Anoka-Hennepin Community Education

2024-2025 Andover Youth Wrestling - Pre School Tough Tumblers Connor Schlotfeldt and the Andover Huskies Youth Wrestling Association is offering a Pre-School age Tough Tumblers class that is open to all kids that are potty-trained through Kindergarten. Classes will be held in the Andover High School wrestling room, providing a fun and safe environment to develop gross motor skills and body control. Kids will learn how to forward/backward roll, how to move like animals, (duck walk, bear crawl, crab walk, seal slide), how to climb rope, and some basic non-contact movements that are used in wrestling as well as other sports. Class dates: Two 6 week sessions that will meet on Wednesdays First session: November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, & 18, 2024 - not meeting on November 27 Second Session: January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 2024 Where: Andover High School Wrestling Room Times: 6:00 to 6:45 pm Pricing - $55 for each session.

Learn the Sport of BMX Bike Racing at the Rum River BMX facility Ages 3 to Adults are welcome Register and come to Rum River BMX facility for classes on the October 7 and November 4, 2024 Learn the sport of BMX bike racing. Discover BMX fundamentals including what BMX racing is, racing bike types, BMX terminology, course set-up & safety and hands-on riding instruction from some of the top BMX riders in the United States. Please wear long pants, a long sleeve shirt and tennis shoes. Bikes and helmets are required, so bring whatever you have. There are a limited number of loaner bikes and helmets available at the track on a first come, first serve basis. A signed waiver is required for each participant, which is available upon check-in at the track. Parents are encouraged to stay and watch their child during class. Registration starts at 5:30PM, Class Starts at 6:00 pm Class held at the Rum River BMX Facility - 101 Isanti Parkway NW - Isanti, MN 55040 BMX Pedal Bike Racing This session will cover BMX fundamentals including “What is BMX racing?,” racing bike types, BMX terminology, course set up and BMX safety. Also, the most important lesson, how to RIDE LIKE THE WIND! Students will receive hands on riding instructions and will practice their new skills on the BMX track. It is designed for new riders (novice) who are interested in the sport. If you can pedal your bike with out training wheels, you can take part in this class. No special bikes required, if it has wheels, a few adjustments and we will make it work for this class (your bike will need to have the reflectors, kickstand, chain guard, and pegs removed). If you do not have a bike, we have some available at the track for use on a first come first serve basis. A full-face helmet is recommended, as helmets are required. You must wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and close toed shoes sturdy shoes.

"Science is Fun, and Science is for Everyone." Learn about exciting ideas and developments presented by professors and prominent experts. Since 1992, Young Scientist Roundtable has brought over 250 scientists to thousands of Minnesota students on topics from the hydrogen atom to human joint replacement to food coloring. This program is free, and is open to students, parents and community members. Registration is required. Willie Hendrickson CEO AVEKA Group All aspects of our society are affected by climate change, scarce resources, pandemics, and the need for new solutions to these challenges. While some of the answers to these and other issues will come from new ways of thinking and acting interpersonally, many of the answers will be found in new scientific discoveries and applications. The basis for many of the answers to these questions will be in new materials and new forms of old materials. Today we will focus on the building blocks of solids and the interesting ways that they can be manipulated. I will be talking about dust and why it is not a nuisance, but the very answer to many of our current needs. Solids (dust) processing and handling is a common theme in food processing, drug delivery systems, novel battery construction, plastics and polymers, imaging systems and, perhaps, every aspect of our daily life that involves contact with the world around us. The formation of solid products from toys to cars to the foods we eat and the movies we watch are accomplished with the use of small particles (dust) in almost every case. We will start out this talk with definitions of solids and solids handling providing examples and answers to everyday materials and products. We will be talking about solids or particles in sandcastles, cookie dough, cans of mixed nuts, shoe polish, Kindle e-Books, the production of iron metal from iron oxide, batteries for electric storage and COVID 19 vaccinations. With each example the materials (particles/dust) will be described and some of the solids handling science will be discussed. In each case the audience will be asked to help explain the observations with scientific explanations. By the end of the presentation the audience will see that particles, dust, is not a nuisance and can be a critical part of our everyday life with the opportunity to help solve many of today’s challenges. Willie Hendrickson is the founder and CEO of the AVEKA Group. AVEKA was founded in 1994 as a spin off from 3M with 3 people and one site. Currently, the AVEKA Group comprises 5 manufacturing sites and 200 people for industrial, chemical, food and pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and process development of particulate materials. Prior to starting AVEKA, Willie worked at 3M as the Technical Manager for Particle Processing in 3M’s Corporate Research Facility. Willie received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in organometallic synthesis. He is currently the President of the International Fine Particle Research Institute and has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota’s Department of Food Science and the Department of Chemical Engineering. He has authored or coauthored over 20 technical papers or book chapters and is the current holder of over 50 issued or applied for US patents.

Elementary age students who have already participated in an AKA Archery or National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) will learn advanced and further distance shooting techniques, while having fun with various archery games in the sport that dates back hundreds of years. Presented by AKASPORT.

This is an opportunity for beginners to try wrestling and for returning wrestlers to get ready for the upcoming season. Each wrestler must be brought by an adult and sign-in prior to participation. Wrestlers may attend one or both nights.

Dungeons & Dragons Club is a table-top role-playing game that leads players on a fantastical adventure. You will work with others as a team to fight monsters, find treasure, complete quests, and help the helpless along the way. You will create your own characters, build worlds using your imagination, and through your choices and actions, determine where the story goes. All experience levels are welcome from seasoned veterans to first-time players. Presented by Badwolf Adventure Studios.