For Kids

Young Engineer Academy

Classes within the framework of Young Engineer Academy provide a development of the following skills:

• Logical thinking;

• Imagination and creativity;

• Knowledge about programming, technology, physics and mathematics;

• Constructing robots and programming their moves – practical pair work activities which involve working with a full set of blocks and a computer equipped with essential software;

• Understanding of the surrounding world;

• Asking questions and curiosity: How does it work? Why does it function like that?;

• Teamwork;

• Visual and spatial orientation.

Organizational aspects:

• The classes take place in the LSTP building (Dobrzańskiego Street 3);

• Semester covers 12 meetings;

• The meetings take place once a week and take 1,5 hour;

• Children work in small groups;

• The classes take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays;

• Dates and hours of classes are set during the admissions;

• Thanks to the classes, children acquire not only spatial-planning skills but also develop abstract and creative thinking. Moreover, the classes touch upon the ecological issues, thereby teach how to take care of environment. Interestingly, the Minecraft world is employed to acquire knowledge connected with school subjects, starting from reading, writing or performing basic mathematical operations, ending with the discussions on more advanced topics concerning physics, geography, history or art.