Technology

Sign up for the classes of your choice:

  1. Future Architects
  2. Future Engineers
  3. 5,4,3,2,1...Blast OFF!
  4. Music Composition
  5. Electricity, Electronics & Solar Energy
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Future Architects
Buildings and Homes

Why does each house look different? Why are some buildings short and flat and others tall and thin? How does a roof stay up, anyway? Explore the world of architecture. Visit historical sites for a first hand look at classic building designs. Create a 3-dimensional model using your plans and build the home of your future. Grade 4-6


Future Engineers
Computer Aided Drafting

Would you like to learn how professional engineers electronicaally design things that work? Be a part of the junior engineering team, using the lastest in Computer Aided Drafting software, to design your very own widget. Sketch your ideas, and then draw them using your computer. Study two and three dimensional mechanical designs. Learn how to critique and display your drawings. Grade 7-10


5,4,3,2,1...Blast Off!
All About Rockets

Learn what makes rockets fly by safely building your very own model rocket and then launch it 500 ft. into space. Learn about the history of rockets by visiting the NASA web site. How will wind and velocity impact your rocket? Test the laws of physics and learn how rockets are stabilized and balanced. Take your completed rocket home with you and recreate your KOC experience with your family and friends. Grade 7-10


Music Composition
On the Multimedia Computer

Join us as we explore the exciting world of electrinic music composition through a hands-on introduction to the Multimedia Computer as a composition tool. This course is designed for those students who already have a basic knowledge of music including reading and writing. Utilizing specific excercises, students will study and compose music in a number of styles(classical, jazz, and popular). Learn about composition and style, harmony, counter-point, and rhythm. Discover the power of MIDI recording, notationo, WAVE and MIDI files. Basic computer keyboard skills would also be helpful. Each student needs to provide one walkman headset. Grade 7-10


Electricity, Electronics & Solar Energy
Learn About Modern Electronics
Turn-on and tune-in to the world of electricity. Discover how electricity makes things work. Do you want to know how elecrtic engines operate? Are you interested in discovering how your stereo pumps out music? Using NVCTC's modern laboratories, receive a safe hands-on experience in electricity, electronics and solar energy by building an electronic printed circuit board, learn the proper way to solder and use meters. Plug in and make the connection! Grade 7-10


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