Hastings Community Education

This course follows the American Academy of Pediatrics – Babysitter Lessons And Safety Training (BLAST). Learn current practices for safety and injury prevention, first aid basics, feeding and caring for infants, how to handle behavior problems, and how to manage their babysitting business. Receive a reference book, game handouts, babysitting bag and first aid kit. Receive Certification from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Bring a snack for morning and afternoon, along with a bag lunch.

Youth Ages 7-10 YearsEmergency OutfittersFirst Aid and Safety Trained Kids is a 6-hour course for 7-10 year olds. Lessons cover basic first aid, water safety, vehicle safety, home emergencies, injury prevention, personal safety and healthy living. This course helps prepare children for staying at home alone. Receive a book, handouts and a home first aid kit as part of this class. Bring a snack for morning, along with a bag lunch. Min. 10/Max. 25

Build it, program it, play with it and learn from it using LEGO® Mindstorms WeDo software and LEGO® bricks! Students will build race cars, a forklift, boat and more, then program them to complete various tasks. Students are challenged to build, test, program and modify multiple projects, then use those projects to investigate basic robotics concepts as well as introductory computer coding. Restrain summer brain drain, sign up today. Visit YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for sample pictures and more information. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site or program.

Calling all aviators! As a Mad Science flight cadet in training, you will explore the history of aviation and discover how aircraft fly. Build your own kite, stunt plane, paper airplanes and model rocket. Ride the air on a Hovercraft. Discover how hot air balloons, blimps and parachutes work. Snack included.

Have you ever wanted to be a chemist, geologist, biologist, illusionist, or paleontologist? These are just some of the Mad Science scientists you will become while learning about bugs, sea life, fossils, minerals, optical illusions, magic and what makes slime slimy and putty sticky. Enjoy hands-on fun and experiments as you explore a different theme each day. Snack included.

Can you outwit the Mad Science Spy? James Bond’s gadgets weren’t all science fiction. Discover the science behind some real spy technology as you listen to distant voices and sounds. Learn about different secret codes, their use in clandestine communications and a little of the history behind them. Experiment passing your messages using a spy technique called a “dead drop”. Snack included.

Build the OWI Robotic Arm Edge to take home. Explore the mechanical and electrical engineering that makes robots possible. Build circuits, experiment with gears and explore sensors that robots use to see and hear to guide their actions. Learn the fundamentals of programming robots with Mad Science’s Sandwich programming.

Inspired by Fortnite! Join us for an exciting week of game coding! Create your own battle royale game for you and your friends to drop in to. Customize the map, set your characters, and create upgrades to scatter across the world by learning coding and game design. Use your skills to achieve a Victory Royale. Please bring a drink and snack daily. Bring a USB drive on the last day to save your games, or they can be emailed to parents.

Learn and use elements of Java coding to create Minecraft mods. Alter the world around you with the real stone, defeat the ender dragon with the power stone, and halve the universe using all six infinity stones. Shape the world to your will and make the universe “perfectly balanced”. Use the Java programming language to create Thanos armor and a working infinity gauntlet. Be comfortable with keyboarding and playing Minecraft! Take home your mods to share on the last day. Bring a USB drive, a snack, and a drink each day.

Youth Entering Gr. 1-5Tech AcademyNew Class! Don’t just play Minecraft! Turn Minecraft from a game into a visual learning tool! Reinforces problem-solving skills and spatial cognition through learning to create in-game dungeons and treasure maps. Emphasis is strongly placed on creativity, explor-ation, and cooperative learning experiences. While immersed in the fun and creative world of Minecraft, students will learn about concepts in programming and game design. Please bring a drink and snack daily.

Youth Entering Gr. 1-5Tech AcademyWork on a stop-motion animated POKEMON movie. Pick your favorite characters to star; the possibilities are endless. Action figures, props, and backdrops will be available for filming. Handle all the technical details including using a digital movie camera, filming scenes, doing stop-motion animation, digital editing, and adding finishing touches, special effects, and transitions. Students’ groups’ final projects will be emailed to parents or placed on your jump drive (you may bring one the last day). Bring a snack and drink.

Let the battles begin! Designed by the experts at M.I.T., LEGO WeDo Robotics’ unique system teaches students about simple machines, engineering, programming, and so much more. In this camp, students may construct a Catapult, Ninja Star, Tank, Battle Axe, Crossbow, and more! Please bring a drink and snack daily.

New class with new builds and challenges! Take your engineering skills to a higher level. Students will be using the EV3 Mindstorm Robotics Systems, and special Lego Technic engineering components to build extreme competitive robots. Work in small teams to control your robots with EV3 programs. Then, modify and build!

Fizzy Bath Bombs! Shimmering Lip Balm! Soaps! Shower dough! Glam Goo! Exfoliating Salt Scrub! And many more fun science experiments. In this camp where science meets glam you and your Besties will have a blast concocting all type of beauty and bath products and more while you learn the science behind them all. Add a pinch of imagination as you create super cool packages and ads to take home your very personal creations. Please bring a peanut-free snack and beverage. Please bring towel and use quick dry clothing. 

Explore the power of Air like never before! Build a super cool hover craft (to take home!), have a blast experimenting with pressurized car launching, learn to harness the power of air in engineering, create pneumatics machines and much more. Please bring a peanut-free snack and beverage.