Practice fundamental math skills through games, drills, and art! Rec Math 1 is suitable for all elementary aged kids who could use some practice with the basics in a fun, engaging, playful way. Desiree encourages students to use their whole bodies and voices while answering questions, completing puzzles, playing games, and working with friends. The small class size means that the topics can be customized to the strengths and challenges of the students. This of this class as arithmetic infused with joy and friendship.

Recreational Math 1

Categories

Arts and Music, Math

Age Range

Age 10, Age 7, Age 8, Age 9

Duration

16 weeks
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 5, 2017 May 4, 2017 Thursday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

STEAM Lab is an opportunity for our Elementary aged student to explore STEAM through projects, experiments, and tinkering. Both in small groups and individually, students will work on designing and building, programming and predicting, hypothesizing and observing, and making connections between what happens in class and how things work in the world. This class is hands on, with different STEAM invitations presented each week.

STEAM Lab

Age Range

Age 5, Age 6, Age 7

Duration

16 weeks
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 2, 2017 May 2, 2017 Monday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
January 3, 2017 May 2, 2017 Tuesday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

We’re delighted to found the first Homeschool chapter of the Technology Student Association in Florida! As a group, students will explore different technologies as they choose the field in which they would like to compete. Learn more about the TSA and potential projects at their website here!

Technology Student Association

Duration

16 weeks

Materials Fee

$50

Curriculum

Material fee is notional and will be determined based on the selected project.

Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
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IfSpace competitive LEGO Robotics teams. 4 teams available 2016/17.

FIRST Lego League

Age Range

Age 10, Age 11, Age 8, Age 9

Duration

16 weeks

Materials Fee

$40
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 3, 2017 May 2, 2017 Tuesday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Brickbusters
January 3, 2017 May 2, 2017 Tuesday 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Afterschoolers
January 6, 2017 May 5, 2017 Friday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Architects
January 6, 2017 May 5, 2017 Friday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Engineers

We are so excited to get started with Odyssey of the Mind again this year!

OM is a creative problem solving competition. The students choose from 5 long-term problems, and prepare their solution in advance, which they must present through a skit or similar performance. Additionally, teams compete together in a spontaneous problem solving challenge that is not announced beforehand. OM teams display out of this world creativity, pun perfection, and spendiferous crafting, costuming, and construction skills! Humor and outright hilarity are encouraged throughout the OM organization, from silly chants and rhymes to mirthful millenery.

IfSpace plans to host 5 Odyssey of the Mind teams this year. Students are sorted by age, with a maximum of 7 and a minimum of 5 students per team. One of our 5 teams will perform in the Primary division, which is non-competitive, expo-only. The other 5 teams will choose from the list of 5 long-terms problems after we have sorted our 2017 participants by age and schedule availability. The oldest participant on each team determines the level at which the whole team competes, so it’s important to try to keep the teams similar in age! Our 2016 teams scored very well at the Space Coast competition, and our Division III team advanced to state competition at UCF!

If you register for OM, please select the time that is most ideal for you, and include any additional information regarding your schedule preferences in the comments or send me an email at odyssey@ifspace.org.

More About Odyssey of the Mind Here

Read the 2017 Problem Synopses Here

Odyssey of the Mind

Duration

24 weeks

Materials Fee

$20
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
August 24, 2016 February 22, 2017 Wednesday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
A Team – Ages TBD
August 24, 2016 February 22, 2017 Wednesday 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
B Team – Ages 5-7
August 25, 2016 February 23, 2017 Thursday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
C Team – Ages TBD
August 25, 2016 February 23, 2017 Thursday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
D Team – Ages TBD