Educational Goals

K2E offers an exceptional learning experience for children, providing an opportunity to acquire a range of STEM concepts while developing inquiry and design skills. Our center takes pride in fostering a love of learning, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for all children. Our curriculum is designed to prepare students for success by providing a solid foundation in STEM concepts.
  • Encouraged to work with others, which will help them develop social skills, such as cooperation and teamwork.
  • Take responsibility for their actions and to take initiative.
  • Learn how to communicate their work effectively
  • Develop strong communication skills.

K2E Approach

We have developed the K2E approach over many years. Some of the essential components are:
(1) Relating science and engineering with everyday objects
(2) Using exciting situations to grab the children's interest
(3) Applying different approaches to match children's learning styles
(4) Promoting persistence on tough problems
(5) Encouraging all the children to help each other.
​We wrap all these components in a "Design Challenge" for each session.

Design Challenges:

Each session has a different "Design  Challenge" that the children work on over a seven week long period. The design challenge may be related to a Future Community, an Engineering Design, or a Technology Investigation.

Some sample Future Communities are:
  • Atlantis- developing security, transportation and shelter for underwater.
  • Mission to the Arctic- building vehicles and housing.
  • Underground City- creating a network of tunnels and transportation technologies.
  • Lego cities - designing and building cities virtually and physically.

Some sample Engineering Design and Technology Investigations are:
  • Wind Power- how to build a better blade for a windmill.
  • Environmental Engineering- how to filter water and grow plants.
  • Bridges- how to make different bridge designs.
  • Electrical Engineering- take apart and customize remote controlled cars.
  • Mechanics - build a Rube Goldberg Machine.
  • Simple Machines - Explore and understanding Simple Machine.
  • Computer Aided Design - Design with Google Sketch-up and TinkerCAD.
  • Coding - Learn basic programming on Scratch and Alice.
  • Robotics - Learn to program the Edison robot

Workshop Schedule:

  • ​Group discussion
  • Design project
  • Break
  • Test design
  • Free exploration
  • Clean up
Disclosure:
The workshops being offered by K2 Enrichment Program are not licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care or any other state agency.  All children must be register for a specific workshop/session to participate.
K2 Enrichment Program Location: 307 Watertown Street, Newton, MA 02458
Tel: 781-494-0911 or Email: [email protected]
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