Summer Program @ T.E.C.

Wind and Water Fun (Morning)

Our planet is beautiful, and we want to keep it that way! Learn about the Earth and how we can use its natural resources to better humanity. You will construct contraptions that use wind or water to power them. Even more, you will get to play with wind and water!

Maker Workshop (Afternoon)

In this craft-focused workshop, you will build your own 3D models with a variety of materials like clay, paper, cardboard, and wood. You can create caterpillars, butterflies, boats, planes, buildings, and more!

NOTE: There will be no class on Thursday, June 19 in observation of Juneteenth.

Playground Games (Morning)

Fun outdoor activities and games that are designed to make fitness fun, build gross motor skills, and create enthusiasm for movement. We will learn about teamwork and strategy in a variety of challenges and games. 

STEAM Creations (Afternoon)

Join your friends in some fun problem-solving challenges. From bridges to marble roller coasters, learn how physics plays an important role in the stability of structures. Teamwork and collaboration will be key as you work with your partner(s) to solve problems and come up with the best design.

Young Engineers (Morning)

Build contraptions that move using large LEGO blocks. Students will build contraptions that will go on tracks, build cars, and more. Each contraption includes concepts of Newtonian Physics, which students learn through various games!

Puppets and Storytelling (Afternoon)

A story and a puppet adds to the Camp fun. This interactive program invites children to make their own characters & fun crafts. Read and create your own stories, make puppets come to life with your imagination! Learn about puppets & how they can be used in your story!

NOTE: There will be no class on Friday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day.

Nature Explorers (Morning)

Discover the world around us. We will explore our yard and the woods and collect specimens to analyze under a magnifying glass. Students will participate in hands-on activities to inspire wonder and awe about nature around them.

Board Games (Afternoon)

What makes board games fun and how can we get good at them? Learn to focus, concentrate, and strategize through fun games and activities. Children may bring their own games to share with other children.

LEGO Zoo Bots (Morning)

Build a whole ecosystem with different animals and plants - made from LEGO! Whether it has arms and legs or a beak and wings, every creature is buildable when you use your imagination. You may even add some technical elements to bring these beasts to life!

Let's Go Camping! (Morning)

Come pitch your tent! Students will construct and paint a tent and set it up outside. Test with cardboard and fabric to see which materials hold up to create your camping abode. Sit in your tent and analyze rocks, minerals, and other finds from our nature hikes.

LEGO Architecture (Morning)

Make your first structure with LEGO blocks! Work on fun projects where you can build a city, farm or a place from your own imagination! You can create buildings like schools, houses, skyscrapers and work with your friends on a grand plan! 

Math Magic (Afternoon)

Number tricks, board games, playing cards: how do they work, and how can we play the odds in our favor? This class will teach probability and statistics through fun games and activities. Uncover the mysteries of math and learn how “luck” may be less random than you think!

Musical Adventures (Morning)

Embark on story-based musical learning adventures through play within an imaginative environment. Build an understanding of music through singing, learning music vocabularies, movement, props, and playing instruments. Children will  express their ideas and emotions through music and movement. 

Art in the Yard (Afternoon)

Explore art using the outdoors as your canvas! You can make a collage out of leaves and other greenery, draw on the sidewalk using chalk, paint rocks using tempera paint, and more outdoor-centric art styles.

Submerged: Ocean Life (Morning)

Come study the fascinating life of the ocean. What makes these plants and animals unique? What is life like for them underwater? Students will read books, make crafts, and build models related to ocean life.

Aqua Adventures (Afternoon)

This camp will explore the wonders of water through hands-on, age-appropriate science activities. Students will enjoy making mini water fountains, experimenting with floating and sinking objects, creating colorful water sensory bottles, and even building their own water play stations.

Carnival Games (Morning)

This exciting camp lets kids dive into the fun of classic carnival games with a playful twist! From ring toss to bean bag throw, children will enjoy making and playing their own homemade carnival games while developing hand-eye coordination and problem-solving skills.

Smart City (Afternoon)

Learn how to design a thriving city that people want to live in! Use LEGO to build out train networks to move people around, hospitals and other public services to help people in need, parks and greenery to bring life and nature to your city, and much more.

Physics Lab (Morning)

Study the concepts of Newtonian Physics by by building unique contraptions that move! Experiment with making contraptions that launch projectiles, lift heavy objects, move fast, or fly really far!

Submerged: Ocean Vehicles (Afternoon)

Explore the sea by making your own aquatic vessels! With your personal hand-crafted boats and submarines, you'll be ready to discover new lands and dive to great depths in search of treasure and knowledge.

Energy Enthusiasts (Morning)

What is climate change and what are we doing about it? Learn about how we produce energy and how we’re using renewable energy sources to combat climate change. You’ll get to build wind turbines, solar-powered cars, and other green energy devices that power our world.

