At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

The Video Game Development Team at Empow Studios is an interdisciplinary team experience that challenges teens to collaborate on a single, focused video game design project. Participants will learn how real video game design teams work together to create successful games, with each participant taking on the role of the designer, audio producer, or coder.

The process of creating a successful game requires testing with real players. This team’s project will be tested with local gamers and with professional game designers, with feedback incorporated into the final product. Final game will be posted on the Empow website.

Robotics Club at Empow Studios is a cooperative, welcoming group where kids work together to accomplish challenges and missions, inspired by FLL – the FIRST LEGO League. Whether your child is looking to build and program their first robot, or start training for the 2017 FLL competition, these weekly classes cover the coding and engineering needed to make autonomous robots. We use LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 kits, the newest version of LEGO robotic software and equipment. This club is open for kids in grades 2-8.

We built our FLL table to match the qualified specifications regulated by FLL, that way future competitors will be well-prepared for the season. Never heard of FLL? No problem! Check out our FIRST LEGO League team page for more details.

Cost

Club membership requires a monthly payment of $95 through a credit card or bank account on file with Empow. Monthly payments are processed on the same calendar day that you sign up (Jan 7th, Feb 7th, Mar 7th, etc). We offer a 10% discount for multi-class registrations, and our classes are completely free to existing After-School Club members.

Schedule

Class meets every Saturday, 11:00am – 12:30pm

AT A GLANCE: GIRLS STEAM CLUB

EMPOWERING GIRLS IN STEAM

Girls… They’re awesome problem solvers, creators, designers, and collaborators. So why is it that girls claimed only 19% of all bachelor’s degrees in engineering and 18% in computer science in 2014? Our Girls STEAM Club tries to bring some balance to the world by exploring coding and engineering through projects in animation, robotics, 3D modeling, fashion, and design. Our female teachers will build the group’s confidence and knowledge with a new challenge each week, giving the group a taste of a wide variety of technologies. No prior experience is required.

Book your seat now!

AT A GLANCE: GIRLS STEAM CLUB

EMPOWERING GIRLS IN STEAM

Girls… They’re awesome problem solvers, creators, designers, and collaborators. So why is it that girls claimed only 19% of all bachelor’s degrees in engineering and 18% in computer science in 2014? Our Girls STEAM Club tries to bring some balance to the world by exploring coding and engineering through projects in animation, robotics, 3D modeling, fashion, and design. Our female teachers will build the group’s confidence and knowledge with a new challenge each week, giving the group a taste of a wide variety of technologies. No prior experience is required.

Book your seat now!

Grab a pick axe and join your fellow Minecraftians for a weekly class of game design, world creation, exploration, and modding madness! When it comes to discovery and education within Minecraft, the options are truly limitless. We stress designing, building, and creating as opposed to strictly ‘playing’ the game. We encourage growth and learning through the Minecraft platform, which engages children to learn because of their love for Minecraft. Club members will learn about electrical engineering, circuit boards, landscape design, modding, command blocks, architecture, and more. These techniques will enable kids to experiment with coding techniques, work together to create a LAN game, design and build mechanical devices, and learn about different types of automation, all in a virtual world for real-world applications.

Times & Costs:

Class meets every Saturday, 1:00pm-2:30pm.

Club membership requires a monthly payment of $95 through a credit card or bank account on file with Empow. Monthly payments are processed on the same calendar day that you sign up (Sept 12th, Oct 12th, Nov 12th, etc). We offer a 10% discount for multi-class registrations, and our classes are completely free to existing After-School Club members.

Empow’s Video Game Design Club teaches kids about programming logic, coding, and story-telling by capitalizing on their passion for video games. Our classes will cover all areas of Video Game Design (VGD), including designing sprites, building character control, creating an intuitive user interface, and more! VGD Club members start with their imagination, and we help them bring their ideas to life. Each VGD member will also have the opportunity to showcase their video games to fellow club members, allowing for constructive beta-testing in a fun and engaging environment.

Coding Club at Empow Studios is for kids who want to try their hand at creating games, animations, and applications by writing code. Club members will start with fundamental concepts using Scratch, an easy-to-understand, block-based, drag & drop coding language. Once kids are familiar with the basic concepts, we introduce Java, an industry standard language used in many of the applications running on your Android device, and in the 2nd best-selling video game of all time, Minecraft.

Times & Costs:

Classes meet every Sunday, 11:30AM-1:00PM or 1:30PM-3:00PM.

