After a short introduction, we’ll use Scratch to program a maze game!

This workshop will complete all of the requirements for badge 2.

Tuition: $20

Two 50-minute sessions

Join us as we explore the many apps we use every day and take a closer look at how they are designed and what makes a useful, intuitive app.We will brainstorm the design of a user-interface as well as how the various “screens” of our app will connect to each other, then we’ll use Scratch (a drag-and-drop programming language created by MIT) to create a program to simulate the layout we want!

This will complete the requirements for this badge. The badge is not included.

Learn how and why robots are used in the real world and then build and program a robot yourself!

We’ll also explore how robots are used in space and design and build an Astronaut Safety Lander to help bring some marshmallow robots safely back to earth.

We’ll complete the requiremnts for badge 1 in this class. The badge is not included.

2 hour workshop

Tuition: $20

Explore how and why robots are used. Learn how to build and program your own robot to complete some fun challenges. We’ll use the Lego Mindstorms robots. Everyone will have their own robot and computer to work with during hte workshop.

Try your hand at wiring a circuit and explore how sensors work.

This workshop will complete the requirements for the badge. The badge is not included.

Tuition: $20

Two Hour Workshop

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