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Duplo Dynamos: Classes for Ages 4-5

Classes for pre-school and young elementary students to take with a parent or guardian

Want to be a Duplo Dynamo? Complete our classes using fun, simple machines -- and earn your Duplo Mastery Certificate! Classes for the 4-5 year old age group are designed for a student/parent pair to take together. Come enjoy an hour with your child, learning together!

Duplo Dynamos - Car launcher

In this class we will investigate force and friction. We will build a cool launcher to push a car up a hill! This class is for kids 4-5 years old and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos - Goal!

In this class we'll learn about using hinges to create movement by using a fixed axle in our goalie machine.

Duplo Dynamos - Going Fishing

In this class we will learn about different ways of building structures by building a lightweight but strong fishing rod.

Duplo Dynamos - Ice Hockey Player

In this class, we design and build a hockey player to study forces, energy, and motion. This class is for kids 4-5 years old and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos - Measuring car

In this class, we will use gears to build a car that measures how far it travels! This class is for kids 4-5 years old and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos - Pinwheels

In this class, we investigate wind power.

Duplo Dynamos - Raft

In this class, we investigate buoyancy.

Duplo Dynamos - Sam's New Dog!

In this class, we investigate friction and pulleys in order to build Sam a new LEGO® dog! This class is for kids 4-5 years old and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos - Seasaw

In this class, we have loads of fun learning about levers.

Duplo Dynamos - Spinning Tops

Need to slow down? Need to speed up? You need some gears! Join us for a great class on the power and speed we get with gears.

Duplo Dynamos - Toppling Towers

In this class we will learn about balance within structures by testing the tipping points of towers.

Duplo dynamos - What's Underneath?

In this class we'll learn about making stable structures by investigating suspension cables for bridges.

Duplo Dynamos Beginner Camp

Missed out on our spring classes? No need to worry! We've brought the most popular ones back! Spinning tops, pinwheel, raft, and seesaw! Come join the fun! Open to 4-5 year olds and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos Design Camp

In our new Design camp, we explore problem solving by building or own, unique solutions. Open to 4-5 year olds and a trusted adult.

Duplo Dynamos: Lego Halloween for 4-8 year olds

Come chase the spooky halloween cobwebs from your brain with a Lego Halloween party! We will have age-appropriate stations for you to try your hand at some Lego activities. Wear your halloween costume for a chance to win a prize!!

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Elementary Engineers: Classes for Ages 6-8

Classes for elementary students to learn about simple, motorized machines.

Take a step up from simple machines to motorized mechanisms. Earn your SDRA Elementary Engineering degree by completing our Elementary Engineers classes, using hands-on activities to learn key concepts through building and testing, just like real engineers!

Elementary Engineers - Dogbot

In this class, we will learn about powered machines. We will investigate levers and cranks to make a LEGO® dog!

Elementary Engineers - Dragster

In this class, we learn about powered machines. We investigate gearing up for speed.

Elementary Engineers - Fishing Rod

In this class, we learn about forces and motion. We will investigate the ratchet and pawl as a safety system.

Elementary Engineers - Flywheeler

In this class we will learn about energy. We investigate using the flywheel to store energy.

Elementary Engineers - Freewheeling

In this class, we will learn about forces and motion. We will investigate wheel sizes and tire material for vehicle efficiency.

Elementary Engineers - Land Yacht

In this class, we learn about energy. We investigate capturing wind energy for transport.

Elementary Engineers - Lego Halloween for 5-8 year old students

Come chase the spooky halloween cobwebs from your brain with a Lego Halloween party! We will have age-appropriate stations for you to try your hand at some Lego activities. Wear your halloween costume for a chance to win a prize!!

Elementary Engineers - Letter Balance

In this class, we learn about measurements. We investigate lever and linkage systems.

Elementary Engineers - Power Car

In this class, we learn about powered machines. We will investigate gearing down, different tire types, and different wheel types to give more torque.

Elementary Engineers - Sweeper

In this class, we learn about forces and motion. We will investigate pulley drives for safety, and gears for speed.

Elementary Engineers - The Hammer

In this class, we will learn about forces and motion. We will investigate mechanical control and timing of complex actions by cams and levers.

Elementary Engineers - The Walker

In this class we will learn about powered machines. We will investigate how to build a machine that walks!

