Cypress, TX
STEM, Robotics & Coding Classes

In this exciting class, students will build a variety of military inspired robotic models. Children will learn about sensors, gears, pulleys, and programming as they create robotic catapults, crossbows, tanks, bomber planes and much more!

• Explore robotics and basic computer programming
• Pseudo-coding, sensor input, mechanics
• Practice critical thinking skills through challenges
• Problem solving and inventiveness are encouraged through play

In Snapology's Mega Machines class, your child will create some of their favorite motorized vehicles. Students will learn about gear ratio, sensors, pulleys, cranks, and programming as they build trucks, space rovers, helicopters, and much more. Your child is sure to have fun as they build, learn, and play.

• Learn about pseudo coding, sensor inputs, and robotics
• Learn about mechanics through pulleys, gears, and cranks
• Use engineering skills to solve challenges

Calling all gamers! Have a blast learning how to code while building robotic games to test your code. Students will learn about sequencing commands, value and sensor inputs, and loops. Whether creating a robotic hockey player, pinball machine, or a ring toss, your child is sure to have fun building, learning, and playing.

• Learn fundamental coding skills such as sequencing and using inputs
• Develop abstract thinking skills
• Learn about mechanics through pulleys, gears, and cranks
• Use engineering skills to solve challenges

Calling all gamers! Have a blast creating robotic games each week while learning about robotics. Students will learn about gear ratio, sensors, programming, and pulleys as they create fun to play games. Whether creating pinball machine, duck hunt or a ring toss game, your child is sure to have fun building, learning, and playing.

• Students will learn basic coding skills through pseudo coding
• Students will learn the basics of robotics through design and play
• Students will explore basic engineering concepts
• Students will use engineering and programming skills to develop solutions to challenges
• Students will work and play collaboratively with partners and classmates to create functional robotic games

In Snapology's Real World Robotics class, students interested in technology will create robotic models inspired by real life robotic technologies. Students will learn about gear ratio, sensors, simple machines, and programming as they build alarm devices, earthquake detectors, robotic arms, and much more. Your child will have a blast exploring the world of robotic technologies as they build, learn, and play.

• Investigate topics in robotic technology such as rovers and prosthetic limbs
• Learn about pseudo coding, sensor inputs, and robotics
• Learn about mechanics through pulleys, gears, and cranks
• Use engineering skills to solve challenges

Children will begin to explore the world of robotics as they build moving animals that teach the fundamentals of robotic design. Whether learning about animal habitats, or discovering ways that gears and pulleys create movement while building dancing birds and robotic dogs, your child is sure to have a great time.

• Explore robotics and become introduced to computer programming
• Pseudo-coding, sensor input, mechanics
• Practice critical thinking skills through challenges
• Problem solving and inventiveness are encouraged through play

Children will begin to explore the world of robotics as they build simple models that teach the fundamentals of robotic design. Whether learning about sensors while building drills and magic wands, or discovering ways that gears and pulleys create movement while building helicopters and robotic dogs, your child is sure to have a great time.

• Explore robotics and become introduced to computer programming
• Pseudo-coding, sensor input, mechanics
• Practice critical thinking skills through challenges
• Problem solving and inventiveness are encouraged through play

In Snapology's Creature Creator Robotics class, your animal lover will create their own animal inspired robotic models. Students will learn about gear ratio, sensors, simple machines, and programming as they build insects, dolphins, gorillas, and much more. Your child is sure to have a wild time as they build, learn, and play.

• Investigate topics in zoology including animal structure and habitats
• Learn about pseudo coding, sensor inputs, and robotics
• Learn about mechanics through pulleys, gears, and cranks
• Use engineering skills to solve challenges

Do you enjoy inventing new things? Learn about the process real inventors go through while you help design, build and program robotic models to solve problems using LEGO® bricks and robotics. Are you the next Thomas Edison? Learning is enhanced through use of laptops.

• Explore robotics and basic computer programming
• Pseudo-coding, sensor input, mechanics
• Practice critical thinking skills through challenges
• Problem solving and inventiveness are encouraged through play

Send your little learner to explore all about animals, dinosaurs, shapes, and colors with us! In this program, students will travel back in time to explore an Earth filled with stegosauruses, tyrannosauruses, and raptors. Students will also learn about animal habitats and why an animal’s home is important for survival. Along the way we will reinforce primary and secondary colors, shapes, and how to count the things we are playing with. Through stories, games, and building using LEGO® DUPLO® blocks, your little learner will be busy exploring the history of biomes on Earth while gaining critical social, emotional, and developmental skills without even realizing it!

