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Our March Break Camp features activities for all ages! We offer numerous programs throughout the week! Science & Technology, Coding Animation, Game Design, Robotics & Digital Design are among the camps provided. With highly qualified instructors and low ratios of campers to instructors, choose us for March Break for friendship, learning, and fun!
March Break Camp (March 11th to 15th, 2024)
| Weeks | Dates |
| Full Week | March 11th to 15th, 2024 |
| Ages [4-8] | Ages [9-12] |
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Highlights
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- Interactive, hands-on learning
- Low Camper-to-Instructor ratios
- Tons of options for fun learning experiences!
- Before and Aftercare are available from 8: 00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Introduction
Promoting the love of engineering and hands-on learning, these camps are led by engaging instructors who provide ‘edutainment’. Campers create by designing, building, learning, and experimenting in our labs and classrooms.
Below you will find everything you want to know about STEMOTICS Camps. For any further questions, please don’t hesitate to call us @ 519-957-1073 or email us at info@stemotics.com.
| Age: | STEMOTICS Camp is for Boys and Girls in the age groups (4-8 years) & (9-14 years). |
| Locations: | We are located at 695 Bishop Street North, Cambridge, N3H 2K8. (2nd Floor – Upstairs from Sector Woof) |
| Hours: | Regular camp hours are from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. |
| Extended Care: |
Before Care 8:00 am – 9:00 am & After Care 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Fees Below) Before Care (08:00 AM – 09:00 AM) :$25/Week + HST After Care (04:00 PM – 05:00 PM) :$25/Week + HST Before & After Care : $40/Week + HST |
| Regular Camp fee | $274.99 per child for a full-week program |
| To Register: | You can find online registration by clicking the REGISTER button on the top menu. If you prefer to make payment at our location using Credit/Debit Card/Cheque/Cash payment, please complete the registration online and select “Offline Payment”. Bring the registration ID along with your payment. Due to limited spaces in each camp, we cannot reserve a space for your child until we receive your payment. |
| Camper-to-Instructor Ratio: | There will be no more than 15 children in each camp. Each camp will have at least one Instructor and one Counselor. Camps that have more than 15 children registered are split into multiple groups, and additional Camp Counselors are on site in the appropriate ratios. All Counselors have experience with children and current police reference checks and are passionate about sharing their love of science with children! |
| Refund Policy: | If refunds are requested two weeks or more before the start date, registration fees are refundable minus a $35 administration fee. If refunds are requested within two weeks of the start date, 50% of the registration fee will be refunded minus a $35 administration fee. Refunds will not be made if the cancellation request is made within (3) full working days before camp commencement. |
Please Note:
ALL STEMOTICS camps are NUT FREE.
Lunch and snacks are not provided. For Full Day camps, please pack two nut-free snacks, one lunch, and a refillable water bottle for each child.
Date: March 11th to March 15th, 2024 – March Break Camp
Themes:
Science & Technology Camps
Promote the love of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through imagination and hands-on learning in a fun atmosphere. Our fun and engaging programs include favourites such as science experiments, space and beyond circuit simulation, and circuit building, and are sure to bring out the budding scientist in everyone.
Science & Technology [4-8 Years]
Engineering Structures – Campers will build a tall structure using LEGO. They will work collaboratively to make a structure that can withstand gravity, wind, and all the elements. Their designs will need to be symmetrical, heavy-based, and tall.
Paper circuits- campers will create electronic circuits using paper, foil, and batteries. They will learn about current, resistance, and voltage. Scientific observation – Campers will use a foldable microscope to observe the world at the microscopic level. Campers will learn about atoms and how they make up everything.
Space day – Campers learn all about space. Stars, planets, and the bonds that connect everything. Campers will learn about different solar systems, constellations, and methods of observing natural phenomena. Students will explore how airplanes and birds are able to lift themselves off the ground.
Science & Technology Experiments
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- LEGO Catapult
- Foldable microscope
- LEGO tower building
- Space day
- Balloon Rocket Race
- Earthquakes Simulator
- Bridge-building
- Boatbuilding
- And many more
Science & Technology [9-12Years]
Self-Driving car – Learn about how self-driving automobiles work. Electric engines, sensors, and motors are explored.
Space camps allow kids to explore a budding interest in space exploration. Kids can learn some basic astrophysics, meet veterans of spaceflight, gain hands-on experience with technology, and deepen their fascination with space.
Flight- What keeps us on the ground?
Electricity – learn how current, resistance, and voltage work together to give us light, heat, and energy. They will use computer science and coding.
Engineering Structures – campers will learn about bridges, materials, trusses, and how to make them safe. Campers will use various materials.
