Summer Camp 2019 – Grades 6 to 8

July/August 2019 - (07/29 to 08/30)


 

July 22nd to July 26th - Minecraft Gaming, Mods and Javascript

Calling all Minecraft Gamers! Don't just play vanilla Minecraft! Create your own Mods and make it your own unique game. Parents, this is a workshop that takes your child's interest in video gaming to creating something using computer programming. https://stemforkids.net/courses/game-making-lab-2-minecraft/
CSTA Computer Science Standards: Computational Thinking Algorithms L1:3-3, L1:3-4, L1:6-2, Problem Solving L1:3-1, L1:6-1, Computing Practice and Programming L1:3-4, L1:6-5, L1:6-6, L2-4, L2-5, Collaboration L1:3-2, L1:6-3.

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00

July 29th to Aug 02nd - Magnetism & Simple Machines

One of the oldest and broad field of engineering, Mechanical deals with design and production of machine and tools. It fueled the industrial revolution and today mechanical engineers are pursuing developments in biomedics, nanotechnology, and mechatronics. In this program, participants will explore simple machines and will make a showcase comprised of simple machines like gears, inclined plane, wheels, pulleys and levers.
NextGen Science Motion & Stability, Forces and Interactions.

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00

Aug 5th to Aug 9th - STEMpreneurs

The great inventions and technologies that shape our worlds today are a result of successful market launches. STEM and innovations need business ethos and acumen to become a desirable product or service. It is never too early to educate young children in the process of designing, launching and running a new business. In this special series of programs, our goal is to inspire the next generation of STEMpreneurs! The total package includes: STEM + Innovation + Entrepreneurship In Build to Market Challenges, participants will work like innovators in designing a robot to solve an engineering or entertainment problem, build its prototype and then, like an entrepreneur, they will explore ways to market their product.
NGSS: Motion and Stability; Common Core ELA - Communication, Collaboration and Presentation of Ideas; Computer Science: Using Technology Resources, Computing Practice.

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00

Aug -12th - Aug-16th - Digital Storytelling

Participants extend their computer programming skills and apply it to create their virtual worlds, scintillating characters, 3D animations and digital storytelling. This program utilizes drag-and-drop programming Alice, developed at the Carnegie Mellon University. Activities include: We R Programming, Unplugged Building a Program, Apple Picking, Algorithmic Think, Fun!-ctional Keychain, Alice in Space and more.
CSTA Computer Science Standards: Computational Thinking Algorithms L1:3-3, L1:3-4, L1:6-2, Problem Solving L:1-3-1, L1:6-1, Computing Practice and Programming L1:3-4, L1:6-5, L1:6-6.

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00

Aug -19th - Aug-23rd - Automatic Dream Car

Participants learn the basics of computer programming and apply it to design robots to complete various challenges. They will design, build and program Lego® robots. Build Car robots that can Autonomous Parking, Line Detection, Acceleration of Gravity, Robot Move and Display Speed, Robot That Manufactures and many more Robots that do cool stuff.
The program is specifically designed to challenge students to use their 4C skills – Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication & Creativity - to plan, design, code, build AND Improve their robots. It bundles designing, building, problem-solving, computer programming, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication into one exciting program
CSTA Computer Science Standards: Computing Practice and Programming L1:3-4, L1:6-5, L1:6-6, Collaboration L1:3-2, L1:6-3

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00

Aug 26th to Aug 30th - Build your own games

We experience computers and its digital creations every day. It is not enough to just know how to use a computer anymore. Creating, developing computational thinking and ability to personalize & customize applications to solve your problems are needed skills too. Participants work with leading edge tools and learn to program and express their creativity as video games. Participants will work collaboratively like video game designers to design, develop and test their own video games

  • Price for full day week: $300.00
  • Price for half day week: $200.00