Fall 2024
In-person classes in the cities of Bowmanville, Claremont, Oshawa, Pickering, and Whitby.
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Fall Classes
Bowmanville Fall Classes Ages: 4-7
Junior Mission to Mars
Our junior engineers will be inspired by Mars-themed children’s literature featured in these classes. The stories will deepen their knowledge and spark their imaginations as they engage in hands-on engineering challenges using EFK’s Engineering Design Process. In the stories and challenges, students will explore various topics in science, as well as explore various topics in science, as well as mechnical , aerospace, geologic and environmental engineering. This cousre is sure to spark children’s imagination and ignite their curiosity about the future and Mars exploration.
- Date: Tuesdays September 10 – October 29, 2024
- Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Location: Memorial Park Clubhouse | 120 Liberty Street S., Bowmanville, ON, L1C 2P4
Fun Foundations – Junior Civil Engineering
Get ready to raise the skyline as we learn all about the exciting field of civil engineering. This class will teach students the foundations of civil engineering as they explore the concepts, such as tension and compression, structurally strong geometric shapes, and the importance of a strong foundation and core. Each week students will use the EFK Engineering Design Process to take on captivating challenges that lay the groundwork for understanding the essential principles of structural design and construction. This class is sure to tower above the rest and inspire the next generation of engineers.
- Date: Tuesdays November 05 – December 10, 2024
- Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Location: Memorial Park Clubhouse | 120 Liberty Street S., Bowmanville, ON, L1C 2P4
Bowmanville Fall Classes Ages: 8-14
Robotic Missions to Mars
During this class, students will learn all about NASA’s robotic Missions to Mars and the important role robotics play in advancing our understanding of the Red Planet and paving the way for human exploration. Studets will engage in hands-on robotic engineering challenges and learn to program their robots to perferom a variety of scientific missions. Students willhave the opportunity to apply their creativity and imagination to improve upon their basic designs and programs.
- Date: Tuesdays September 10 – October 29, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Location: Memorial Park Clubhouse | 120 Liberty Street S., Bowmanville, ON, L1C 2P4
Mysteries of Matter
Join us for an exciting expedition through the world of molecules and reactions. This program is designed to ignite curiosity and inspire discovery while exploring topics such as chemical engineering, states of matter, physical properties, chemical change, and acidity. Using hands-on projects and the EFK Engineering Design Process, students will unravel the mysteries of matter and discover the underlying principles shaping our universe.
- Date: Tuesdays November 05 – December 10, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
- Location: Memorial Park Clubhouse | 120 Liberty Street S., Bowmanville, ON, L1C 2P4
Claremont Fall Classes Ages: 4-7
Fun Foundations – Junior Civil Engineering
Get ready to raise the skyline as we learn all about the exciting field of civil engineering. This class will teach students the foundations of civil engineering as they explore the concepts, such as tension and compression, structurally strong geometric shapes, and the importance of a strong foundation and core. Each week students will use the EFK Engineering Design Process to take on captivating challenges that lay the groundwork for understanding the essential principles of structural design and construction. This class is sure to tower above the rest and inspire the next generation of engineers.
- Date: Saturdays September 14 – November 02, 2024
- Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
- Location: Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson Community Centre | 4941 Old Brock Road, Claremont, ON, L1Y 1A9
Junior Marine Engineering
What causes something to sink or float? How can engineers help explore and protect the ocean
below? These questions and more are all explored in Junior Marine. In this class, students explore the concepts of marine engineering and mechanics, harnessing the power of water, and discovering designs that help us make the impossible, possible.
- Date: Saturdays November 09 – December 14, 2024
- Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
- Location: Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson Community Centre | 4941 Old Brock Road, Claremont, ON, L1Y 1A9
Claremont Fall Classes Ages: 8-14
Up, Up and Away
Blast off for an adventure in this exciting week of aerospace engineering. Students will learn about the forces of flight and mechanical components of airplanes, rockets, helicopters and landing gears. They will explore concepts such as inertia, propulsion, lift, thrust, drag, gravity and trajectory. Students will apply the EFK Engineering Design Process as they soar through inspiring hands-on engineering challenges. Join us for this fun-filled high-flying adventure.
- Date: Saturdays September 14 – November 02, 2024
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
- Location: Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson Community Centre | 4941 Old Brock Road, Claremont, ON, L1Y 1A9
High Voltage Hijinks
Get powered-up for an energizing class of electrical engineering! In these sessions you will learn how to generate power using electromagnets, electrical circuits, wind turbines, and solar panels. You will take on exciting, hands-on engineering challenges and put your creations to the test using the EFK Engineering Design Process. This is an illuminating experience you won’t want to miss!
