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WE ARE LITTLE SCIENTISTS
A nonprofit organization on a mission to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers
Our mission is to offer high quality STEM classes which are affordable for families from all socio-economic backgrounds. Recent education studies have shown that children from high income families are more likely to succeed in school.
Little Scientists would like to do their part in helping to reverse these trends by offering children from all backgrounds the same opportunities to attend extra-curricular activities, improve their knowledge of science, increase their self-esteem as part of a team and encourage them to follow a career path in STEM-based subject areas.
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WHAT WE DO
ROBOTICS
Our LEGO Robotics courses are designed to build confidence in STEAM learning from pre-schoolers through secondary education. Our hands-on tools make learning playful, engaging and relevant while developing students’ ability for critical thinking, communication and 21st century skills like coding and robotics.
What we offer:
Discovery Clubs - weekly classes for children aged 3 to 12
Weekend Adventures - monthly weekend classes for children aged 3 to 12
Holiday Camps - multi-day themed camps during the school holidays
PROGRAMMING
Coding for children at Little Scientists begins with unplugged activities for pre-schoolers (aged 3 to 4). Children will learn programming concepts through the use of games or activities that can be done offline using tangible objects, such as paper, LEGO and markers. Kindergartners (aged 4-6) will use ScratchJr while elementary schoolers (aged 6 to 12) will use Scratch 3.0. Kids combine coding blocks to make programs. Visual programming teaches the fundamental concepts without typing or syntax. This places the focus on the logic behind the code. Once they’ve learned the basics, kids can transition to more traditional programming languages like Python, JavaScript or C.
SCIENCE CLUBS
Our mission is to nourish a lifelong love of learning through science in all our children; igniting their natural curiosity by providing exciting and engaging STEM experiments, professionally delivered in a structured, safe, supervised, educational and fun environment.
Through our bespoke science-based programs we develop personal confidence and self-esteem. We promote creative thinking, teamwork, imagination and problem-solving abilities. We teach them “how to think…. rather than, what to think.” We think this best prepares them for the unpredictability of future challenges they will inevitably face in our constantly changing world.
WHAT WE OFFER
DISCOVERY CLUBS
Weekly classes
What we offer: Science Clubs (Hogwarts Science Club, CSI Forensic Science Club, Maths Club), LEGO Robotics courses and Programming Language classes
Where:
Schule Dandelion
For whom:
Children aged 3 to 12
WORKSHOPS
Saturday or Sunday Workshops
What we offer:
LEGO Robotics, Programming Language and STEM activities and experiments
Where:
WAC (Uster), Dandelion (Zurich) and Serendipity (Zollikon)
For whom:
Children aged 4 to 12
HOLIDAY CAMPS
During the school holidays.
Monday to Friday
from 09:00 to 17:00
What we offer:
LEGO Robotics courses and Programming Language classes
Where:
WAC (Uster), Schule Dandelion (Zurich), Serendipity (Zollikon)
For whom:
Children aged 4 to 12
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Are you looking for something different to the normal run of the mill birthday party theme?
At our birthday parties, kids discover the fun side of science as they take part in spectacular experiments (including chemical reactions and amazing bubbling potions!) and LEGO Robotics activities
LOCATIONS
SCHULE
DANDELION
Rautistrasse 77
8048 Zürich
WAC
USTER
Winterthurerstrasse 18
8610 Uster
SERENDIPITY MONTESSORI
FiZ
Wetzikon
FamilienNetz
RUTI
Bahnhofstrasse 20
8620 Wetzikon
Dufourstrasse 5
8702 Zollikon.
GZ31
Werkstrasse 31
8630 Rüti
Rita Levi Montalcini
"Above all, dont fear diffcult moments. The best comes from them"