• Students will practice making observations of physical characteristics
• Students will investigate animal habitats and basic needs
• Students will explore basic concepts of paleontology, biology, and ecology
• Students will be challenged to label various colors and shapes
• Students will practice counting and using numbers from 1-10
• Students will develop basic engineering and motor skills through play and building
• Students will practice following two- & three-step instructions

Transportation is all around! Cars, buses, trains, and airplanes are all important for communities and the world to stay connected. In Snapology’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles program, your little learners will explore the importance of transportation and build models of cars, trains, boats, and more using Kid K'NEX®. Most importantly, they will experience important social interactions while working with a partner and learning with the group. Get ready for your child to come home with a whole new set of transportation facts!

• Students will develop their knowledge of transportation history
• Students will explore the importance of transportation in large cities and communities
• Students will develop basic engineering and motor skills
• Students will learn to follow step-by-step, visual building instructions more carefully and precisely
• Students will practice with comparing physical details by analyzing the features present in their builds

Concept and reasoning development begins very early for children and is a key component for preschool and kindergarten readiness. In Snapology Junior’s Shapes, Colors, Counting program, your little one will begin to identify basic shapes, where those shapes appear in their environment, and recognize colors and numbers in a variety of ways.

• Students will begin to recognize and label various colors, shapes, and numbers
• Students will develop preschool-level math skills
• Students will practice following two- & three-step instructions

The animals living in our backyards or in our towns are very different from the animals in other parts of the world. While some animals have adapted to live in freezing temperatures, others have adapted to live in extremely hot and dry environments. In Snapology’s Animal Explorers class, students will learn where animals live and why an animal’s habitat is important for survival. Through stories, games, and building animals with DUPLO® blocks, your little learner will be busy exploring biomes of the world while gaining critical social and developmental skills without even realizing it!

• Students will learn basic ecology through exploring how an animal's habitat must provide water, food, and shelter in order for the animal to survive
• Students will explore biology by learning about unique animal adaptations that help them survive in different habitats
• Students will practice making observations of physical characteristics
• Students will develop basic engineering and motor skills

Students will travel far back in time and explore the world of the stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus, and raptors. They will identify basic body parts, habitats, and diets of some of their favorite dinosaurs, all while practicing counting and colors, and having fun!

• Students will learn basic paleontology by exploring the diets of dinosaurs, how their diets determined their physical features, and when they lived
• Students will practice making observations of physical characteristics
• Students will learn how an animal's habitat must provide them with food, water, and shelter in order to survive
• Students will develop basic engineering and motor skills

Do you know what mammal is the largest on Earth? Or how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly? In this program, we invite your little zoologist to analyze the differences between vertebrate and invertebrate, construct their way through the butterfly and frog life cycle, build reptiles, and examine the differences and similarities between insects and arachnids using Kid K'NEX® pieces. Your child will too busy exploring the animal world to realize that they are gaining critical social, motor, and developmental skills.

• Explore the animal kingdom and discover differences in animal anatomies and structure
• Insects, arachnids, vertebrates, invertebrates, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish
• Develop higher level biology concepts
• Biodiversity, habitats, ecosystems

Young students build fun and simple models using DUPLO® blocks. By playing with and manipulating the models, they experience pulleys, levers, gears, wheels and axles while exploring energy, buoyancy, and balance. Classes include free-building time to promote creativity.

• Develop basic engineering and mechanical ideas
• Gears, pulleys, momentum, gravity, friction, balance, and energy
• Practice early science skills
• Practice skills such as measurement and experimentation

Come watch your child and be amazed with what they create in this class. Preschoolers and Kindergarteners can participate in various creative play activities designed to promote the creative, social and expressive skills of children. You’ll be amazed at the improvement you’ll see in your child’s fine motor skills after just a few visits to Snapology. Please note if your child is 2 - 3 years of age, they will need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

• Develop basic language and verbal skills
• Practice letter and word creation, learn phonics
• Practice early literary skills
• Identify characters, conflicts, plot
• Elaborate on probable character actions and feelings

Learning was never this much fun when I was a child. Children will learn their colors, shapes, letters and numbers using DUPLO® bricks and other interactive learning toys during this fun program. This program is designed to reinforce the current curriculum being taught to preschoolers. To strengthen their knowledge in a playful manner, children are engaged in both structured and imaginative play during each session. Please note if your child is 2 - 3 years of age, they will need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

• Develop basic language and verbal skills
• Practice letter and word creation, learn phonics
• Practice early math skills
• Counting, reinforce learning about shapes

Snapology creatively uses hands-on activities to help children understand the importance of leadership in their lives. As we discuss leadership, we focus on empowering the students to stand up for what is right. Through fun activities, the children begin understand the impact they can have on their friends and their community and are given real actions they can take to step up (in bully situation and in every day life). Each student is empowered to commit to something they can do differently the next time they have a chance to exhibit leadership qualities. This is a unique program that your students will love.