Elementary Engineers - Trundle Wheel

In this class, we learn about measurements. We will investigate gearing down and complex gearing.

Elementary Engineers - Windmill

In this class, we learn about energy. We investigate sails for capturing wind energy.

Elementary Engineers Camp I

Build and test more complex machines in our two-day camp! This camps focuses on the science behind the machine, and participants will explore motorizing their creations. Open to 6-8 year olds.

Elementary Engineers Camp II

Build and test more complex machines in our two-day camp! This camps focuses on the science behind the machine, and participants will explore motorizing their creations. This camp has different activities than Elementary Engineers I, so kids are welcome to participate in both camps! Open to 6-8 year olds.

Elementary Engineers-nClick Clock

In this class we will learn about accuracy, gearing, and designing.

Girls Only Elementary Engineers Camp I

Build and test more complex machines in our two-day camp! This camps focuses on the science behind the machine, and participants will explore motorizing their creations. Open to 6-8 year old girls.

Girls Only Elementary Engineers Camp II

Build and test more complex machines in our two-day camp! This camps focuses on the science behind the machine, and participants will explore motorizing their creations. This camp has different activities than Elementary Engineers I, so kids are welcome to participate in both camps! Open to 6-8 year olds.

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NXT Robotics: Classes for Ages 9-14

Build and program autonomous robots -- with Lego bricks!

Welcome to the Robotics University! Our NXT classes provide a variety of experiences for all students. Take the occasional class to build your skills, or pursue your official SDRA Robotics degree by completing all of our levels -- beginner, intermediate, and advanced! Levels build on one another, so look at the prerequisites!

FLL Team Mentoring - Project

Teams! Do you need assistance preparing for this year's championship event? SDRA is providing FREE team mentoring sessions. In this class, we focus on the Project. What makes a good FLL project? Find out with tips and tricks on good presentations, as well as one-on-one mentoring and feedback on YOUR project! Our mentors will help teams in all stages - we can help you decide WHAT to do, or POLISH what you already have! This class is intended to be a team experience, so at least several members of your team need to attend together. Coaches call to sign up

FLL Team Mentoring - Robot

Teams! Do you need assistance preparing for this year's championship event? SDRA is providing FREE team mentoring sessions. In this class, we focus on the Robot. How do you make your robot score the best it can? We will explore strategies and more advanced programming concepts, as well as one-on-one mentoring and feedback for your team on YOUR robot. Our mentors will help teams in all stages - we can provide insight on design, programming, and debugging. This class is intended to be a team experience, so at least several members of your team need to attend together. Coaches call to sign up

FLL Team Mentoring - Teamwork

Teams! Do you need assistance preparing for this year's championship event? SDRA is providing FREE team mentoring sessions. In this class, we focus on good teamwork skills. Want to work better as a team? Never even done a teamwork challenge before? We will explore good teamwork strategies as well as practice teamwork challenges from past competitions. Our mentors will help teams through one-on-one feedback and sample question-and-answer periods. This class is intended to be a team experience, so at least several members of your team need to attend together. Coaches call to sign up

FLL Team Mentoring - Technical Briefing

Teams! Do you need assistance preparing for this year's championship event? SDRA is providing FREE team mentoring sessions. In this class, we focus on the Technical Briefing. How do you communicate to the judges about your robot? We will look at the rubrics as well as practice sample questions and answers to help you perform at your best on Championship Day. Our mentors will help teams on a one-on-one basis, and provide provide unique feedback! This class is intended to be a team experience, so at least several members of your team need to attend together. Coaches call to sign up

Building:

101: NXT Robotics - Building 101

Build a Lego robot! Familiarize yourself with the pieces included in the NXT kit, and see how they fit together to make a mobile, 3-wheeled robot. No experience necessary. Open to 9-14 year old students.

101: NXT Robotics - Building 101 (Rapid City)

Build a Lego robot! Familiarize yourself with the pieces included in the NXT kit, and see how they fit together to make a mobile, 3-wheeled robot. No experience necessary. Open to 9-14 year old students. Registration costs are sponsored by a grant from NASA!

110: NXT Robotics - Building 110

Expand your building knowledge. Enhance your skills by building useful attachable pushing mechanisms. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Building 101 or prior SDRA robotics class.

120: NXT Robotics - Building 120

Expand your building knowledge. Enhance your skills by building useful attachable arms to grab and hook items. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Building 101 or prior SDRA robotics class.

