A great introduction to game logic, layout, design, and play, play, play! Maybe the most fun and innovative camps of the summer. Perennially, our most popular camp over the past 10 years. Direct from the laboratories at MIT, with Scratch students design and compose their own world and gaming environments, and then use Scratch visual coding to create their own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Kids learn about archaeology and the techniques scientists use to excavate long lost cities! They discover ancient civilizations and the tools and artifacts they used in everyday life! They also study bone fragments, pottery shards, amber deposits, and fossils to understand what they can tell us about history! What’s more, each class includes a make and take-home project, like a fossil reproduction, an amber time capsule, and coins from around the world!

Ever dreamed of becoming a secret agent? We'll start with the basics: From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, campers have the opportunity to check out spy tech equipment and take home lots of gadgets like spy glasses! Step into the shoes of a detective as you uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis! Figure out the science of forensics in a hands-on look at crime scenes! Become a super spy and learn clever ways of performing tasks as we take a hands-on investigation of the science that spies use!

If you like Lego, you will LOVE this class! Join other brickheads in building and designing Lego creations that revolve around themes and teach strategy, flexibility, and creative thinking-skills that parents and children never knew plastic pieces could provide. TONS of bricks will be provided, as well as instruction booklets (sometimes) as students build their own fun. Daily books, projects, and building will lead to a remarkable week.

If you like Lego, you will LOVE this class! Join other brickheads in building and designing Lego creations that revolve around themes and teach strategy, flexibility, and creative thinking-skills that parents and children never knew plastic pieces could provide. TONS of bricks will be provided, as well as instruction booklets (sometimes) as students build their own fun. Daily books, projects, and building will lead to a remarkable week.

Become a drone pilot in this awesome program! Learn how to fly a DWI Quad Rotor Drone, design creative courses to race each other through, learn about the many uses of drones, practice working together to accomplish flight-based tasks, and more! This camp is half drone racing and half active, movement-based games.

Become a drone pilot in this awesome program! Learn how to fly a DWI Quad Rotor Drone, design creative courses to race each other through, learn about the many uses of drones, practice working together to accomplish flight-based tasks, and more! This camp is half drone racing and half active, movement-based games.

Become a drone pilot in this awesome program! Learn how to fly a DWI Quad Rotor Drone, design creative courses to race each other through, learn about the many uses of drones, practice working together to accomplish flight-based tasks, and more! This camp is half drone racing and half active, movement-based games.

Unleash your creativity and engineering skills in our exciting LEGO Robotics Summer Camp! Students will dive into the world of robotics as they build and program their own LEGO creations. Through fun, hands-on challenges, participants will learn key STEM concepts, problem-solving techniques, and teamwork n an engaging and supportive environment. Whether you're a budding engineer or a curious beginner, this camp promises a week full of innovation, exploration, and fun! No prior experience required-just bring your imagination!

Ready for take-off? Prepare for an exhilarating journey into the science of aerodynamics and drones with Lift Off! Flightand Aerodynamics delves into the history of flyingmachines, abstract physics concepts, and scientificinquiry,while students design rockets and hot air balloons. The hands-on Drone program engages students in aeronauticaladventures, teaching flight, navigation, and coding with age-appropriate techniques. Through creative challenges,students develop critical thinking as they pilot their drones,igniting a passion for STEM. Most excitingly, they take their Voyage Aeronautics Drone home after the course!

For those entering 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in the fall of 2025. Join us for one of five fun sessions of Advanced LEGOs Engineering Camp! Camp projects will include a street cleaner, disk car, hand-held crane, mechanical hammer, disk speedster, balance, balance with the dial, windmill, sail car, motorized go-cart, motorized rail, motorized walking stick, motorized dog, motorized crane, weighted crane, motorized dragster, mobile crane, tow truck, helicopter, and an airplane. There will also be a take-home project, as well as challenging creative time. New projects will explore renewable energy sources; investigate energy supply, transfer, accumulation, conversion, and consumption; and use measurements and data analysis to describe and explain outcomes through hands-on activities.

The Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Architecture LEGO Camps is excited to announce LEGO Mindstorms EV3 has arrived! Combining the versatility of the LEGO building system with the most advanced technology LEGO has developed, unleash the creative powers of the new LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set to create and command robots that walk, talk, think, and do anything you can imagine. Instructors will assist in the step-by-step 3D building instructions to create TRACK3R, R3PTAR, SPIK3R, EV3RSTORM, and GRIPP3R and bring them to life with an easy, intuitive, and icon-based programming interface. Students will use the remote control and take on challenging ready-made missions or they can download the free app and command their robot using their own smart device. The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robot revolution has begun!

Unlock the power of science and robotics in this hands-on workshop designed for young innovators! Each week, students will dive into a new challenge, from programming robots like Sphero, Ozobots, and Dash & Dot to building and experimenting with LEGO Robotics. They'll explore the wonders of electronics with Makey Makey, creating unique projects that blend coding, creativity, and engineering.

Unlock the power of science and robotics in this hands-on workshop designed for young innovators! Each week, students will dive into a new challenge, from programming robots like Sphero, Ozobots, and Dash & Dot to building and experimenting with LEGO Robotics. They'll explore the wonders of electronics with Makey Makey, creating unique projects that blend coding, creativity, and engineering.

Unlock the power of science and robotics in this hands-on workshop designed for young innovators! Each week, students will dive into a new challenge, from programming robots like Sphero, Ozobots, and Dash & Dot to building and experimenting with LEGO Robotics. They'll explore the wonders of electronics with Makey Makey, creating unique projects that blend coding, creativity, and engineering.