Med School (Afternoon)

Be a student doctor! How do doctors know what to do when someone is sick? What causes disease? What do broken bones look like in X-rays? Learn about the human body and how it functions by investigating different body systems.

NOTE: There will be no class on Thursday, June 19 in observation of Juneteenth.

Sing and Play Chorus (Morning)

Discover the power of singing for shaping one’s sense of identity and fostering connection with others. Sing a variety of diverse songs in different styles, from different cultures, and in multiple tonalities Learn to use the body for healthy vocal production and build musicianship skills through audiation and improv. 

School of Wizardcraft (Afternoon)

Welcome, young wizards-in-training! Design your own light-up wand, learn the mysteries of divination and fortune-telling, and brew potions of mystic might. Learn about the wonderful creatures of myth and magic, what care they need, and how to stay safe around them.

LEGO Robotic Inventor (Morning & Afternoon)

Join our LEGO Robotics Summer Camp to build and program awesome robots using LEGO WeDo and LEGO SPIKE! Learn how to use motors, sensors, pneumatics, and coding to create unique machines that can interact with the world. Perfect for future engineers and tech enthusiasts, this camp is an exciting hands-on way to dive into robotics and STEAM. Get ready for a fun-filled week of innovation, learning, and friendly competition!

NOTE: There will be no class on Friday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day.

Kinetic Kids Camp (Morning)

Sports activities and games for every age and skill level that are designed to make fitness fun, gain multi-sport skills, and create enthusiasm for movement. We will learn about teamwork, sportsmanship, and strategy in team-based and individual challenges and games. 

Cartoon Creator (Afternoon)

Have you wondered how cartoons are made? Learn to tell your own animated stories through flipbooks, stop motion, and Scratch programming! Plan out your story my making a storyboard, draw the characters, write a dialogue script, set a background, and bring it all together in an animated scene on the computer.

Sumo Bots Competition (Morning & Afternoon)

Join us for our second annual Sumo Bots tournament! In this camp, you'll design your own fighting robot using LEGO and battle it out against an opponent in a robotic sumo wrestling match. It's up to you to strategize for the right balance of brains and brawn in order to push your opponent out of the ring or flip them over. At the end of the camp, all students will compete in a large sumo tournament to prove whose robot is strongest! Do you have the skills to build the best sumo bot and drive it to victory?

Game On! Sports (Morning)

Level up your skills at Game On! — the ultimate camp for sports fun. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned athlete, you'll enhance your fitness, sports skills, and teamwork through exciting games and challenges. Learn strategy, build leadership, and push your limits in a fun, competitive environment.

Math Magic (Morning)

Number tricks, board games, playing cards: how do they work, and how can we play the odds in our favor? This class will teach probability and statistics through fun games and activities. Uncover the mysteries of math and learn how “luck” may be less random than you think!

Robust Robots & Racers (Morning & Afternoon)

Whether you are rescuing people affected by a fire or natural disaster, or need to explore a cave, ocean, or even another planet, a strong and reliable robot is a great tool to use when a task is too dangerous for a human. With LEGO WeDo and LEGO SPIKE, you can design your own rugged robots that can traverse the hardest obstacles and save the day! You will race your robots through a tricky obstacle course to prove that your design is ready for anything!

Music Moves for Piano + Art (Morning)

With a week-long introduction to Music Moves for Piano, begin the journey of learning piano the way children naturally learn music: by immersion through listening, movement, singing and other essential activities designed for music development.

STEAM Outdoors (Afternoon)

This class will have students exploring science and engineering as it applies to the outdoors. Learn about concepts like solar panels, farm-table agriculture, conservation, food cycle, sustainability, drones... and much more!

FIRST LEGO League (Morning & Afternoon)

Start off the new FIRST LEGO League season strong with this week-long camp focused on robotics challenges! Students will work together as a team to take on the new FLL Explore set. Design and build models based on the season's theme and use electronics to bring them to life. All students are welcome to participate, but this class is especially recommended for students who wish to join the robotics team and attend competition events during the school year. Please visit the FIRST website at https://www.first-lego-league.org/en/get-to-know/explore for more details on the competition.

Physics Lab (Morning)

Study the concepts of Newtonian Physics by by building unique contraptions that move using LEGO Technic bricks and other materials. Experiment with making contraptions that launch projectiles, lift heavy objects, move fast, or fly really far!

Virtual Explorers (Afternoon)

Become a programming master and navigate your way through virtual worlds with code. Solve coding challenges to level up your coding game and learn to think like a programmer. Once you've proven yourself to be a computing expert, you may join the older students and explore the world of Minecraft.

Energy Enthusiasts (Morning)

What is climate change and what are we doing about it? Learn about how we produce energy and how we’re using renewable energy sources to combat climate change. You’ll get to build wind turbines, solar-powered cars, and other green energy devices that power our world.

