Are you struggling to keep up with your kid's questions about science and engineering?
Do you want science and engineering activities that build on your student's existing interests?
Are you searching for mentors that can help a learner you love explore a budding interest in engineering?
Do you want challenges that encourage your student to go deeper?
You have found the right place.
Welcome to the Curiosity Club, a hub of connection for curious kids interested in exploring science and engineering.
The Curiosity Club is the place for anyone who wants to learn more about engineering. Encourage your kids to ask the big questions that matter while in a supportive online environment. Your kid will be challenged with fun, hands-on, creative engineering design challenges that keep them coming back for more. New design challenges are released every week.
In the Curiosity Club, you will find high quality, unique, and innovative engineering design challenges you could do today with supplies found in your house. All design challenges are led by an experienced engineer with a passion for mentoring the next generation of problem solvers.
All members of the Curiosity Club will have the opportunity to practice being real engineers, scientists, and inventors. Watch the learners you love discover the world of engineering, make friends around the world, and confidently solve problems big and small.
Weekly design challenges include prompts like:
- Invent a better water bottle
- Create your own fidget cube
- Devise efficient ways to tunnel through fruit
- Design scissors that can cut through playdough
![A stack of sample resources you may find in the Curiosity Club [6 covers are overlaid with Airplane Explorations, An experiment log for Will It Float or Will It Sink, Adventures with Physics, "The Flight of the Bumblebee" Design Challenge, Engineering Medieval Europe, and Engineering of Everyday Things: The Clothespin]](http://www.opportunityunlocked.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Sample-Resources.png)
Types of Membership
There are three types of membership, each with unique privileges. These packages are at founding member rates, which won't last long. Start your membership today!
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Family Membership
Best for families with curious kids ages 5 and up who want to get their hands on fun engineering activities
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Invitation to office hours
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 10% off live classes
- Fun for the whole family
Academic Membership
Ideal for families seeking mentors for their budding scientists and engineers ages 7 and up
$39 per month
- Includes everything in the Family Membership, and...
- On-demand access to virtual courses
- Optional grading of 2 projects per week
- 20% off live classes
Educator Membership
For all educators interested in providing students with hands-on, open-ended engineering activities
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Full access to the Engineering Learning Library
- A private Facebook group for educators
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 20% off live classes
How It Works
- Choose your membership level and complete the registration process.
- Receive a new engineering design challenge every Monday that is sure to get everyone thinking.
- Participate in the online Curiosity Club community to get help, share your designs with others, go deeper into the science behind the design project, and more!
Office hours are live video calls with me! I am more than happy to jump into a Zoom videoconferencing room and help learners all over the globe. As founding members, you get to help me craft an office hour schedule that meets the need of our global community.
Great question!
Every challenge is designed to work with items you already have in the house or can find easily at a grocery store, general merchandise store like Wal-Mart or Target, or a hardware store.
I recommend stocking a home makerspace with the following supplies:
- Recyclables such as cardboard and plastic
- Rigid materials like craft sticks, straws, wood dowels, paint stirrers, balsa wood, and stiff foam
- Flexible materials like foil, paper, pipe cleaners, wire, rubber bands, and flexible foam
- Adhesives like hot glue, duct tape, and masking tape
- Tools such as high quality fabric scissors, wood cutters, hot glue guns, and screwdrivers (and yes, screwdrivers are amazing when you're constructing things out of cardboard)
- Other craft supplies that your kids use often
I also frequently encourage students to generate supply lists comprised of edible materials. Experience has shown me that kids have an easier time thinking about material properties if they are working with objects like licorice and raw spaghetti.
If you're having trouble finding good supplies for a particular challenge, just ask me on the online community.
This can vary a lot. When students engage every aspect of the engineering design process, most challenges run between 1 and 4 hours. I deliberately encourage students to try different ideas, and some students develop a long-term interest in projects. Weekly design challenges don't expire, and I'm more than happy to continue supporting your student. I think of challenges as an invitation to explore. It's great to see when students immerse themselves in the process.
I do my best to provide enough scaffolding so every learner can find their footing. I am constantly interacting with members of the Curiosity Club community. Just post in the community or send me an email, and I'm more than happy to help.
Every challenge comes with an interactive notebook to help guide students through the engineering design process. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to explore engineering, and I'd love to help your family get the most out of your experience.
