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- Music Class #1 - Rhythm
Gangplank HQ
Sunday, September 12 at 1:30pm
Holly Lynn Schineller Below is an event at the AZ Science Center....I thought it might relate to the FLL theme this year.
Holly Lynn Schineller Sept. 8: Biotech Talk*: Neural Implants and Us Join this informal adult discussion from 5:30-6:30 p.m. to explore current topics in biotechnology and medicine.
GangplankJr We like to tinker. Kids do too. Allow your kid to take something apart and Frankenstein it back together. If you are a kid we encourage you take things apart to learn how they work!
http://www.ted.com/ Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a rolle...
GangplankJr Let your kids be dangerous. Send them to Gangplank Jr to experience life.
www.ted.com Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. From TED University 2007. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to...
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Gangplank Junior's First LEGO League robotics team is training to get ready for the FLL event in the Fall. Class will be lead by Mike Benner, Roy van de Water and Jacob Rosenthal.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. And we have the map and starter pieces!
Official team is ages 9 to 14, but if you have a child 6 - 8 we are o...ffering something non-official for them. If you know someone that might want to be a mentor please let them know as well.
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 1:30pm
Gangplank HQ, Chandler, AZ
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Kids love to bang on things, so why not take that basic action and turn it into a fun and educational activity?
In the first of the Music Class series, Gangplank Jr will show kids how to make a drum, explain each part and teach the basic premise of rhythm. The class will end with a jam session in which the kids will get... to practice creating rhythm together.
What you will need:
- 1 plastic 20 gallon trash bin (can get these at Home Depot...they look like half-height big trash bins)
- 1 roll of clear packing tape
Music Classes will be scheduled monthly. Check back for updates.
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 1:30pm
Gangplank HQ, Chandler, AZ
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We will be experimenting with the programming language Scratch.
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Must be able to read.
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 10:30am
Gangplank HQ, Chandler, AZ
GangplankJr Castles & Catapults event on Sunday, August 15th!
Location:Gangplank HQ
Time:1:30PM Sunday, August 15th
GangplankJr A series of music workshops is planned for the fall. Our first one will be Sunday, September 12th at 1:30pm. Details are hush hush, but look forward to a 'banging' good time.
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Our junior book club. This month's book is 'Absolutely Normal Chaos; by Sharon Creech. Book is recommended for ages 9-12.
Narrator Mary Lou, 13, the second of the five Finney children, is quite put out when she has to play maid for her uncommunicative cousin Carl Ray, 17, who comes to stay while he looks for a job. He g...ets one, to Mary Lou's surprise, at the hardware store owned by their new neighbor Mr. Furtz, who shortly afterward dies of a heart attack. Not only does Carl Ray remain in his new job, but an anonymous benefactor leaves him money-just like in Great Expectations, as Mary Lou points out. There the resemblance to Dickens ends: the astute reader will early on figure out the mystery behind Carl Ray's inheritance. Mary Lou is also slow to pick up clues about why her cute classmate Alex is always hanging around. Despite the occasionally creaky plot, Mary Lou's bouncy entries are still a lot of fun. Readers will enjoy her wry commentary on The Odyssey (on the school reading list), and girls especially will identify with Mary Lou's disgust at the giddy behavior of boy-crazy best friend Beth Ann and her own giggly rhapsodies on her first romance ("I am sooooo happeeeeee I can hardly stand it!").
Book club to be led by Brittany Neighbors
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 1:30pm
Gangplank HQ, Chandler, AZ
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Gangplank Junior's First LEGO League robotics team is training to get ready for the FLL event in the Fall. Class will be lead by Mike Benner, Roy van de Water and Jacob Rosenthal.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.
Official team is ages 9 to 14, but if you have a child 6 - 8 we are offering something non-official for them.... If you know someone that might want to be a mentor please let them know as well.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 1:30pm
Gangplank HQ, Chandler, AZ
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