Minds in Motion

Minds in Motion groups at each site choose a series of workshop topics for each school year, such as:

Science and Coding

• Learning to Code Robots
• Pinball Electronics, Mechanics, Physics, Probability, and Chaos/Randomness
• Ecology:  Wild Wetlands (including field trips to study habitats and do wetland restoration)
• Evolution
• Zoology:  Animal Communication
• Physics and Lab Experiments

Social Studies

• Developing a Social Justice Identity and Activism Plan
• Media and Advertising Theory and Analysis
• Feminism and Women’s Rights
• Individual Rights and Constitutional Law
• Racism:  Japanese Internment Camps
• Humanism and Free Thinking

Language and Writing

• Literary Circles:  Short Stories
• Debate and Persuasion
• Newspaper Journalism
• Creative Writing:  Castle Panic – a Time Travel Story in European Medieval Times

Math and Business

• Investing and Stock Portfolio Simulation
• Personal Financial Planning
• Don’t Get Conned:  Counterintuitive Probabilities and Creative Problem Solving
• Geometry and Spatial Visualization
• Kids Business Plan
• Logic Puzzles and Games

Art and Music

• Drums:  Math of Interlocking Rhythms, Cultural History and Ethnomusicology (includes kids learning rhythms, each with their own conga drum)
• Art History