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Young Scientist and Swimming Combo 7/3-7/7/17

Morning Class: 4H Young Scientist (grades 4th to 6th)

Balls and Tracks (Monday and Wednesday)
The Balls and Tracks project is an engineering challenge based on the designs of a ski jump (or half-pipe) and a roller coaster. With simple pipe insulation and marbles, children create a series of games involving a ball rolling through twists and turns, just like an amusement park ride. During this process, children learn to anticipate how the ball will behave in various track shapes and configurations. They come away from these activities with an increased understanding of the forces of motion, as well as a practical sense of how the materials affect each other.

No class on July 4, 2017. 

Straw Rockets (Thursday and Friday) 
In this project, children experiencing the basic principles of aeronautics as they design and test simple rockets made from drinking straws of different sizes and powered by nothing more than a push of air. The children work together in teams of 2 or 3, troubleshooting and problem solving until they create the optimum rocket and launching system. As they work through the challenges in this Straw Rockets project, the children learn about experimenting, testing, making observations, asking questions, and explaining what they have done and why they did it -- the essential elements of critical thinking and the inquiry approach to engineering and science.

Afternoon Class: Swimming Lessons and Rec Sport Camp

This four-day program will be divided into two components – swimming lessons and recreational sports.  During the swim lesson, students will learn new techniques to improve their swimming skills from basic to intermediate. Open swim will be available for students to practice the new learned techniques and use the pool diving board. The indoor recreational sports session(s) will be composed of organized games ranging from basketball, volleyball, floor hockey and badminton. 

Location: 300 Pompton Road (Main Campus), Wayne NJ 07474

Instructor :
Dates : 07/03/17 to 07/07/17
Days : Mon,Tues,Weds,Thu,Fri
From : 9:00am - 4:00pm
Fee : $ 349.00
Course Number : ES205

Class is unavailable at this time please call 973-720-2354 for more information or other course options

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