STEM Camps

Experienced students learn everything they need to build and program their own multi-tasking Arduino robot! Throughout the week, campers design, build and program their own robotic platform with Arduino and Robot C programming language, using various sensors and micro-controllers. In addition, they learn how to perform "simulation" - an important tool in engineering design. For the true robotics engineer, this camp allows students to plan their own projects, use creative engineering and scientific tools, and program with a powerful programming language!

Prerequisite: Programming and robotics experience preferred. Ability to follow complex instructions required.

Top CIA Agent Quinn just went missing. It's up to our recruits to utilize spycraft skills to solve this mystery! Campers evaluate world geography to plan out their mission, investigate forensic evidence using chemistry (luminol) and biological clues, analyze fingerprints, and codebreak using digital cyphers. Their training at spy camp covers all the STEM skills needed for a top-secret mission! They also design spy gadgets (listening devices using Arduino, mini-cameras, and usb keyloggers), understand how to interpret human behavior (building and using a real lie detector), learn electrical circuitry to defuse a "bomb," and solve the mystery of Agent Quinn's disappearance!

This is our second summer week dedicated to both young robotics engineers and inventors! Campers work on projects that challenge their creativity, problem-solving, and technological skills. In addition to learning different robotics platforms (Lego/ ModRobotics/ Makeblock) and the ever-popular Scratch coding language in the morning sessions, they will also perform various engineering projects in the afternoons, such as designing and building kaleidoscopes, catapults, waterwheels, air-powered boats, and one of our most popular builds - rockets that they launch outside!

No camp on July 4.

For future astronauts and space engineers! Campers will be completely engaged in this unique camp challenging them to learn all the STEM subjects necessary to set up a new human colony on the Moon! They research Earth’s moon, design and launch a virtual rocket using an advanced NASA-engineered simulation program, build their own model spacecraft to take home, as well as design and build a biosphere capable of sustaining human habitation (creating a mock "Lunar Hab"). Students learn about the physics and engineering of rocketry, as well as the engineering and biomedical challenges of colonizing a planet. Nothing but pure awesomeness here! (**Includes field trip to Griffith Observatory.)

Robots are everywhere! They drive cars, explore planets, automate factories, clean homes, and are part of our daily lives. This in depth robotics and programming camp (utilizing Lego Makeblock and Vex platforms, with Robot C programming language) helps future robotics engineers understand both the fundamentals and complexities of robotics as well as how to integrate it with programming. They explore different robotics engineering concepts and design their own solutions to real-world challenges. By the end of the week, campers will understand the concept of technological dualism - melding both mind (programs) and body (robots) to create something truly unique and exciting.

In this camp, students continue to develop both their robotics and inventor skills. They design, build and program robots using LEGO’s most advanced robotics technology – the powerful MINDSTORMS® EV3. EV3 features an easy-to-use graphical programming language that lets students immediately begin simple robotics programming and then advance into developing more complex algorithms. Campers work in pairs or individually to complete projects and compete in friendly competitions. They also learn 3D design to make 3D printed products, explore engineering challenges, and investigate green technology! An all-round preparation for future roboticists and inventors!

A team of expert scientists must create their own "time machine" to travel back in time and learn the secrets of Earth's geologic, paleontological, archaeological and anthropological history. Students will study the physics of time travel (including why Einstein’s theories are important), the geology of early Earth formation, how life began and evolved into dinosaurs, major anthropological moments of early humans using replica hominid skulls and models, as well as study major ancient civilizations (Egyptian, Aztec, Incan) throughout history. This is a multi-disciplinary STEM camp that will inspire students in multiple subjects like physics, paleontology, archaeology, anthropology, biology and geology. Who will learn the secrets of the past? (**Includes private tour field trip at the Natural History Museum.)

Learning the science and technology behind superhero powers! This camp is devoted to designing and constructing superhero-based projects using STEM. Guaranteed fun! But this isn’t child’s play. The activities are carefully designed and coordinated to teach STEM principles to curious young minds. The week is filled with challenges in everything from building gadgets and gears for Batman, engineering a Rube Goldberg machine to help the Avengers, to designing and launching a rocket for Iron Man. Campers' skills will be put to the test as they dive into physics (egg drop exercise to see if structural design can counter acceleration and force), aerodynamics/flight (building airplanes/paper rockets) and chemistry (grow Kryptonite cystals). This camp will bring out their super-STEM powers for sure!

