Brick Scholars Robotics WorkshopsTo find out more about our programs, visit our website www.BrickScholars.com. Email us at thebrickscholars@gmail.com or call us at 252 230 6865.

Mechanical Mind – Grades 2-5

In this STEAM workshop/residency, Brick Scholars construct LEGO® WeDo robots, and program them to move, make sounds, and add special effects. In this cross-curricular program, students will experiment with the size of pulleys, crossing and uncrossing of belts, and the size of gears, levers, and patterns of movement, while also integrating their robotic build (Dancing Birds, Spinning Top, Drumming Monkey) into a story.

Into the Wild – Grades 2-5

In this STEAM workshop/residency, Brick Scholars construct LEGO® WeDo robots, and program them to move, make sounds, and add special effects. Students will construct three builds: Roaring Lion, Flying Bird, and Hungry Alligator. The focus of this class is on the concept of sensing and responding to external stimuli. Students will learn to program each build. For example, in Hungry Alligator, the alligator will have to be programmed to snap its jaw when its motion sensor detects anything near the mouth.

Kickin’ It with STEAM – Grades 2-5

In this STEAM workshop/residency, Brick Scholars construct LEGO® WeDo robots, and program them to move, make sounds, and add special effects. The students will construct three builds: Goal Keeper, Cheerful Fans, and Goal Kicker. This unit focuses on Mathematics. The students will measure distance, calculate the number blocks, goals, and misses. They will also learn to program an automatic score keeping system.

Come Fly with Me – Grades 2-5

In this STEAM workshop/residency, Brick Scholars construct LEGO® WeDo robots, and program them to move, make sounds, and add special effects. This class is centered around Language Arts. It will encourage students to create their own stories and dramatize events. The students will explore the importance of interview questions – Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. They will learn journalism technique to report a story. They will engage in role-playing and act out the dialogue; lastly, they will also learn to describe a sequence of events. The students will construct three builds – the Airplane Rescue, Giant Rescue, and Sailboat Storm.

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Grades K-8 – all programs can be adapted for specific grade levels and adjusted to meet certain standards. Price: $167 per class workshop (Brick Scholars program of up to 24 students)

Residency/Workshop Programs: Legocies: Brick by Brick (listed in United Arts Council directory) Memoir Writing Brick Poets – poetry workshops/residencies Super Heroes Brick Tank Brick a Novel

Examples of Brick Scholars programs and the skills they build:

Scooby-Doo Mystery Writing Writing Language Arts Genre Writing Creativity Formula Writing

Build a robot and write a story Writing Physical Science Coding Simple Machines Hands-on Learning

List of programs and groups Brick Scholars can adapt programs for:

LEGO® Serious Play® workshops for adults (professional development) School counselor small group workshops Covey’s Seven Habits Character development Leadership Team building Small group workshops After school programs One hour programs (Inventor’s Lab) Professional Development (tailor program to your organization’s needs) Tailor made programs Special Education students Autistic student workshops Self-contained classroom

Maker-space workshops Legocies: Brick by Brick (listed in United Arts Council directory)

Students build a physical representation of their personal legacy brick by brick using LEGO® Education StoryStarter kits. Students will photograph their Legocy sculptures and write a creative writing piece describing their personal legacy. Students will learn about various artists that use LEGO® bricks to bring their artistic ideas to life such as sculptor, Nathan Sawaya, Legographer, Andrew Whyte, and sculpture, Sean Kenney. This program can be adapted for grades 4-12 because of the shared Common Core objective: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. This program can be adapted to focus on the legacies of historical, contemporary, and cultural figures and events. This program can be tailored to meet specific grade level standards and school needs. Other possibilities for tailored programs include: bullying, leadership, character development, and Covey's Seven Habits.

Memoir Writing – Students construct a memoir scene out of LEGO bricks and write a memoir piece.

Brick Poets – poetry workshops/residenciesStudents construct similes and metaphors to create poems. Students build their poems by constructing their poem word by word using LEGO bricks that are connecting together. They write the individual words on labels, which they adhere to individual bricks. *Students get to keep their poetry builds but are limited to ten bricks per child (dependent on the budget of the school to purchase LEGO bricks). Schools can have LEGO donation campaigns to supply LEGO bricks or I can purchase a lot.

The Magic of Muse: Storytellers Workshop (Super Heroes, Star Wars, Scooby-Doo themes)Students construct comic book stories using LEGO® Education StoryStarter kits unleashing their creativity and imagination. Campers will build stories, take photos of their builds, and write comic book style stories using StoryVisualizer software. Campers will learn a variety of writing genres, writing techniques, and apply what they learn to the creative writing process. This is a great camp for LEGO® loving storytellers. Super heroes, Star Wars, and Disney min-figures and builds will be available for use to induce storytelling muse.

Brick Tank Inventor’s Lab using design processOne hour workshop: students use small pre-sorted LEGO kits and create an invention. Students name their invention and write a slogan for their product and prepare a short pitch for Brick Tank.

Brick Tank – Students use LEGO Education robotics kits to create a new invention. Students begin the residency learning about simple machines and Physical Science components to apply to their new inventions. Students program their invention to move, make sounds, and add special effects. Students present their multi-media pitch using computer software that displays text and backgrounds. Students also write a summary

statement of their product, which involves expository writing. Students also write their persuasive sales pitch to Brick Tank committee members to practice persuasive writing. Students create a product name, tagline, and promotional advertisement in teams of 2-3 students.

Brick a Novel In groups, students synthesize and construct a summary of a chapter or section of a novel in groups of 2-3 students. Students collaborate and use teamwork to construct a summary of their novel.

Scooby Doo Mystery WritingStudents follow a formula to create their own Scooby-Doo mystery. Brick Scholars brings the bricks and Scooby-Doo mini-figure characters for students to include in their mystery builds. Students create digital comic books of their mystery story, and can create stop-motion movies.