I'm of the opinion that all kids start out as scientists and engineers. Grabbing a family membership now is a great investment in your kids' curiosity.
Encourage active, engaged exploration
Kids need opportunities to ask big questions and explore their own interests. They want hands-on, open-ended challenges that allow them to use their imagination and see the results of their creativity.
The Curiosity Club incorporates original hands-on engineering design activities that delight learners and keep them thinking. Every challenge comes from the real world and uses supplies that you already have around the house. As kids complete the weekly challenge, they develop a strong sense of pride in their problem-solving skills and abilities to create awesome things.
Practice being a real engineer, scientist, and inventor
Kids want access to the real deal when they explore engineering. They want to know what it's really like to be an engineer, scientist, and inventor. They are actively making decisions about their future and crave authentic experiences.
The Curiosity Club supports learners in discovering how to use engineering design processes and scientific inquiry. We journey through the process together through its ups and down. The Curiosity Club honors how kids learn and provides lots of space for them to celebrate their achievements in a global community.
Access high-quality mentoring from a passionate educator
We learn best when we gather together. With so much out there that promises to help kids explore engineering, it can be difficult to find quality experiences. Kits can only take you so far.
The Curiosity Club goes beyond kits by providing facilitated learning experiences. Questions are always welcome, and, in an online community, the lights are always on. When learners ask questions, they will receive answers tailored to their specific needs. Design challenges are crafted from a place of consistent interaction making the Curiosity Club the premier place to encounter engineering.
Become a Founding Member Today
Submitting payment means that you agree to the terms of service.
Family Membership
Perfect for families with kids ages 5 and up who want to enrich their kids' education with engineering fun
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Invitation to office hours
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 10% off live classes
- Fun for the whole family
Academic Membership
The best option for homeschoolers, gifted learners, and kids ages 7 and up who are always asking "Why?"
$39 per month
- Includes everything in the Family Membership, and...
- On-demand access to virtual courses
- Optional grading of 2 projects per week
- 20% off live classes
Educator Membership
For teachers looking for real support in helping students explore engineering
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Full access to the Engineering Learning Library
- A private Facebook group for educators
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 20% off live classes
Parents Praise for Opportunity Unlocked
My kid said he felt like MacGyver. So if your kid likes to feel like MacGyver, put them in this class or one of this teacher's other engineering classes. -Tiffany
My 13 year old daughter really enjoys Lindsey's classes. Lindsey bends over backward to take care of students and make sure they are getting what they need. We will definitely be looking for Lindsey's classes in the future! -Johanna
My daughter loved rigging things up with stuff we had around the house and I loved watching her imagination ignite and creativity spark with ideas, then when she brought them to life and the pride she exhibited was so wonderful to watch. -Mandy
Lindsey always strives to offer a class that is good cost-value, educational, and useful. My 15 yr. old son enjoyed the concepts covered and the hands-on approach. -Jean
Why Engineering?
- Develop creative problem solving skills
- Encourage positive, healthy risk taking
- Foster curiosity about how the world works
- Discover how you and your children already use engineering
- Learn and create together
- Have a ton of fun
About Lindsey
Lindsey Nelson, the founder and lead facilitator of the Curiosity Club, is an experienced engineering educator living in Washington, DC. Lindsey loves dreaming up big questions, inventing great hands-on projects, identifying ways science and engineering intersect with our everyday lives, being perpetually curious. Lindsey is constantly on the look out for awesome engineering projects that reinvent the box.
Lindsey graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering from Boston University before starting to teach high school physics. Over the past 15 years, Lindsey has worked with students in classrooms, summer camps, museums, and backyards in addition to teaching online. Over the years, Lindsey has helped dozens of kids transform their questions into competitive science projects presented at state, national, and international competitions.
To learn more about Lindsey, click on Lindsey's picture.
What are you waiting for? Join the Curiosity Club today!
Submitting payment means that you agree to the terms of service.
Family Membership
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Invitation to office hours
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 10% off live classes
- Fun for the whole family
Academic Membership
$39 per month
- Includes everything in the Family Membership, and...
- On-demand access to virtual courses
- Optional grading of 2 projects per week
- 20% off live classes
Educator Membership
$29 per month
- Weekly engineering design challenges
- Full access to the Engineering Learning Library
- A private Facebook group for educators
- Special pricing on members-only live classes
- 20% off live classes
If you have questions, please send me an email at support at opportunityunlocked dot com.
