Where Engineering Meets Imagination®
Challenge Island is an award-winning STEAM enrichment program that brings kids together for hands-on adventures in creativity, problem solving, and teamwork. Each session transports students to a themed “island” where they tackle exciting challenges using science, technology, engineering, art, and math—mixed with plenty of imagination and fun! Working in collaborative teams, kids build, design, experiment, and explore while developing critical thinking, communication, and creativity skills.
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm, Wednesdays
Price: $160 for a full 10-week session (cost is per student and due at the first class)
Session 1: Awesomesauce Island
This session is a collection of some of our “coolest” challenges from across our curriculum on a variety of topics, and includes catapults, building ski slalom games, creating paintings in the style of Dale Chihuly, riding bikes down Mount Haleakala in Hawaii, and more.
Session 2: STEAM Tank Entrepreneurship Island
Students learn about & create different types of businesses (pizza restaurants, candy stores, haunted houses, pet spas, beehives, coffee shops, etc.). This will tie in well if you plan to join us for our annual Kids Business Fair in the spring!
Session 2: Storytopia Island
Students learn about & build engineering challenges related to different children’s book series (Percy Jackson, Dog Man, Harry Potter, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland), and they would make a slime each week that they would be able to talk home with them.
To register for this club, please register in Our School Hangout.
If you’re new to Our School Hangout, just register for an account, and once you’re approved, you’ll have access to enroll.
For existing users, inside of the app or on the website, go to Sign Ups, and you’ll see all Challenge Island sessions available.
If you have any trouble, feel free to contact us, and we can help get you enrolled.