Kristen Fegan

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I love helping kids learn! I love to let students sit with new concepts and ideas for awhile so they can really work them around and make them their own. I try to facilitate learning in a relaxed, conversational environment where exploration and rabbit trails are encouraged. I embrace arts, crafts, glitter, mess, and chaos, because I believe that’s where memories made and the best learning happens. As part of the leadership team at IfSpace, it’s my mission to make sure that our environment is encouraging, inclusive, stimulating, and respectful.


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This Spring we will be studying the anatomy and physiology of aquatic and marine animals, including the lamprey, starfish, dogfish, and stingray. We will also cover science lab protocol and safety, as well as a review of microscope skills. There is a $70 supply fee for this class, which includes a personal dissection kit and safety glasses as well as high quality, double-injected specimens (where applicable). Students will dissect their own lamprey and starfish and will share the dogfish and stingray with a lab partner, as these are easier to dissect with a helping hand.

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology: Dissections II

Categories

Science

Age Range

Age 12, Age 13, Age 14, Age 15+

Duration

8 weeks

Materials Fee

$70
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 6, 2017 May 5, 2017 Friday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Engineering is Elementary introduces students to engineering and the engineering design process through hands-on classroom builds and experiments!

Engineering is Elementary introduces students to engineering and the engineering design process through hands-on classroom builds and experiments!

This year’s planned units of study are:

Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills (Fall Semester/Quarter One)

A Slick Solution: Cleaning an Oil Spill (Fall Semester/Quarter Two)

An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits (Spring Semester/Quarter Three)

A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes (Spring Semester/Quarter Four)

Hop To It: Invasive Species (Summer Semester / July-Aug)

You can read more about Engineering is Elementary at IfSpace here!

Engineering Is Elementary

Class Size

3–10

Categories

Engineering, Math, Science

Age Range

Age 10, Age 11, Age 8, Age 9

Duration

6 weeks, 8 weeks

Materials Fee

$15
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 3, 2017 February 21, 2017 Tuesday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
EIE Unit Study: Alarms
March 7, 2017 May 2, 2017 Tuesday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
EIE Unit Study: Parachutes
July 11, 2017 August 18, 2017 Tuesday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
EIE Unit Study: Invasive Species

In Tinkering, students explore materials, supplies, tools and concepts in an open-ended, adult-guided way. Past Tinkering sessions have involved making custom Minecraft controllers with Makey Makey, exploring linkage mechanisms with cardboard and brads, testing out paper circuits to make light-up cards and pictures, taking apart consumer electronics and toys to see what’s inside, and a multi-week construction of an elaborate Rube Goldberg device. Tinkering is where we try out new ideas as a group, and encourage one another as we try to get our thing to work.

This special tinkering course is tailored for a younger audience including children who are still developing their fine-motor skills.

Jr Tinkering

Class Size

0–10

Age Range

Age 5, Age 6, Age 7

Duration

8 weeks
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 2, 2017 May 1, 2017 Monday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
January 3, 2017 May 2, 2017 Tuesday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Patience, a steady hand, attention to detail – if this is an area where you’d like to see your kids grow, this just might be a great fit for them. Our class will be working together to make miniature models out of recycled materials, training the eye to see someone else’s trash in a new light! This is a great opportunity for imaginative play, fine motor practice, and plain old fun. Miniature building is a favorite IfSpace activity anyway; we’re happy to give it its own place on the schedule!

Making Miniatures

Duration

16 weeks
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 5, 2017 May 4, 2017 Thursday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Students hone their research, argument, presentation and persuasive skills as they represent the international community of the United Nations in various crisis scenarios. We will learn parliamentary procedure, how to draft resolutions, and the art of the caucus as our students how to represent a given point of view and negotiate resolutions that meet the needs of their country. After initial scenarios are introduced, the bulk of position research will need to be completed at home, as class time is reserved for caucus and debate!

Highly interested students are invited to travel with us to the Model UN conferences in early 2017 – more information coming soon!

 

Model United Nations

Age Range

Age 12, Age 13, Age 14, Age 15+

Duration

16 weeks

Curriculum

A small materials fee may be required depending on student project scenarios.

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

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

Throughout their time at IfSpace, many of our students are inspired to begin projects of their own inspired by the activities and opportunities around them. Open Lab exists for this purpose – uninterrupted time in the lab to make, scheme, design and build with friends. IfSpace’s Big Spring Project this year is the design and construction of our Intra-Class Vacuum Tube system, and Open Lab kids are invited to join in this fun project! Because 2 hours of Open Lab is material intensive, there is a $30 semester supply fee for this class. Please note that this is a 2-hour class.

Open Lab: Student Projects

Categories

Engineering

Duration

16 weeks

Materials Fee

$30
Start Date Stop Date Day(s) of Week Class Time
January 4, 2017 May 3, 2017 Wednesday 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

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