Club membership requires a monthly payment of $95 through a credit card or bank account on file with Empow. Monthly payments are processed on the same calendar day that you sign up (Sept 12th, Oct 12th, Nov 12th, etc). We offer a 10% discount for multi-class registrations, and our classes are completely free to existing After-School Club members.

BRIDGING THE GAP FROM SCRATCH TO JAVA

Coding Club at Empow Studios is for kids who want to try their hand at creating games, animations, and applications by writing code. Club members will start with fundamental concepts using Scratch, an easy-to-understand, block-based, drag & drop coding language. Once kids are familiar with the basic concepts, we introduce Java, an industry standard language used in many of the applications running on your Android device, and in the 2nd best-selling video game of all time, Minecraft.

YouTube Club

formerly known as ‘Directors Club’

Go behind the scenes and create animations, shoot video, and produce music

Lights, Camera, ACTION! YouTube Club at Empow Studios is a team-based studio crew where kids are actors, directors, producers, and artists! Kids team up into small groups and tackle different genres of film to create mini-movies broadcasted on our YouTube channel. The YouTube Club has their own specific playlist so friends and family can stay up to date on their kids’ movies. As they dive right into storyboarding and writing scripts, students will learn techniques in editing video, shooting live-action shots, and producing music-for-film. There are tons of ways to create awesome movies and YouTube clips and this club covers them all – stop-motion animation, digital animation, video production, music production, sound design, and more!

YouTube Club is open for registration! This club is open for kids in grades 2-8.

Cost

Club membership requires a monthly payment of $95 through a credit card or bank account on file with Empow. Monthly payments are processed on the same calendar day that you sign up (Jan 29th, Feb 29th, Mar 29th, etc). We offer a 10% discount for multi-class registrations, and our classes are completely free to existing After-School Club members.

Schedule

Class meets every Sunday afternoon, 1:15pm – 2:45pm

Coding Club at Empow Studios is for kids who want to try their hand at creating games, animations, and applications by writing code. Club members will start with fundamental concepts using Scratch, an easy-to-understand, block-based, drag & drop coding language. Once kids are familiar with the basic concepts, we introduce Java, an industry standard language used in many of the applications running on your Android device, and in the 2nd best-selling video game of all time, Minecraft.

Times & Costs:

Classes meet every Sunday, 11:30AM-1:00PM or 1:30PM-3:00PM.

Club membership requires a monthly payment of $95 through a credit card or bank account on file with Empow. Monthly payments are processed on the same calendar day that you sign up (Sept 12th, Oct 12th, Nov 12th, etc). We offer a 10% discount for multi-class registrations, and our classes are completely free to existing After-School Club members.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At Competitive Robotics, students immerse themselves into a training environment to be prepared for the biggest worldwide robotics competitions – FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and World Robot Olympiad (WRO). Whether or not your child is expecting to participate in these competitions, this is a good chance to get their feet wet and see what a competitive season would be like.

Students experiment and create advanced programming in LEGO EV3 Mindstorms, to build and program autonomous robots for competitive robotics contests. Team members master control, loops and switches, and math blocks. Robot designs mature as the class continues, with sensors using gyro, color, ultrasonic & touch sensors effectively to navigate across the game mat. Student also design their own functions using MyBlocks, and develop programming techniques to save time in competitions. Engineering activities include designing active and passive attachments, and obtain knowledge in gears including, gearing up and down, bevel and spur gears, and gear ratios.

The Competitive Robotics session culminates in a Robotics Hackathon during the last class.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

At a Glance: STEM After School Club

Kids will ask, “Why can’t SCHOOL be like this?”

Empow Studios STEM After School Club (ASC) is a unique care and enrichment program that brings together technology, arts, and play. Whether your child is programming their first robot or creating a self-watering garden in Minecraft, we nurture their creative talent, build up their imagination, and spark interests that can open up new possibilities, while accommodating individual differences.

Newton Weekday Tech Clubs

Smart like a class, fun like a club. Enroll anytime, and learn through projects at your own pace.

Choose your Tech Club!

Options include:

• Digital Arts & Design Club: 3D Modeling, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Animation, Architecture, Interior Design, Digital Audio & Music Production.
• Robotics & Gadgets Club: LEGO EV3 Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Circuitry, Arduino.
• Coding & Game Design Club: Scratch, 2D Video Game Design, 3D Video Game Design, Java.