Invent something awesome: Spring Session

A 9 week session is starting up on Mondays at Artscape Youngplace. There will be a pick up at Givins Shaw school. Students from other schools are welcome to join us at Artscape. 

Here's our new schedule:

Week 1 (April 13th): "Tick-tock"
Time to re-invent the watch.

Week 2 (April 20th): "Cityscaping"
Design a sidewalk feature: furniture, info booth, exercise device or perhaps all of these combined! 

Week 3 (April 27th): "Helping Hand" 
Build a mechanical device to grab an object from far away. 

Week 4 (May 4th): "Dream vacation bedroom!" 
Plan the perfect getaway for kids. 

Week 5 (May 11th): "Chain Reaction" 
Team up to make a giant moving (Rube Goldberg) machine

Week 6 (May 25th): "Pop-up!"
Use paper engineering to make your pages come to life. 

Week 7 (June 1st): "Club starter" Invent a new club. Design the logo for a button, a poster and club activities. 

Week 8 (June 8th): "Help!' Survive a tornado in your backpack emergency shelter. 

Week 9 (June 15th): "Watercraft" Construct a boat or hovercraft that will carry an elephant across the water.

Make something Awesome: Winter after-school sessions

A 7 week session is starting up on Mondays at Artscape Youngplace. There will be a pick up at Givins Shaw school. Students from other schools are welcome to join us at Artscape. 

Here's our schedule:

Week 1: “Toddler alert” Squeeze it, chew it, pull it, shake it. Using colour and texture, invent a new toy for toddlers.

Week 2: “Animal Treehouse” Plan and build a cosy tree-home for critters.

Week 3: “Groovy grub” Young entrepreneurs create a special meal, logo, brand and advert for their own restaurant.

Week 4: “Ready, set, go!”Make a super speedy junk-mobile and race your friends.

Week 5: “Set design” Create the stage for a production of your favourite story: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Cinderella.

Week 6: “Fairground game” The Wackamole moles have had enough! Invent a new game for the Ex. and test it by playing it.

Week 7: “Can-Am 2015” Design a new uniform for Canada in the 2015 Pan-Am games

For more information or to register, please email us: info@inventionsquad.ca

And here's our schedule for a 7 week session at Niagara Street on Tuesdays (starting on Jan 27th): Week 1: “Lunchbox” Invent a smarter way to dine in style at school. Week 2: “Animal Treehouse” Plan and build a cosy tree-home for critters. Week 3 : “Groovy grub” Young entrepreneurs create a special meal, logo, brand and advert for their own restaurant. Week 4: “Ready, set, go!” Make a super speedy junk-mobile and race your friends. Week 5: “Set design” Create the stage for a production of your favourite story: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Cinderella. Week 6: “Fairground game” The Wackamole moles have had enough! Invent a new game for the Ex. and test it by playing it. Week 7: “Can-Am 2015” Design a new uniform for Canada in the 2015 Pan-Am games For more information or to register, please email us: info@inventionsquad.ca