Engineering 101
Date/Time
Grade Level
Wednesday 10 to 11 am & Wednesday 11 am to noon
7th to 8th graders at 10 & 5th to 6th graders at 11
About the Course
This course will allow students to explore their own interests, learn to use tools and materials, and develop creative projects. Students will use their curiosity and initiative to plan, invent, create, and develop in class individual and group projects as well as engineering challenges. Students will use their curiosity and initiative to plan, invent, create, and develop in class individual and group projects as well as engineering challenges. This class will be approximately 15% lecture/notes, 70% hands on building and 15% data analysis of the project. There will be no homework assigned in this class.
Your Instructor
Jeanne Robinson
Jeanne is the Director/Co-founder of Cheverly STEM. She is a seasoned homeschooling mom of seven children. She is a yogi and vegetarian by nature and an engineer by training (UMCP). Jeanne has been working in the field of civil engineering for 30+ years. During which she managed multi-million dollar budgets and supervised thousands of employees - training many of them. Additionally, she and her husband have built home additions, decks and custom furniture, as well as their own geodesic home in Cheverly. She loves working with young people and looks forward to meeting your family.
