From Mickey Mouse to Bluey, children have long been mesmerized by their favorite cartoons. In this creative class, kids use coding and off-screen animation to bring their own imaginative characters to life! During the design phase, our mini-cartoonists enter the drawing workshop and use their handmade tracing tables to personalize their own characters. Once on paper, each student catapults their creation into a series of scenes and develops an animated story! From 2D hand drawings to stop motion sequencing to digital animations using ScratchJr, Launch’s kids utilize various tools and techniques that have been used over the years to capture the imaginations of viewers around the world!
Additional Topics Include: Character Design, Sequencing, 2-D and 3-D Design, Future of Animation, and Computer ProgrammingLaunch Math +Science presents a dive into the oceans to learn all about Marine Biology! But beware – there is a hidden world lurking beneath the surface! From coral reefs to sharks that “sleep,” our budding sea scientists explore the unique, the strange, and the perplexing features of underwater life. What do jellyfish eat? How do fish breathe? What are the migration patterns for dolphins? Exciting projects ranging from turtle shell backpacks to octopus sock puppets (socktopus!) keep our mini-Marine Biologists creating and learning.
09/12/2025, 09/19/2025, 09/26/2025, 10/03/2025, 10/10/2025, 10/17/2025, 10/24/2025, 10/31/2025, 11/07/2025, 11/14/2025, 11/21/2025, 12/05/2025, 12/12/2025, 12/19/2025, 01/02/2026, 01/09/2026, 01/16/2026, 01/23/2026, 01/30/2026
Participants must be entering grades kindergarten to 2.
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 16
Registration starts on 06/03/2025 and ends on 01/30/2026.
Please contact IF Afterschool if you have any questions.