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Intro to Video Game Design with Nintendo CharactersSTEMCreate YOUR OWN VIDEO GAME! Love video games? Students as young as five years old can create their own platform video games in this cool class! Choose your storyline with popular Nintendo characters as your stars. Add challenges and difficulty levels, then share your game by email or post it on the web to challenge family and friends. Now 5-8-year-olds can practice math, logic, and programming and put their video game talents to work! Bring a USB drive on the last day.Summer 2022 Youth
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Jr Engineering: Theme ParkSTEMHave a blast using LEGO® Technics Engineering Kits to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a team-based environment. Students working in pairs will be exploring engineering principles such as gears, wheels, levers, and pulleys during each session. Then we will build working theme park rides and machines that reinforce concepts learned. After each building project, students will customize, share, compete in challenges, and enjoy experimenting with their creations. Possible models include Catapult Games, Crazy Floors, Merry-Go-Rounds, Go-Karts, Moving Clowns, Popcorn Carts, and more.Summer 2022 Youth
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Junior Artistic EngineersSTEMThe two different worlds of art and engineering meet in this class where students learn how art and engineering can work together. Just like Leonardo da Vinci, students become both artist and engineer as they create different projects everyday like a kaleidoscope, pendulum painting, 3D geometric figures, slime art and more!Summer 2022 Youth
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Junior Beauty & Brains Doll CampSTEMBring your favorite doll with you to camp and let’s have some STEM fun! This camp gives girls a chance to share their love for their dolls and build friendships, memories and teamwork. Young girls are introduced to different engineering projects like rockets, catapults, lip gloss, a miniature doll house and more! You can be a girl and love science, because the future is female!Summer 2022 Youth
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Junior Inventors WorkshopSTEMWe have opened up the workshop for a week of fun, creativity, and of course --engineering! Students will invent new machines and explore creative design solutions using the Engineering Design Process. Discover how a wind-up toy works, build your own animation machine and design your own drawing robot in Jr Inventor’s Workshop.Summer 2022 Youth
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Travis Wise (flickr) (CC BY 2.0)Junior Ocean EngineersSTEMWho lives in a pineapple under the sea? Let's go visit our friends in the bottom of the ocean and learn about marine life. Explore saltwater density, learn about beach erosion, make sand slime, save the coral reef and more! Join us for a week of fun and adventure where everyone goes home an ocean lover!Summer 2022 Youth
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Master Bricklayers: Structural & Architechtural DesignSTEMWe are passionate about inspiring an interest in engineering! This hands-on experience is a perfect introduction to science concepts like structural engineering, architectural design, physics, external forces, and more! Students will move through advanced building exercises to learn the complexities of designing structures and investigate the impact of external forces. Students will follow step-by-step builds in this camp and then test their new skills with open-ended building challenges and design projects. Students will be working in pairs.Summer 2022 Youth
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Master Minecraft ModderSTEMIt’s adventure time in Minecraft and time to learn to Mod Minecraft! Using Minecraft EDU, in this camp you’ll learn the ins and outs of creating a custom adventure map, programming teleporters and using WordEdit to instantly create massive structures. You’ll also explore awesome mods such as industrial craft and Parzi’s SW Mod to create automated factories, working vehicles and a jet pack! Learn to use custom tools to create your own unique skins. An immersive camp for both beginner and advanced Minecraft fans.Summer 2022 Youth
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Minecraft Escape RoomSTEMDig deep and get exploring in puzzle-filled maps in this Minecraft camp! Using Minecraft EDU, you’ll learn how to use redstone mechanisms and programmed commands in order to create the perfect Minecraft Escape Map. You’ll design fun puzzles, engineering traps to trick your friends, and even -make hidden rooms to hide your treasure! By the end of this class, you will be able to show off your new adventure mapping, redstone, and command skills to your friends. No advanced Minecraft knowledge required.Summer 2022 Youth
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Minecraft Game Designer: DungeonsSTEMDon't just play Minecraft! Turn Minecraft from a game into a visual learning tool! This class will reinforce problem-solving skills and spatial cognition through learning to create in-game dungeons and treasure maps. This class has a strong emphasis on creativity, exploration, and cooperative learning experiences. While immersed in Minecraft’s fun and creative world, students will learn about programming and game design concepts. We will be using the PC/Java Edition of Minecraft. Bring a USB drive on the last day.Summer 2022 Youth
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Multiplayer Minecraft: Mini-Game BuilderSTEMBecome the architect of mini-game battle arenas! Build your own spleef arena, capture the flag base, king of the hill stadium, or one of many more mini-games, then challenge your friends! Battle it out against friends and compete to win challenges! Create tons of mini-games with all of your friends! Students will get a copy of the world map to take home and expand on. We will be using the PC/Java Edition of Minecraft. Bring a USB drive to save your games on the last day.Summer 2022 Youth
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Multiplayer Minecraft: World BuilderSTEMUnleash your creativity as you work collaboratively! Create a world with others in four unique, themed quadrants. Build different biomes, or base a section on your favorite movie or video game! Meld your quadrants together with bridges, and separate them with moats of water, lava, or even the void! Students will get a copy of the world map to take home and expand on. We will be using the PC/Java Edition of Minecraft. Bring a USB drive to save your game on the last day.Summer 2022 Youth
