Orono Community Education

Learn about math using balls, dice, cars, toy animals and more. Explore math concepts through a variety of books, blocks, playdough and other hands-on math materials. Math is a language, and if we don’t use those skills, we lose them. There will even be math snacks. . Minnesota core standards and literacy building are incorporated.

Discover the magical interconnections of our oceans using science, literature and art. Did you know a reef manta ray spans nearly five meters, sperm whales sleep upside down and some shark species have been here longer than trees? Learn more about the liquid that covers 90% of our earth. Explore and learn about the water cycle, journey into the ocean and learn to think like a fish. Dive into the very deepest parts of the ocean to learn about the strange creatures that live there.

Designed by the experts at MIT, this unique system teaches children about simple machines, engineering, programming and so much more. The LEGO® Education WeDo Robotics Builder class allows students to explore different concepts in robotics. Possible models may include scuba driver, clown fish, bathyscope, sea gulls, submarine and more. Students will build LEGO® models featuring working motors, tilt sensors, motion detectors and a LEGO® USB Robotics Hub.