- Date: Saturdays November 09 – December 14, 2024
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
- Location: Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson Community Centre | 4941 Old Brock Road, Claremont, ON, L1Y 1A9
Oshawa Fall Classes Ages: 4-7
Engineering Electrified – electrical engineering
Get charged for this exciting class of electrical engineering! In this class you will explore a wide range of foundational concepts related to electricity, such as magnetism, static electricity, circuity and more. We will spark your imagination as you tackle electrifying, hands-on engineering challenges using our EFK Engineering Design Process. Explore! Discover! Illuminate!
- Date: Saturdays September 28 – December 7, 2024
- Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Location: Delpark Homes Centre – 1661 Harmony Road N, Oshawa ON L1H 7K5
Oshawa Fall Classes Ages: 8-12
Master Machines – mechanical engineering
Gear up for an exciting week of mechanical engineering in this class, students will explore several of the mechanical forces that create movement in various machines. Students will work as mechanical engineers using EFK’s Engineering Design Process to create exciting, hands-on projects that spin, cascade, launch, pivot, dig and race. These projects will demonstrate fascinating concepts, such as hydraulics, friction, velocity, aerodynamics, acceleration and mechanical advantage.
- Date: Saturdays September 28 – December 7, 2024
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Location: Delpark Homes Centre – 1661 Harmony Road N, Oshawa ON L1H 7K5
Pickering Fall Classes Ages: 4-7
The Engineering of Power & Energy
In the Engineering of Power and Energy, join us as we look at ways to get things moving…no batteries required. In this class students explore natural power and energy sources such as falling water and the sun. Get ready for a shock in this energetic and engaging engineering experience!
Students will explore marine, mechanical and environmental engineering and will learn about clean energy sources and how simple machines help to make our lives easier.
- Date: Saturdays September 26 – November 21, 2024
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Location: PartyCade | 713 Krosno Boulevard, Suite 5, Pickering, ON, L1W 1G4
Junior Mission to Mars
Our junior engineers will be inspired by Mars-themed children’s literature featured in these classes. The stories will deepen their knowledge and spark their imaginations as they engage in hands-on engineering challenges using EFK’s Engineering Design Process. In the stories and challenges, students will explore various topics in science, as well as explore various topics in science, as well as mechnical , aerospace, geologic and environmental engineering. This cousre is sure to spark children’s imagination and ignite their curiosity about the future and Mars exploration.
- Date: Saturdays November 09 – December 14, 2024
- Time: 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
- Location: PartyCade | 713 Krosno Boulevard, Suite 5, Pickering, ON, L1W 1G4
Pickering Fall Classes Ages: 8-14
Mysteries of Matter
Join us for an exciting expedition through the world of molecules and reactions. This program is designed to ignite curiosity and inspire discovery while exploring topics such as chemical engineering, states of matter, physical properties, chemical change, and acidity. Using hands-on projects and the EFK Engineering Design Process, students will unravel the mysteries of matter and discover the underlying principles shaping our universe.
- Date: Saturdays September 21 – November 02, 2024
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Location: PartyCade | 713 Krosno Boulevard, Suite 5, Pickering, ON, L1W 1G4
RoboGames with LEGO Spike Prime
A place where robots can have fun, compete and go on exciting adventures. In this class, students will build their own robot using the LEGO Spike Prime robotics kit. They will learn the basics of block coding and learn to wire and program touch sensors, color sensors, and distance sensors. Finally they will use the EFK Engineering Design Process to complete exciting, carnival-themed challenges and competitions.
- Date: Saturdays November 09 – December 14, 2024
- Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Location: PartyCade | 713 Krosno Boulevard, Suite 5, Pickering, ON, L1W 1G4
Whitby Fall Classes Ages: 4-7
Junior Inventors Workshop – mechanical engineering
Unleash your imagination, as you tinker and invent a variety of mechanical gadgets! In this program, children become mechanical engineers as they learn to use gears and other components to make machines move. Each day, children will learn new concepts and engineering-related vocabulary using colorful picture books and by completing exciting, hands-on engineering challenges following EFK’s Engineering Design Process. Students will become true inventors and leave with a take-home project that will inspire them to continue inventing long into the future.
- Date: Thursdays September 26 – November 21, 2024
- Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Location: Brooklin Community Centre & Library – 8 Vipond Road, Whitby ON L1M 1B3
Whitby Fall Classes Ages: 8-12
High Voltage Hijinks – electrical engineering
Get powered-up for an energetic program of electrical engineering! In this class you will learn how to generate power using electromagnets, electrical circuits, wind turbines, and solar panels. You will take on exciting, hands-on engineering challenges and put your creations to the test using the EFK Engineering Design Process. This is an illuminating experience you won’t want to miss.
- Date: Thursdays September 26 – November 21, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Location: Brooklin Community Centre & Library – 8 Vipond Road, Whitby ON L1M 1B3
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