Science & Technology Experiments
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Ages [4-8] Ages [9-12]
Coding, Animation, and Game Design
Coding, Animation & Game Design [4-8 Years]
During the week-long camp, we’ll learn to code, starting from the basic blocks. No kidding!
Scratch – the programming language we use (developed by MIT), is so fun that it makes programming seem like a game.
Root – iRobot – Bringing code to life through art, music and hands-on activities, the Root® coding robot delivers a revolutionary, real-world coding experience suitable for any expertise, from pre-readers to advanced coders.
Tinkercad – one of the easiest 3D design Minecraft mods around! Build Minecraft® worlds faster, Build more intricate 3D designs, Learn how to 3D print your creations.
Minecraft – is played by millions of people around the world and is recognized as one of the successful games due to its versatility. Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.
VEX – Virtual Robot Programming – VEXcode VR lets you code a virtual robot using a block-based coding environment powered by Scratch Blocks.
Coding, Animation & Game Design [9-12 Years]
During the week-long camp, we’ll learn to code, starting from the basic blocks.
MIT App Inventor is an innovative beginner’s introduction to programming and app creation that transforms the complex language of text-based coding into visual, drag-and-drop building blocks. The simple graphical interface grants even an inexperienced novice ability to create a basic, fully functional app within an hour or less.
Teaching campers to embrace computational thinking.
JavaScript is the programming language of the Internet, the secret sauce that makes the Web awesome, your favourite sites interactive, and online games fun!
Python is a popular high-level programming language designed with a philosophy that emphasizes ease of readability and syntax that allows programmers both beginner and experienced programmers to express programming concepts clearly and concisely.
MakeCode allows coding with visual blocks, based on a drag and drop interface for beginners, as well as in text with a JavaScript interface for the more experienced learners. … Instead of thinking they are coding, students are playing a game, they are building their next superpower.
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| Ages [4-8] | Ages [9-12] |
Robotics
[4-8 Years]
Each day, the campers will be introduced to a different type of robot technology. Each type of robot offers different activities, programming languages, and challenges. The goal is the expose the campers to many different technologies. The focus of these programs is science, math, physics, and computer science. These concepts are taught in an interactive and enjoyable way. Campers will have their logical skills challenged and they will have fun doing it!
Robotic Platforms Available:
WeDo & WeDo 2.0
LEGO WeDo course will teach the kids enrolled how to build these robots and how to program them. Some examples of these are alligators that open their mouths, and snakes that slither across the ground using basic pulleys and motors. By doing so this program teaches the kids basic programming, math, and science concepts that can be used in everyday life.
VEX Go STEM Robot
Simple Construction system that teaches the fundamentals of STEM through fun, hands-on activities that help young students perceive coding and engineering in a fun and positive way!
- Build and modify the Super Car to explore predicting an object’s continued motion, change in motion, or stability.
- Build and test simple machines in order to examine how they change the direction or strength of a force in order to make work easier.
- Investigate the variables that affect the movement of the Super Car.
- Apply coding skills to help clean up the ocean using CodeBase and VEXcode GO.
Edison
Edison is a robot capable of many different functions. Simply print out some barcodes and drive him across them to activate a range of pre-programmed features. Edison performs different functions based on the barcode he reads as he drives over it. Print out barcodes to turn Edison into a line tracker, remote control vehicle, or even a sumo wrestler!
Simple and Powered Machines
Our workshops help the students enhance their understanding of how forces can affect motion and explain the concepts of energy. Students build complex mechanisms and use them to make accurate observations, measurements & records, and even design their own solutions.
Root iRobot
Bringing code to life through art, music and hands-on activities, the Root® coding robot delivers a revolutionary, real-world coding experience suitable for any expertise, from pre-readers to advanced coders.
Robotics [9-12 Years]
Each day, the campers will explore a different type of robot technology. Each type of robot offers different activities, programming languages, and challenges. The goal is the expose the campers to different technologies. No prior programming knowledge is required. The focus of these programs is science, math, physics, and computer science. These concepts are taught in an interactive and enjoyable way. Campers will have their logical skills challenged and they will have fun doing it!
Robotic Platforms Available:
LEGO EV3 & LEGO Mindstorm Inventor
LEGO Mindstorms® enable students to discover Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in a fun, engaging, and hands-on way. Combining LEGO building with software and curriculum activities allows students to design, program, and control robots. Students can build different robots and use software to plan, test, and modify sequences of instructions from a variety of real-life robotic behaviours.
mBot
mBot is a low-cost, easy-to-run robot kit for kids to get hands-on experience in graphical programming, electronics, robotics. It is an all-in-one solution for robotics learning and specifically designed for STEM education. An educational robot for individual and classroom use, empowering users to be innovative and creative while having fun. mBot is programmed using the mBlock software which integrates Scratch and Arduino programming. This programming language is simple, powerful, and very quick to learn. A platform with endless possibilities.
