Challenges for Elementary School Students (CHESS)

Future BESTS - July 28-Aug 1

LEGO Robotics (Grades 2-3) - 1 pm-4 pm

Where does energy come from? What do you use every day that needs…

power in order to run? How does energy get to those things? Join a team of junior scientists and engineers to investigate energy resources that you use every day. Using computers, fun teamwork, LEGOs and hands-on creative play, students will plan and build models of simple machines with motorized parts to demonstrate how energy resources are used to provide power to things we use in our daily lives.

Instructors

Jenelle Nisly graduated with a B.F.A. in Classical Ballet from United States International University School of Performing Arts in San Diego, CA. She received her teaching credential from California State University, Long Beach; her Talented and Gifted (TAG) endorsement from the University of Iowa; and her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Olivet University in Bourbonnaise, IL. She is currently pursuing her Ed.D. in Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (ITAG). Prior to becoming a teacher Jenelle was a dance instructor, choreographer, and the publisher of Tajar Tales, a children’s book, audiotape, and puppet set. During her career as a teacher she has taught grades 1-5 in the general education classroom and is presently a TAG Facilitator in the Davenport Community School District where she also coaches FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) robotics teams for competition in the Iowa State Championship.