Sept 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct 3
9:30-11:30 AM
AM Session 1B: Designing Chocolate Molds (grades 8-11)
Homeschool Workshops – Tuesdays (AM & PM Sessions)
For small groups of home school students in grades 4 through 11, join fun and educational STEM workshops to enrich your home education. These 2-hour sessions run 9:30-11:30 am and 12:30-2:30 pm. Early drop-off and late pickup can be arranged.
Tour Before Registering
Check us out before signing up! You want to know us, see our facilities, and meet our staff. Come to one of our regular open house sessions. Or call us to schedule an appointment to visit. We want you and your child to be comfortable with our facility and enrichment program. Note that we are a maker space for educational workshops, not a school, camp, or daycare.
Homeschool Workshops Details
+ Students participate in a pre-programmed group activity for most of the session. We try to build in some free time to give students some choices and variety. Although workshops are structured instructional time, students arriving earlier or staying later will have unstructured time to socialize, work on projects, play games, watch educational science videos, or just chill out.
+ The lead instructor has been a teacher for 43 years and has taught math, algebra, Latin, English, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, geology, electronics, computer programming, woodworking, graphic design, photography, amateur radio, and orienteering. Adult instructors in this program go through CORI/SORI verification.
+ NE SciTech offers snacks and lunch items for purchase separately (most items are $1 each) or students may bring their own food. There are refrigerators to keep things cold.
+ Parents are welcome to stay in the building during the workshop and work on their own. WIFI access and a ready supply of coffee, tea, and snacks is available (most items are $1 each).
+ We will try to accommodate parents’ commuting and work schedules for early drop-offs and late pickups. If you need that extra time, please understand that it will be unstructured activity time (as explained above).
Topics planned for 2023-2024 year
We offer two concurrent sessions, both morning and afternoon, one for younger students in grades 4-7 and one for older students in grades 8-11, for the benefit of families with more than one child. Reservations will open in July. Spaces are limited.
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Sept 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct 3
9:30-11:30 AM
AM Session 1A: DSLR Photography (grades 4-7)
AM Session 1B: Designing Chocolate Molds (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
PM Session 1C: DSLR Photography (grades 4-7)
PM Session 1D: Designing Chocolate Molds (grades 8-11)
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Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov 7
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 2A: Woodworking (grades 4-7)
Session 2A: Chemistry of Chocolate (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 2C: Woodworking (grades 4-7)
Session 2D: Chemistry of Chocolate (grades 8-11)
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Nov 14, 28, Dec 5, 12, 19 (Skip Thanksgiving week)
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 3A: Astronomy (grades 4-7)
Session 3B: Electrical Engineering (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 3C: Astronomy (grades 4-7)
Session 3D: Electrical Engineering (grades 8-11)
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Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (Feb 6, 13 for snow-day makeup days)
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 4A: Basic Electronics (grades 4-7)
Session 4B: Arduinos (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 4C: Basic Electronics (grades 4-7)
Session 4D: Arduinos (grades 8-11)
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Feb 27, Mar 5, 12, 19, 26
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 5A: Literature & Language Arts (grades 4-7)
Session 5B: Concepts in Algebra (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 5C: Literature & Language Arts (grades 4-7)
Session 5D: Concepts in Algebra (grades 8-11)
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Apr 2, 9, 23, 30, May 7 (Skip Apr 16 school vacation week)
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 6A: Concepts in Architecture (grades 4-7)
Session 6B: Concepts in Geometry (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 6C: Concepts in Architecture (grades 4-7)
Session 6D: Concepts in Geometry (grades 8-11)
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May 14, 21, 28, Jun 4, 11
9:30-11:30 AM
Session 7A: Rocketry (grades 4-7)
Session 7B: Fractals (grades 8-11)
12:30-2:30 PM
Session 7C: Rocketry (grades 4-7)
Session 7D: Fractals (grades 8-11)
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No membership needed for this program. Open to all Home School students.