Programs
Combo Fun STEM
Shared Science partners with Long Beach area schools to offer early engineering activities that satisfy curious brains. Are you a teacher or on your school’s admin team, parent foundation, committee, or PTA? CONTACT US NOW to see how Shared Science can bring our exciting curriculum to your students.
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Early Engineering
In after school programs or in school labs, Grades K-5 experience hands-on activities. We build and test LEGO models, focusing on the work accomplished through simple machines. Along the way, we learn about magnetism, torque, pulley systems, leverage, invention, and design engineering.
![Elementary school student practices engineering with LEGOs in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0838-768x1024.jpg)
![Elementary school students practice engineering with LEGOs in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230124_232218750_iOS-768x1024.jpg)
![Elementary school student practices engineering with LEGOs in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LEGO-WeDo1-1024x1022.jpeg)
Beginning Robotics And Coding
In after school programs or in school labs, grades K-5 begin learning about robotics and programming through fun, interactive, drag-and-drop programs. Using Root iRobots and KUBOs, students learn the concepts behind programming a robot. For our young coders, we have developed curriculum using the MIT-created Scratch Creative Computing. As a bonus, it’s browser-based so students can access it at home to continue practicing their new skills.
![Elementary school student learns programming and coding with iPads and WeDo LEGO kits in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0820.jpg)
![Elementary school students learn programming and coding with iPads and Root iRobots in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230419_213832000_iOS-853x1024.jpg)
![Elementary school students learn programming and coding with iPads and Root iRobot in Long Beach](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230223_001534687_iOS-1-768x1024.jpg)
Rad-Robotics
![Elementary Robotics Program Shared Science](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-1-e1684427989149-300x92.png)
We support onsite in-school and afterschool elementary robotics clubs with our Elementary Robotics Program, eRp!
A school site mentor/teacher organizes the club, hosting Shared Science visits 1-2x per month at no cost to the school.
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FIRST LEGO League Explore Team (ages 6-10) season runs Oct-Feb.
Students engage in early engineering, create unique solutions using LEGO bricks, and code for LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 and Spike robots.
![First LEGO League Challenge logo](https://sharedscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fll-challenge-300x166.png)
Robotics team members compete in annual local and regional competitions Nov-Dec.
Members build a competition robot, attend research field trips, and prepare a presentation to address key engineering challenges.