Santa Monica International School

YOUNG ENGINEERS CLUB

e² Young Engineers is an award-winning global "edutainment" experience, recognized by the Harvard School of Education for its impact on children's focus, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Using Lego-style bricks, gears, and motorized moving parts, your child will build and experiment with a challenging new model each week.

e² = education x entertainment = Edutainment

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Location
Santa Monica International School

Time
Tuesdays 13:00 to 14:30 (bi-weekly)

Classes are bi-weekly, with regards to certain holidays and school breaks. Participants can join anytime, and each student progresses through the course at their own pace. Start today!

Member Fee: 5,999 yen per month

Key Points
- All kids work at their own pace, leveling up with each project.
- Over 100 projects to build!
- Flexible membership. Start any time, cancel anytime, no extra fees.
- Access to CREATIVE STATION (Kadena off-base). FREE for Young Engineers Club members! Experience the Young Engineers program together with your child at Okinawa's global edutainment space! Visit us on Saturdays free!

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Most Popular Course

Bricks Challenge

Participants use our building blocks set exclusively made by Young Engineers’ research and development team. Each lesson inspires students to create, build and learn through a fun and entertaining experience.

Bricks Challenge Curriculum

Students learn many different aspects of classical mechanics, including the following: the laws of physics, centrifugal force, centripetal force, force of inertia, kinetic energy, potential energy, law of action-reaction, lift force, torque, leverage points, load distribution, force conservation, angular momentum and more. Participants learn the necessary mathematical skills required in making the scientific calculations needed to build their models.

Bricks Challenge Objectives

Foster planning and time management skills
Encourage independent creative thinking
Develop one’s ability to analyze engineering processes
Broaden knowledge of laws of physics and various natural phenomena
Improve spatial recognition
Cultivate a sense of self-efficacy
Expand interpersonal communication skills

Bricks Challenge Models

Amusement park rides

Air crafts

Various types of transportation machines

Cranes

Elevators

Modern machinery

"P" Based Learning

Problem Based Learning: After the construction of a model, our Young Engineers instructors will ask the student to enhance their model in order to solve a given problem demonstrated in that lesson.

Product Based Learning: Students build a product that demonstrates the scientific principles taught in that lesson.

Project Based Learning: Through planning and executing a project from start to finish, students develop their team-building and presentation skills. In addition, they will improve their organizational and time management abilities.

Spiral Learning

Our instructors teach the principles and terms of a given lesson on a basic level. The next step of the spiral is introducing these principles in new contexts, and then greater depth with each step.

Academic Success

After extensive testing by the Center for Cooperative Advancement, statistics show that students participating in Young Engineers enrichment programs achieve higher grades in all science subjects taught in school.

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