Med School (Afternoon)

Be a student doctor! How do doctors know what to do when someone is sick? What causes disease? What do broken bones look like in X-rays? Learn about the human body and how it functions by investigating different body systems.

NOTE: There will be no class on Thursday, June 19 in observation of Juneteenth.

3D Designer (Morning)

WIth 3D modeling tools like Tinkercad and Sketchup, make exciting and functional designs the way an engineer would! Bring your designs to life using our laser cutter and 3D printer! If you can imagine it, you can make it and take it home!

School of Wizardcraft (Afternoon)

Welcome, young wizards-in-training! Design your own light-up wand, learn the mysteries of divination and fortune-telling, and brew potions of mystic might. Learn about the wonderful creatures of myth and magic, what care they need, and how to stay safe around them.

LEGO Robotic Inventor (Morning & Afternoon)

Join our LEGO Robotics Summer Camp to build and program awesome robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS and LEGO SPIKE! Learn how to use motors, sensors, pneumatics, and coding to create unique machines that can interact with the world. Perfect for future engineers and tech enthusiasts, this camp is an exciting hands-on way to dive into robotics and STEAM. Get ready for a fun-filled week of innovation, learning, and friendly competition!

NOTE: There will be no class on Friday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day.

Kinetic Kids Camp (Morning)

Sports activities and games for every age and skill level that are designed to make fitness fun, gain multi-sport skills, and create enthusiasm for movement. We will learn about teamwork, sportsmanship, and strategy in team-based and individual challenges and games. 

Mission to Mars (Afternoon)

In this camp, you will work with the NASA programs and tools for successfully reaching and living on Mars, the red planet. As humans explore outer space, you don't want to be left behind. Fire up your engine and get ready for space travel on this mission to Mars! 

Sumo Bots Competition (Morning & Afternoon)

Join us for our second annual Sumo Bots tournament! In this camp, you'll design your own fighting robot using LEGO and battle it out against an opponent in a robotic sumo wrestling match. It's up to you to strategize for the right balance of brains and brawn in order to push your opponent out of the ring or flip them over. At the end of the camp, all students will compete in a large sumo tournament to prove whose robot is strongest! Do you have the skills to build the best sumo bot and drive it to victory?

Game On! Sports (Morning)

Level up your skills at Game On! — the ultimate camp for sports fun. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned athlete, you'll enhance your fitness, sports skills, and teamwork through exciting games and challenges. Learn strategy, build leadership, and push your limits in a fun, competitive environment.

VR: Ready Player One (Morning)

How do people create Virtual Reality games? In this class, students will learn to build a virtual gaming environment and play in it. We will introduce you to the basics of VR and teach you how to code in Unity programming. You will have fun while playing as a  ‘Ready Player One’.

CosmoBots Challenge (Morning & Afternoon)

A new space agency is hosting a contest to design a robotic rover for their first mission to the moon, and you've been selected as a contestant! This camp will require you and your team of engineers to build a LEGO robot that can overcome all the unique challenges of operating a robot on the moon. Your robot will complete missions while navigating through the rough terrain and obstacles of a simulated lunar environment. The challenge will be scored based on how many missions your rover can complete and the time it takes to do so. Will your robot get selected for the next moon mission?

Minecraft Modded Adventure(Morning)

Participate in a collaborative Minecraft experience where you work with others to overcome challenges and reach a goal. Expand and customize your Minecraft experience by installing mods, setting up servers, exploring custom maps, and even playing in virtual reality.

STEAM Outdoors (Afternoon)

This class will have students exploring science and engineering as it applies to the outdoors. Learn about concepts like solar panels, farm-table agriculture, conservation, food cycle, sustainability, drones... and much more!

FIRST LEGO League (Morning & Afternoon)

Start off the new FIRST LEGO League season strong with this week-long camp focused on robotics challenges! Students will work together as a team to take on the new FLL Challenge set. Design, build, and program a versatile robot that can complete over a dozen different missions in a fixed amount of time. All students are welcome to participate, but this class is especially recommended for students who wish to join the robotics team and attend competition events during the school year. Please visit www.first-lego-league.org/en/get-to-know/challenge for more details on the competition.

Arduino and Circuits (Morning)

Build your own electrical circuits with components like LEDs, resistors, and capacitors! Learn to read and draw circuit diagrams, use breadboards for quick prototyping, and solder components together. Connect your circuits to an Arduino controller to make games, toys, robots, and more!

Code with Minecraft (Afternoon)

How are games like Minecraft made? Dive deep into the code of Minecraft to make your own mod and change up your playing experience. Try your hand at texture editing to add some spice and personality to your game. Combine your mods to create a unique cooperative playing experience!