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WaitlistRoblox Game DevelopmentSTEMIn this advanced Roblox Game Design Camp, students will learn how to create and develop multiplayer games using the Roblox Studios Software. Kids will use an asset library to create a Capture the Flag game. By the end of this class, students will have a game ready to share with friends, and the skills and knowledge required to continue their exploration of game development at home.Summer 2022 Youth
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Robotic Builders: Gamer-BotsSTEMLet the Games begin! Designed by the experts at M.I.T., LEGO WeDo Robotics’ unique system teaches students about simple machines, engineering, programming, and so much more. Students will be taught foundational building and introduced to programming concepts about the Sensors, Motors, and Special Technics components. Working in small teams, students will build and program smart robots based on popular games: Angry Birds, Chutes and Ladder, Hockey, Just Dance, Pinball, Duck Hunt, and more! Students will be working in pairs.Summer 2022 Youth
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Robotic Builders: Marine ExplorersSTEMDesigned by the experts at MIT, this unique system teaches children about simple machines, engineering, programming, and so much more. The LEGO® Education WeDo Robotics Builder class allows students to explore different concepts in robotics. Possible models may include Scuba Driver, Clown Fish, Bathyscope, Sea Gulls, Submarine, and more. Your students will build LEGO® models featuring working motors, tilt sensors, motion detectors, and a LEGO® USB Robotics Hub. Students will be working in pairs.Summer 2022 Youth
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STEAM Maker Space Camp for GirlsSTEMExplore different STEAM technologies in our new, unique girls-only camp. With topics ranging from circuits and engineering to coding and art, girls will become part of the maker movement. Our dynamic curriculum and hands-on projects will empower and inspire girls to express their own creativity. Possible projects include LED paper circuit cards, robotic creatures, digital animations, and mechanical creations. Bring a USB drive to save your animations and coding on the last day.Summer 2022 Youth
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Science Rules!STEMJoin us for some really cool and exciting science experiments! Throughout the week, your student will participate in different science activities and experiments. Come channel your inner scientist!Summer 2022 Youth
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Star Wars Robotic BuildersSTEMDesigned by the experts at MIT, this unique system teaches students about simple machines, engineering, programming, and so much more. Working in pairs, students will create Star Wars and space-inspired robots. This course builds knowledge of simple machines, engineering, programming, and teamwork in an environment full of galactic fun! Models include AT-ST Biped, Spinning Tie Fighter, Cannons, and other out-of-this-world models. Students will be working in pairs.Summer 2022 Youth
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Survivor IslandSTEMStudents will find themselves stranded on an abandoned island filled with perilous obstacles – dark caves, wild animals, cold temperatures, little food, and separation from the comforts of home. They will work collaboratively with their tribe members to compete against other tribes in specific engineering-related projects aimed at trying to survive the harsh island conditions and escape to their freedom. The tribe with the most points at the end of the week will claim the honor of being the winners of Survivor Island!Summer 2022 Youth
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Survivor: Zombie ApocalypseSTEMHave you ever wondered what you would do to save yourself from the zombie apocalypse? Students will find themselves the lone survivors of a zombie apocalypse and learn that the undead are coming to find them. The challenge is to stay alive until scientists find a cure. Be careful! One bite and you will become one of them. They will work in teams and use the Engineering Design Process to create projects to help them make the best choices for their own and their classmates’ survival.Summer 2022 Youth
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Talon Robotics STEM CampSTEMStudents will be involved with fun STEM activities that will help them learn the basic of various STEM topics. Some topics will include structures, aerodynamics, circuits. Exploring these topics will help students find the interests in STEM fields.Summer 2022 Youth
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Trapped: Engineers Escape RoomSTEMEscape this room! Problem-solving, creative plots, strategic thinking, and teamwork under pressure makes escape rooms exciting and memorable. Each day starts with campers needing to escape by solving problems and puzzles. Campers will learn about different types of puzzles as they build their very own escape room. In an exciting conclusion to the week, campers will design their very own escape room challenge using a combination of puzzles.Summer 2022 Youth
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X-Treme Build & Race! RC Cars Using LEGOSTEMIf building with LEGO is your thing (perhaps you are a master LEGO builder?!), this will be an unforgettable camp for you as you take your building skills to next level! 1. On your marks: Thinker and design the fastest RC car. 2.Set: Build a remote control car using LEGO®. 3.GO! Race your car against friends! Besides building amazing RC cars this camp includes other super fun activities! (No LEGO® is taken home).Summer 2022 Youth
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Benedikt Lang (flickr) (CC BY 2.0)Zoom, Zoom, VroomSTEMWe will visit many forms of transportation and their uses. On land: vehicles, buses and trains! In the water: boats, ships and submarines! In the air: planes, hot air balloons, blimps and shuttles! The use of math, science, and the creative arts will be used to bring this theme to life and make for a fun and educational experience.Summer 2022 Youth