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Oak Park Education Foundation“Hands-on, Minds-on STEAM education”The Oak Park Education Foundation is a privately funded nonprofit organization that brings artists, architects, scientists, and technology experts into K-8th grade classrooms at every District 97 school. Our professional partners share their passion for learning while delivering more than 4,700 hands-on, minds-on experiences each school year. OPEF also runs BASE Camp, exceptional STEAM-focused summer enrichment delivered in a fun, collaborative environment; BASE Camp helps to fund OPEF's free in-school programming. Please contact Tara Oetting toetting@opef.org for more information.
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World Languages
Intro to ASL with Dr. Domecq
by Oak Park Education Foundation
DescriptionJoin us for an interactive American Sign Language (ASL) class for kids! In this fun environment, children will learn basic ASL vocabulary, expressions, and simple sentences through games, songs, and creative activities. This class promotes social interaction, inclusivity, and respect for deaf culture. Discover the joy of signing and make new friends!
Other
Board Game Explorers
by Oak Park Education Foundation
DescriptionTake your board game-playing know-how to the next level and become an inventor! In this class, you'll start by playing popular and creative games to figure out how they work and what makes them fun -- what logical thinking, math, or memory skills do you use to play them? Use what you’ve learned to think outside the box and brainstorm ideas for your own tabletop games, then create and revise a prototype to test out!
STEM/STEAM
Lego Engineering
by Oak Park Education Foundation
DescriptionUse LEGO mechanisms to take on exciting challenges – building machines that carry the most weight, or vehicles that roll the farthest or the fastest! Working in groups or individually, you’ll build vehicles, mini-robots, catapults, and contraptions of all sorts. Sketch, design, and create small machines, figuring out along the way what works and what doesn’t. Some projects will incorporate instructions to follow while others will be free-form designs, bringing out your inner inventor.
Dance
Breakdancing + Graffiti Art
by Oak Park Education Foundation
DescriptionJoin us Wednesdays for dance techniques and choreography of breakdancing, developing balance, coordination, style and technique. We'll work on foundations of breakdancing which include Top Rock, Footwork, Transitions and Freezes. Breakdancing is an awesome form of self expression, and is a great way for kids to become more physically active, interact with others and creatively express themselves. We'll also incorporate aspects of urban art and graffiti techniques!
STEM/STEAM
Robot Wranglers with Oak Park Education Foundation
by Oak Park Education Foundation
Description Learn to wrangle one of our most compact and versatile robots yet--the Edison! Use drag and drop programming to send your robot on a series of adventures. Improvise your robot design by using gears, wheels, and other LEGO blocks. Learn individually, and then work in teams to complete an ever-increasing set of challenges. Bring your d97 ipad to every session.
Dance
Cheer Club
by Oak Park Education Foundation
DescriptionOur classes will be working on different dance and cheer skills. Sign up for the winter session, but plan to join us for the spring too for 12 full classes of leaps, turns, kicks, cheers and dances! We will have a parent showcase at the end of the session.
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