Youth General Interest Section Header Educational Enrichment Classes
Supplement your child’s daily school curriculum with hands-on learning experiences. Literacy, science and math spark imagination and enhance current academic skills.
Meet the Instructors
• Michael Peterson is a Masters level certified teacher with 10 years of experience in education.
• Cool Science! provides fun and meaningful science programs. Instructors have Bachelors and Masters Degrees in education.
NEW! Halloween Science
Bubbling eyeballs, glowing potions, ghostly bubbles and oozing pumpkins – EEEK! Have spooky fun while learning the basic principles of chemistry, physics and biology through experiments, projects and demonstrations.
Age: 6 - 12 years Date 211008-01 10/27 Min/Max: 6/20
Instructor: Cool Science! Class #
Day Time SA
Location: Lincoln Center Writer’s Workshop R/NR 9:00 am - 12:00 pm $52/$78 NEW! Be a Marine Biologist! -
All About Squid & Octopus Find out about the unique anatomies, habitats, survival strategies and sophisticated communication skills in this fun, interactive program. Make a 3D model and dissect a real specimen. Each participant goes home with a self-created book.
Age: 6 - 12 years Date Min/Max: 6/20
Instructor: Cool Science! Class #
211009-01 9/29
NEW! Dynamic Dinosaurs
Can you dig it? You’ll be
digging for bones, creating your own fossils and piecing together a dinosaur skeleton to take home in this interactive class. Learn about different types of dinosaurs, what they ate and why they may have become extinct.
Age: 6 - 12 years
Location: Lincoln Center Class #
Date 211010-01 11/17 Min/Max: 8/20 Instructor: Cool Science!
Day Time SA
R/NR 9:00 am - 12:00 pm $52/$78 Age: 6 - 12 years
Instructor: Michael Peterson Class # Date
Day Time SA
Location: Lincoln Center R/NR 9:00 am - 12:00 pm $52/$78
Nature Photojournalism In a perfect match of writing and
photography, this course teaches you to have a “photographic eye” and a writing style that is equally artistic. Participants write poetry, stories and nonfiction expository papers to accompany the pictures taken on “nature photo shoots.” Students then combine these to create beautifully polished articles worthy of National Geographic. Take full advantage of the fall colors and learn outside with Nature Photojournalism.
Min/Max: 5/15
211081-01 9/17 - 10/22 M 211081-02 10/29 - 12/3 M
Location: Lincoln Center Day Time
4:00 - 5:00 pm 4:00 - 5:00 pm
R/NR
$86/$129 $86/$129
Fear writing no longer! Students gain the skills needed to become successful writers in an engaging and exciting setting. Utilizing the Six-Traits writing technique, students will be guided through the writing process in multiple genres. Students will be given the tools they need to
improve their grades and increase standardized test scores. Each class will allow for one-on-one instruction as well as whole-group feedback.
Age: 6 - 12 years Min/Max: 5/15
Instructor: Michael Peterson Class # Date
211080-01 9/17 - 10/22 M 211080-02 10/29 - 12/3 M
Location: Lincoln Center Day Time
6:00 - 7:00 pm 6:00 - 7:00 pm
R/NR
$86/$129 $86/$129
Reading Laboratory
Become a great reader in the Reading Laboratory! Learn how to get the most out of what you read. This class focuses on reading comprehension and fluency. Students will learn the explicit reading strategies of: questioning, predicting, connections, inferring, summarizing and synthesizing, through the use of fun and engaging reading selections. Students gain the skills and tools needed to improve their grades and increase standardized test scores. Most importantly it will teach each child that reading can be incredibly fun and rewarding throughout his/her whole life.
Age: 6 - 12 years Min/Max: 5/15
Instructor: Michael Peterson Class # Date
211079-01 9/17 - 10/22 M 211079-02 10/29 - 12/3 M
Location: Lincoln Center Day Time
5:00 - 6:00 pm 5:00 - 6:00 pm
R/NR
$86/$129 $86/$129
14 Autumn 2012
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