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The following highlights the variety of building courses available for children primarily in the 5-9 age group. Feel free to contact us if you wish more information about finding the best camp for your child
Fun, creative projects using either LEGO®, K'NEX®, or Snap-Circuits® pieces. Students build from instructions, then test and customize their creations. Students engage in activities with their projects, such as races, maneuvering, stress testing, and just fun, imaginative play alone or with classmates. All classes help develop fine motor skills, creative problem-solving, and an understanding of how things work mechanically. |  |
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Half-day class.
This camp teaches LEGO building techniques and how
to design structures and vehicles. Lots of fun LEGO elements to use, including
those which create light and motion.
Teachers will discuss specific tasks each day, such
as creating buildings, making animals for a zoo, designing city vehicles, making
park rides, etc. Teachers give students building tips and design ideas for
these projects, but students use their creativity to make their own designs.
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Half-day class.
This camp teaches how to build cool structures using K'NEX parts and motors.
Students learn to build sturdy projects with moving parts and motors, such as
race cars and walking animals! Like many of our other classes, students first
work from instructions to build a design, and, then, customize the project with
their own creativity. Each day, students create one project, with an option to
also create a second object which is related to the first. For example, on one
day, students will build a car, and have the option to create a bridge that the car will travel over.
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Half-day class.
This camp teaches LEGO building techniques and how
to design vehicles and structures for living on distant planets using LEGO® elements! Lots of fun LEGO elements to use, including
those which create light and motion.
Teachers will discuss specific tasks each day, such
as creating structures that would be on a populated planet, build a giant rocketship, space vehicles, power station, extraterrestial homes, and more. Teachers give students building tips and design ideas for
these projects, but students use their creativity to make their own designs.
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Half-day class.
For students who wish to work with LEGO®s beyond the traditional motor and brick elements. Students design interesting vehicles and machines, attach a LEGO® microcomputer and then control them with a remote. It's a fun way to learn about transmitters, receivers, sensors, and microcomputers while using LEGOs.
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All-day class for those who wish to make LEGO® projects that move with a motor, gears, and a battery pack. Lots of racing, spinning parts, and fast motion! In the afternoon, students explore robotics as they build projects using the LEGO Mindstorms NXT microcomputer and sensors. There is no programming by students
- the robots use pre-created programs to perform actions and respond to the environment.
Students have their own kit to work on alone throughout most of the day, but do team up with a partner with each building a key part of the robot and then the connecting the sections to complete a robot. It's a chance to develop some team skills and get to know another LEGO enthusiast.
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| All-day class. For students who wish to work with more advanced LEGO® building techniques and scientific concepts. Students design robotic vehicles and machines that use the LEGO® Scout microcomputer, "programming" their actions with built-in buttons. Students learn all about gears, pulleys, solar panels, sensors, and how machines work.
In the afternoon, students learn how to create their own computer adventure game (maze style) which they take home to play on a personal computer. Students design or import characters, create a setting and provide game characters with instructions for a variety of actions.
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| All-day class. For those who wish to combine LEGO building with an introduction to basic electronics. In the morning, students build LEGO® creations (called Spybots), including a variety of vehicles and an upright robot. All have built-in motors and an infrared receiver which allows them to be controlled with a remote.
In the afternoon, students learn about electricity and electronics as they build a radio receiver, morse-code signaller, a motorized car, and many other projects using Snap-Circuits® components. It's a great introduction to electronics for a tinkerer or future engineer!
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