• Use building materials as a tool to duscuss what leadership is, what it looks like, and ways students can be leaders
• Develop solutions to build more effective leadership skills

Snapology creatively uses hands-on activities and celebrity videos to help children understand the three different perspectives of a bully situation; the bully, the victim and the bystander. As we discuss the perspectives, we focus on empowering the bystander and empathizing with the victim and bully. Through fun activities, the children begin understand bullying at a deeper level and are given real actions they can take to curtail a bullying situation. Each student is empowered to commit to something they can do differently the next time they are involved as a bystander, bully or victim.

• Understand the positive ways to impact a negative situation
• Commit to at least one change they can make the next time they are a bystander when bullying is happening

God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Let Snapology help your child’s journey in faith by using LEGO® bricks to express their faith. Build a shield of faith and learn about God’s creations as we discuss a new Bible verse and complete a different building activity each class. This class is Christian based.

• Explore and analyze Bible verses in depth
• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts

Solomon, Moses, David, Ester, Noah, Paul and Jonah are just a few of the Superheroes we learn about in the Old Testament. Your child will learn about these heroes as we complete different building activities using LEGO® bricks and discuss different Bible verses each class. Experience religion in a fun, unique, expressive way with Snapology!

• Learn about the major stories of the Old Testament
• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts

This program creatively uses LEGO® bricks as the mechanism for children to interact with one another. The program is open to any child needing a boost in social skill development (including typical children and children with special needs). TSS or Aides welcome.

• Work on helping others, displaying caring attiduces, & embracing others' strengths
• Develop listening skills and the ability to trust and respect their peers

Are you ready for an adventure? Send your learner on a trip with Snapology around the world to discover unique aspects of different cultures, including national flags, traditional cuisines, influential artists, and notable historical landmarks! While they explore, they will be challenged to work with a partner to solve different tasks in various “countries” that will put them ahead or behind in the race to the finish line! Not only will your student be learning about world cultures and developing an appreciation for cultural differences, but they will be competing in fun challenges to test their building and problem-solving skills.

• Develop strategies for problem solving
• World studies (geography and social studies)
• Practice critical thinking skills through building challenges

Guided by adult coaches, students work using LEGO® elements and moving parts to build ideas and concepts. Working in teams of 2-6 children, teams work to complete the Building Challenge and ‘show off’ their project on the final day of the program. All the teams are celebrated and leave with an award.

• Explore engineering concepts
• Motors, gears, pulleys, energy, mechanics, sensors, and basic programming
• Engage in research about the yearly challenge topic
• Determine relevant information, organize, and present findings
• Utilize critical thinking skills
• Solve real world challenges using research and creativity

FIRST® Lego® League (FLL) is an international robotics competition program. Children will compete in local competitions, moving on to regional and national competitions depending on success. FLL is designed to get children excited about science and technology, and teach them valuable employment and life skills. Teams build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® Mindstorms EV3 robots to solve a set of missions on an obstacle course.

• Explore engineering concepts
• Motors, gears, pulleys, energy, mechanics, sensors, and basic programming
• Engage in research about the yearly challenge topic
• Determine relevant information, organize, and present findings
• Utilize critical thinking skills
• Solve real world challenges using research and creativity

Does your builder enjoy designing beautiful buildings and cities for their mini-figures? If so, this program is the perfect space for your young architect or city planner to sharpen their design and building skills! In this workshop, students will learn all about the importance of collaboration, careful planning, and skillful execution of their building plans.

• Explore the importance of urban planning
• Exercise strategic thinking and planning skills
• Practice with basic engineering, design, and motor skills
• Practice story and character development
• Develop informal presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details

Once upon a time… your child became the author of their favorite stories! In this program, students will explore the primary elements of storytelling as they design their own unique stories focused on the characters and plot lines of stories they’ve heard before. Maybe they will dazzle us with tales of faraway lands, with amazing adventures of superheroes, or even science experiments gone very, very wrong. The possibilities for creation are endless!

