Why Language Arts Brick Lab?

Courses emphasize
Writing Processes
Vocabulary Development
Research
Analytical Thinking
Verbal Communication

Students participate in engaging Hands-on project challenges with
Lego® & K’nex®
that span five curriculum strands
Communications
 Construction Engineering
 Mathematics
 Physics
 Life Science

Students are stimulated to be lifelong learners through hands-on excitement that inspires them to
write, learn, explore and create real world applications.

7 Hour Courses – Tuition $10.00/hr per person

Communication

Essential Communication
Ages 8 & up
Introduces terminology specific to communication while engaging students in activities to write and learn about Public Speaking, Descriptive, Auditory & Inquiry based Communication, Tactile Sensation, Misinterpretation, Verbal Dependence, Forensics,
Mime and Free Association

Creative Communication
Ages 8 & up
Write, Build and Communicate to decipher Hieroglyphs, Phonograms and Ideograms. Explore Thomas Gallaudet’s development of American Sign Language, the use of Semaphore in the battle of Waterloo, Braille, Mass Production, Duplication, Representation & Replicas in Modeling

Construction Engineering

Core Construction
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts with Walls & Dams, Arches & Corbelled Arches, Buttress & Flying Buttress, Pyramid, Castle & Pagoda Construction

Architectural Design
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts with Post & Lintel Bridges, Cantilevers, Aqueducts, Greek Architecture, Floor plans and Urban Planning

Mathematics

Meaningful Mathematics
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts covering Volume of Cubes, Circles & Circumference, Pi, Trapezoids, Line Intersections, Tessellations and Estimation

Measurement Matters
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts covering Measurement, Bar Graphs, Line Plots, Frequency, Tables, Mean, Median, Mode & Probability

Physics

Speaking of Physics
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts course researching Gravity, Force, Mass, Volume, Density, Velocity and Coefficient of Friction

Scientific Research
Ages 8 & up
Language Arts course researching Potential & Kinetic Energy, The Work Formula, Acceleration, Newton’s First, Second & Third Laws of Motion

Life Science

Critter Creations
Ages 5-7
Language Arts workshop where students use K’nex® to build and learn about basic characteristics & attributes of Vampire and Tube Nosed Fruit Bats, Trapdoor, Ogre-faced & Bola Spiders, Owls, Scorpions, and the Life Stages of a Firefly