130: NXT Robotics - Building 130 Beginning Wheel Systems

Expand your building knowledge! We investigate competing wheel systems for speed, accuracy, and power. Prerequisite: Building 101 or prior SDRA robotics class.

135: Building 135 - Treads

Treads are a unique type of wheel system. Expand your knowledge of wheel systems with this class on treads, including design and applications.

210: NXT Robotics - Building 210

Strengthen your robot by looking at the fundamental structures behind the building design. In this class we will explore rigid and flexible structures and how they affect your robot's performance. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Building 101 or prior SDRA robotics class.

235: Building 235 - Power Gears

Gearing has multiple uses. Gearing down gives more power. Explore how to give your robot more torque by gearing it down.

236: Building 236 - Speed gears

Gearing has multiple uses. By gearing your robot up, you can increase speed. Explore how and when to gear up.

310: Advanced Building I

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311: Advanced Building 2 TBA

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Programming:

101: NXT Robotics - Programming 101

Learn the basics of Lego robotics programming! No experience necessary! Learn to program the robot to do what you want, either just for fun or to be the expert for your FLL team! Open to 9-14 year olds.

101: NXT Robotics - Programming 101 (Rapid City)

Learn the basics of Lego robotics programming! No experience necessary! Learn to program the robot to do what you want, either just for fun or to be the expert for your FLL team! Open to 9-14 year olds. Registration costs are sponsored by a grant from NASA!

110: NXT Robotics - Programming 110

Take your Lego robot programming skills to the next level through the use of sensors. In this class, we will explore using the touch sensor to help your robot find its way. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 101.

110: NXT Robotics - Programming 110 (Rapid City)

Take your Lego robot programming skills to the next level through the use of sensors. In this class, we will explore using the touch sensor to help your robot find its way. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 101. Registration costs are sponsored by a grant from NASA!

120: NXT Robotics - Programming 120

Take your Lego robot programming skills to the next level through the use of sensors. In this class, we will explore using the light sensor to help your robot find its way. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 101.

130: NXT Robotics - Programming 130

Take your Lego robot programming skills to the next level through the use of sensors. In this class, we will explore using the ultrasonic sensor to help your robot find its way. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 101.

131: "Here's Looking at You, Kid": Using the Ultrasonic Sensor

Perfect your programming skills! Meets Saturdays, 12:30-2:30. Each session is a two-week focus on a different skill/mission. A beginner programming class is available for new students to be ready for this advanced class. Open to 9-14 year olds.

150: NXT Robotics - Programming 150 Loops

Take your LEGO® programming skills to the next level through looping. Discover how to accomplish repeated actions with streamlined programming. Prerequisite: Programming 101.

151: NXT Robotics - Programming 151 Switches

Take your LEGO® programming skills to the next level using switches! Let your robot decide what actions to take based on input from the world around it. Prerequisites: Programming 101 and one of Programming 110, 120, or 130.

201: NXT Robotics - Programming 201

Step up into the robotics intermediate programming level! This class is an intermediate programming refresher, and we recap skills learned in prior programming classes. You can get back in the programming groove so you are ready to write those killer robot programs in the intermediate and advanced programming classes. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 101 or one of the FLL summer camps.

210: NXT Robotics - Programming 210

Step up into the robotics intermediate programming level. This class will take you beyond a simple introduction to the touch sensor, and into more advanced applications. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 110 or the First Lego League Intermediate summer camp.

230: Intermediate Light Sensor (Line Follow)

Step up into the robotics intermediate programming level. This class will take you beyond a simple introduction to the light sensor, and into more advanced applications. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 120

230: Intermediate Ultra Sonic Sensor

Step up into the robotics intermediate programming level. This class will take you beyond a simple introduction to the ultra sonic sensor, and into more advanced applications. Open to 9-14 year olds. Prerequisite - Programming 130

311: My Blocks I

Check out the advanced world of MyBlocks programming! Learn how to streamline your programming using the more advanced options in Mindstorms!

312: My Blocks II

Check out the advanced world of MyBlocks programming! Learn how to streamline your programming using the more advanced options in Mindstorms! Prerequisites: My Blocks I or previous My Blocks experience

313: Debugging

Learn how to make your programs more reliable! Debugging is a tool professional programmers use - learn the tricks and tips to make your robot work, every time!

