MONDAY: STEAM Innovation Lab ⚙️

STEAM: Innovation Lab

Grades: K - 5th

Class Time:  3:30pm - 4:30pm

Classes per Semester: 13

Class Description

During Innovation Lab students will have the opportunity to flex their engineering muscles and satisfy their curiosity about science at the same time. From cardboard boxes to Lego’s, origami, and marble runs, kids will take on the challenges of building unique and interesting structures using directions and imagination.  Additionally, they will explore the weird and wacky side of science through interactive experiments that promote learning, question-asking, and problem-solving.

About Rich Calvache

Richard E. Calvache is a Queen’s native. He considers himself a storyteller first and foremost. From his teen years, Richard found his creative side through community and after school programs in musical theater, dance and acting. Richard was the founding member of Urban Youth Theater where he worked as writer, stage manager and director. As famed Toy Soldier Rich, he created a tour template at FAO Schwarz, more than doubling tour revenues in the store. Because of his many years of experience as an actor, dancer, and filmmaker, Richard thrives at leading engaging and innovative educational initiatives.

Recently, Richard created the quirky and iconic science character, “Mr. Rich.”  Using film, theatrics, a little bit of “magic,” and education, Mr. Rich teaches youth science, art, and storytelling in an engaging and interactive way, already garnering a devoted fan base in schools and online. 

Daily Afterschool Schedule