Spike Prime
Build Confidence with LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime course introduces your child to SPIKE Prime and equips participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to build confidence in STEAM learning “day one,” also actively involving participants in discovery and experimentation! The LEGO Education SPIKE PRIME Curriculum is designed to teach core computer programming logic and reasoning skills using a basic robotics engineering context.
Robotic Arm – Dobot Magician
DOBOT Magician is a multifunctional desktop robotic arm for practical training education. Installed with different end-tools, DOBOT Magician can realize interesting functions such as 3D printing, laser engraving, writing and drawing. It supports secondary development by 13 extensible interfaces and over 20 programming languages, which really makes your creativity and imagination increase without any limitation.
3D Printing
Creativity meets production in this hands-on 3D course. Learn how to Design simple 3D objects and prepare them for 3D printing with Tinkercad. Designers, hobbyists, teachers, and kids use Tinkercad to make toys, prototypes, home decor, Minecraft models, jewelry – the list is truly endless! Make something without any preparation just from scratch or import a more complex model to use as a starting point, and then watch your creation print and take it home!
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Digital Design
[4-8 Years]
Campers will explore science, math, physics, and computer science through fun activities with different technologies. Every day campers will learn to use new technology and put their logic and knowledge to the test as they complete all the challenges that come with it.
Overview:
- 3D printing – 3D Doodler Create 3D
- Tux Paint
- Kid Pix 3D
- Google Slides
- Kahoot
3Doodler® Create 3D
At the push of a button, students can be making fun 3D constructs of anything they want from buildings to toys and gadgets. This easy-to-use tool teaches design, planning, creativity, building, and spatial understanding. The 3DOODLER lets students bring their ideas to life by making 3D models with the push of a button.
Tux Paint
Tux Paint is an easy-to-use drawing program for children ages 4 to 8. It’s used in schools around the world to teach computer literacy through fun drawing activities. With additional help from a built-in cartoon mascot guide, kids will learn to paint wonderfully fun pictures and even use sound effects.
Kid Pix 3D
Students will use simple path animations, illustrious built-in backdrops, and 3d characters to tell a fun story. With this easy-to-use app, students can create fun 3d animations. Using the flipbook button students can create their own 60-second animated short story.
Google Slides
Students will use the free and easy-to-use Google Slides to create, edit, collaborate, and present amazing slideshows. With hundreds of fonts, many themes, and the inclusion of animations, videos, and more slideshows have never been so great. No technical knowledge is required, this course will teach students everything they need to use Google Slides.
Kahoot!
“Kahoots” are multiple-choice quizzes that can be easily made and taken part in by anyone, anytime, anywhere! Kahoot! will teach kids how to make, share, and play Kahoots, but most important of all, make learning fun!
Digital Design [9-12 Years]
Campers will explore science, math, physics, and computer science through fun activities with different technologies. Every day campers will learn to use new technology and put their logic and knowledge to the test as they complete all the challenges that come with it.
Overview:
- Graphic design – Canva
- 3D printing – 3D Printing
- Web design – Weebly
- Presentation design – Microsoft Office
- Office Sway
Canva
Canva is an easy-to-use professional-quality design software like Adobe Photoshop. Campers will use this free website to create whatever fun design they want and then print or download it to share with others and take home.
3D Printing
Ever wanted to make your own toy or model? Learning three-dimensional and its tools are both fun and helpful as 3d printing has gone from labs to schools and homes. In this part of the camp, students will use technological design skills and a 3d printer to make anything they can dream of.
Weebly
Making your very own website has never been easier with the free online website Weebly! Campers get to use professional-grade tools to make websites with all the ease of clicking, dragging and dropping. Students will use their creativity to make any website they want from classroom and blog sites to e-portfolios.
PowerPoint
Campers will use Microsoft’s PowerPoint and their own genius to make popping, professional, and informative slide shows. No experience with this or similar software is required, we will teach you how to create, add text, animations, videos and so much more to their slideshows. By the end, they’ll be able to save and share their amazing work with others and will have learned the ins and outs of an important modern business tool.
Office Sway
Campers will learn to combine text and art to make a fantastic interactive website. No technical knowledge is required to make interactive websites with Office Sway. This easy-to-use software can be used to make interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and so much more.
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| Ages [4-8] | Ages [9-14] |
The camp’s emphasis on inclusivity really stood out to us. This commitment to inclusivity truly sets this camp apart.
We’re already looking forward to next year and can’t wait to see what exciting LEGO adventures await. Personal shout out to MrA who created such a memorable and inclusive experience for our son!
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