Join our winning team and discover the science behind sporting achievement! In this curriculum created by a practicing physician, campers will learn about human anatomy and physiology as it relates to sport and exercise, examine the biomechanics of movement, understand some of the principles of biochemistry, and explore the psychology of sports performance! Campers will also have the chance to engineer and test technological designs to enhance the performance of both able-bodied and disabled athletes. For future doctors, phys-ed professionals or athletes - this camp is guaranteed not to disappoint!

An afternoon of Thanksgiving-themed biology and chemistry explorations! Investigate the nature of familiar thanksgiving foods, and get messy with explosions, slime, and more!

Using a software program developed by NASA engineers, AstroCamp engages campers in the Kerbal Space Program on a Mission to Mars. We teach the physics of rocketry as well as astronomy of our solar system in this fun, interactive camp.

Do you enjoy making things with your hands? This session offers you the chance to try out some fun creations, and engage in a little friendly competition as part of a team to meet a Thanksgiving-themed challenge!

This STEM Robotics camp uses different robotics kits to delve into limitless capabilities of robotics. Explore how robotics are applied into Science and Math.

Note: The activity will be fresh and new every camp

Holiday-themed fun featuring integrated STEM activities! Join us for Santa’s sleigh race, make imaginative and beautiful structures with a seasonal flavor, and experiment with some candy chemistry! You will learn about our world, unleash your creativity, and be challenged to use your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, all while developing core concepts in the physical sciences, engineering, and math.

Explore the wonders of Egypt in this one-day camp for our future archaeologists! Learn how this 5000 year old civilization thrived...figure out how the pyramids were built....learn to read hieroglyphics! This camp is a real adventure in Egyptian history, culture and science, highlighting discoveries in earth science, chemistry, astronomy and engineering in our one-of-a-kind, hands-on workshop activities. True to our mission, students learn about ancient discoveries through STEM-education principles: hands-on, relevant, and creative activities to spark the imagination and inspire your future 'Indiana Jones'.

Future astronauts will find this camp engaging and fun by learning the structure of our solar system and universe through hands-on activities, including scale-model exercises to determine sizes and distances of our planets, the physics of gravity and how a black hole works, various other astronomical structures, as well as rocketry, space exploration, and the possibilities of inter-planetary colonization.

You are invited to join an expert team of scientists searching for life beyond our solar system! We will first identify habitable planets outside our solar system, then launch a probe, collect samples, and analyze them for signs of life! Will we discover extraterrestrial life forms?

This camp integrates astrophysics with engineering, robotics, and biochemistry. The primary subjects for each session are outlined below.

Tue AM: Astrophysics

Tue PM: Inventor, Physics

Wed AM: Inventor, Physics, Robotics

Wed PM: Biology, Chemistry

Join an archaeological expedition and unearth fascinating facts about these ancient cultures. Explore their technologies and investigate the sciences behind their societies.

Throughout this two-day camp, you will learn and use archaeological techniques, and develop critical thinking skills through interpretation of clues and comparison of these two great civilizations. You will also explore their knowledge of astronomy, expertise in engineering, their culture, and the world in which they lived.

Thu AM: Archaeology

Thu PM: Astronomy, Engineering

Fri AM: Archaeology, GeoSciences, Biology, Engineering

Fri PM: Archaeology, Inventor

You are invited to join an expert team of scientists searching for life beyond our solar system! We will first identify habitable planets outside our solar system, then launch a probe, collect samples, and analyze them for signs of life! Will we discover extraterrestrial life forms?

This camp integrates astrophysics with engineering, robotics, and biochemistry. The primary subjects for each session are outlined below.

Tue AM: Astrophysics

Tue PM: Inventor, Physics

Wed AM: Inventor, Physics, Robotics

Wed PM: Biology, Chemistry

Join an archaeological expedition and unearth fascinating facts about these ancient cultures. Explore their technologies and investigate the sciences behind their societies.

Throughout this two-day camp, you will learn and use archaeological techniques, and develop critical thinking skills through interpretation of clues and comparison of these two great civilizations. You will also explore their knowledge of astronomy, expertise in engineering, their culture, and the world in which they lived.

Thu AM: Archaeology

Thu PM: Astronomy, Engineering

Fri AM: Archaeology, GeoSciences, Biology, Engineering

Fri PM: Archaeology, Inventor