January 4, 2016

WOW! I can't believe we are halfway through school - time flies when you are having fun!

I wanted to let you know that there are some fun things happening in  Atlanta that your child might enjoy. Know that there is a fee for everything listed, just check as I am not sure on all the prices.
*The Greatest Machines and Art Exhibition - it is at Perimeter Pointe (there may be a Groupon for it)
  It is from Florence, Italy.

What it does: makes jaws drop, thanks to the legendary machines of Leonard DaVinci

How many it has: over 60, each one handcrafted using DaVinci’s 500-year-old designs

Some of the coolest gizmos: the “spring-powered car,” a hang-glider, a bicycle, the “air-screw” (a precursor to the helicopter), as well as two very important robots—a life-sized robotic drummer and the inventor’s remarkable robotic lion

What you can touch: numerous interactive machines

Sounds like a lot of fun - the only issue, it end mid January.

For grades 3 -5 the Sunshine STEM Academy Private School offers a Saturday STEM Workshop for students who are in grades 3-6. Workshop will be held on Saturday on January 16 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Students will be able to learn about;

• Building a mini-computer (Raspberry Pi)
• Working with computer peripherals
• Learning block-programming language (SCRATCH) on the mini-computers which they will build.
• Students will take Raspberry Pi computers home at the end of workshop. Students can continue to improve their skills after our workshop.

You may see details about the workshop in this email below .

Please visit http://stemworkshop.sunshinestem.org
They also offer Saturday classes.

As always, thanks so much for all your care and support and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know, (let me know if you attend any of the above and hoe it was...)
Amanda Shams Ed.S