Challenge:

190: Mission: Possible. The Ultimate Challenge

Perfect your programming skills! Meets Saturdays, 12:30-2:30. Each session is a two-week focus on a different skill/mission. A beginner programming class is available for new students to be ready for this advanced class. Open to 9-14 year olds.

FLL:

101: FIRST Lego League Beginner Camp

Transport yourself into the amazing world of FIRST Lego League! This five day camp is designed to give beginners a taste of Lego robotics and the buzz surrounding FIRST Lego League. Learn basic robot engineering and programming skills; develop teamwork and presentation expertise. Open to 9-14-year-olds who have not previously participated in FIRST Lego League.

201: FIRST Lego League - Intermediate and Beyond! Camp

Want even more FLL? Build your skills in robot performance, teamwork, and presentation during this five day camp. Open to 9-14 year-old students with prior FLL experience or who have taken the SDRA Beginner FLL Camp. STUDENTS CAN TAKE MULTIPLE SESSIONS! TOPICS AND MISSIONS VARY

201: FIRST Lego League All-Girls Beginner and Intermediate Camps

Calling all girls! SDRA and NASA are sponsoring this FREE Girls-Only Robotics Camp! We've reserved both a beginner and intermediate FIRST Lego League and Robotics camp as a FREE opportunity for girls ages 9-14. Girls can register for one or both of the week-long camps. Our exciting camps promote STEM learning, leadership and teamwork skills, and fun! Our Girls Only camps provide an empowering environment where girls can explore science and robotics. So come, transport yourself into the amazing world of FIRST Lego League!

• July 8 - 13 is the Beginner Camp, and is open to girls aged 9-14 who have not previously participated in FLL.
• July 15 - July 19 is the Intermediate Camp, and is open to girls 9-14 years old who participated in FLL in the past or took one of the SDRA Beginner FLL camps.TOPICS ARE DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR!

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NXT Robotics Prerequisite Table
Course	Prerequisites
Building 110	Building 101
Building 120	Building 101
Building 210	Building 101
Programming 110	Programming 101
Programming 120	Programming 101
Programming 130	Programming 101
Programming 201	Programming 101

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Robotics for Adults: Classes for Ages 18-99

Adult engineering, design, and programming classes using Lego robotics

Want to know more about Lego robotics, FIRST Lego League (FLL), or engineering concepts? Have we got the classes for you! These classes are for adults wishing to learn more about the buzz surrounding FLL, how robotics can be used for STEM instruction in the classroom, or just have some fun! College credit is available for some of the classes and workshops.

Beginning Lego Robotics Programming for Adults

This class gets adult FLL coaches, team mentors, teachers, and anybody interested in learning how to program a Lego robot up to speed. We cover the basics on how to make the robot do what you want it to do, and give you a challenge to complete. Come see what all the fun is about!

Beginning Lego Robotics Workshop for Adults

Learn the basics of robot design, building, and programming using the Lego Mindstorms programming environment! This workshop is perfect for parents, First Lego League coaches, K-12 teachers, and anybody who has an interest in learning more about engineering, technology, and programming! Class meets 5-9:30pm on Friday, and 9am-6pm on Saturday. Get Augustana College credit for a total of $120 at the Augustana College website at http://www.augie.edu/academics/continuing-education-and-workshops/workshops. Register for the class here to take it for no credit.

FLL All-Coach Meeting - Pick one

This short meeting will cover important FLL season information, our new open practice structure, basic logistical information for the season, and new judging rubrics being implemented this year. All coaches, new and veterans, need to attend one of the sessions.

FLL New Coaches Class (Rapid City)

This class is for new First Lego League (FLL) coaches. We give an overview of FLL, a segment on managing the season and team meetings, and a short segment on the robot. This class is intended for all the new FLL coaches, assistant coaches, and team mentors. Registration costs are covered by a grant from NASA!

FLL New Coaches Class - Pick one

This class is for new First Lego League (FLL) coaches. We give an overview of FLL, a segment on managing the season and team meetings, and a short segment on the robot. This free class is intended for all the new FLL coaches, assistant coaches, and team mentors.

Jr.FLL Coach Meeting

This short meeting will help anyone interested in starting or coaching a Jr.FLL team. Meet with our SDRA Jr.FLL coordinators and get ideas for the season, and have your questions answered! Free, but registration is required