• Learn and practice the fundamentals of storytelling characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution
• Focus on developing literacy skills
• Creative thinking and design encourages independent thinking and problem-solving skills

In Snapology’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles program, children will explore the world of transportation. Students will build models of their favorite forms of transportation as they learn about energy, wheels and axles, air resistance, and more.

• Learn about various power and energy sources utilized in transportation
• Experiment with concepts in physics including magnetic fields, momentum, and friction
• Understand the importance of design in optimizing energy efficiency
• Compare and contrast historical and modern forms of transportation

Inspired by Angry Birds®, come on an epic adventure with Red, Chuck, Stella, Terence and their little Piggie friends in this super-fun program. Build, explore and create your favorite Bird Adventures while you learn about the physics behind the catapults, levers and slingshots used to make these birds fly.

• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts
• Learn about mechanical movement and energy

Come join Snapology for Poke-Heroes. Students will build and explore the world of Pokemon as they create their own gyms, battles, and even their very own generation of Pokemon. Children will also learn about real world science as they learn about the habitats of the Pokemon. Your child will have a blast becoming the best Pokemon trainer ever.

• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts
• Learn about and discuss environmental habitats

Would you like to share a moment of friendship and play using LEGO® bricks?! In this fun-filled Snapology class, students will get to create their own jungle adventure, go to the beach, help with the ranch, and mix up fruits at the juice bar!

• Explore topics in biology including ecosystems and animal science
• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts

Who wouldn’t want to escape and play in the world of magic, fairytales, and royalty? In Snapology’s Castles & Kingdoms program, students will have the opportunity to use LEGO® bricks to design their medieval fantasies while also bringing the real history to life! Yes, your student will do more than just build with LEGO® bricks, they will build their historical understanding of the unique elements that make the medieval time period such a fascinating point in human history.

• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts
• Practice story and character development
• Write and present original stories inspired by topics in the program

Do you want to build a snowman with Elsa and Anna?! Design your own Ice Castle, create your own snowman, like Olaf, and love is an open door is only a snowflake away. Have a blast as you create your own kingdom of Arendelle using LEGO® bricks. For the first time in forever you will be building using LEGO® bricks and Frozen all in one world!

• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts

During this class we will let you play with our secret stash of mini-figures...from movie characters, to sea creatures, to SpongeBob! Join us as we shrink ourselves to mini-figure size and create our own mini-figure worlds. Welcome to mini-figure mania!

• Develop presentations involving relevant facts and descriptive details
• Engage in topic centered group conversation
• Develop appropriate, on task questions, elaborate on stated facts
• Practice story and character development
• Write and present original stories inspired by the mini-figures presented in class

Create an amazing Ninja-inspired movie using LEGO® bricks, stop motion animation, and characters! Your student will work with a partner to create a ninja story, complete with a unique set, characters, and plot line. They will learn how to produce all aspects of their own movie, including dialogue, sound effects, and special effects. At the end of the program, your student will debut their movie and upload it to Snapology's YouTube account to share with your family and friends for years to come! Are you ready, set, action!

• Story and character development
• Students will construct and elaborate on stories and characters, learning how to structure their stories to be clear and cohesive
• Computer and technology skills
• Students will use stop motion animation software, as well as web cameras

Create an amazing Star Wars™-inspired movie using LEGO® bricks, stop motion animation, and Star Wars characters! Your student will work with a partner to create a story in outer space, complete with a unique set, characters, and plot line. They will learn how to produce all aspects of their own movie, including dialogue, sound effects, and special effects. At the end of the program, your student will debut their movie and upload it to Snapology's YouTube account to share with your family and friends for years to come! Are you ready, set, action!

• Story and character development
• Students will construct and elaborate on stories and characters, learning how to structure their stories to be clear and cohesive
• Computer and technology skills
• Students will use stop motion animation software, as well as web cameras

Create an amazing Minecraft® movie with stop motion animation using LEGO® bricks. Children will work in teams to build a Minecraft® world and produce their very own movie complete with dialogue and sound effects. Movies are uploaded to a secure site for family and friends to see how cool they are!

• Story and character development
• Students will construct and elaborate on stories and characters, learning how to structure their stories to be clear and cohesive
• Computer and technology skills
• Students will use stop motion animation software, as well as web cameras

Create amazing movies with stop motion animation using LEGO® bricks. Children will work in teams to produce their very own movie complete with dialogue and sound effects. Movies are uploaded to a secure site for family and friends to see how cool they are!

• Story and character development
• Students will construct and elaborate on stories and characters, learning how to structure their stories to be clear and cohesive
• Computer and technology skills
• Students will use stop motion animation software, as well as web cameras