Option R 12: Mini Bots (Ages 8-10) 

• Introduction to Programming and Robotics using NXT MINDSTORM™ Robots and Scratch Programming. The students will have a great time as they really get to understand what makes a robot operate. They will build and program robots that interact with their environment. Please see our YouTube Video and the Fox 5 News vidoe of Mini Bots Camp: Mini Bots at Imagine That! Mini Bots on Fox 5 News  (be sure to click the arrow in the middle of the picture)
• Scratch Programming: Here is the program your technology minded student has been waiting for. With Scratch, your child will learn how to create computer programs using drop and drag technology that will bring their imagination to life right before their eyes! They will have the opportunity to make cartoons, movies, video games, animate their stories and compose music all done with Scratch. When your child comes home every evening from camp ask them to show you what they created. You will be amazed!!
• In this fun filled camp we will be using Mindstorm Technology to create animal robots. We will have bull fights with “El Toro” the bull and Grasshopper races. Your students will build and program a Llama that spits balls across the room and program the Peacocks plumes to expand. How far can you program a Rabbit to hop? While building these crazy animals, students will learn how to program Distance, Speed, Rotations, Degrees, Ports and so much more!
• This camp is open to students new to LEGO MINDSTORM NXT robotics and those who are experienced.  More experienced builders will be challenged to design earlier than those who are new to the system
• There will not be a robot that your child will take home.
• This is a great place to start if you are considering a MINDSTORM Robot for your child or already have one and want to get the most out of it. It is also great preparation for First LEGO League (FLL)

Option R 13: Adventure Bots: (Ages 11-14) 

• This exciting class uses the LEGO® NXT MINDSTORM ™ Robots and Scratch Programming. The students will learn how programming works and will enjoy seeing the robots perform the task assigned. While there will be time spent assembling the robot, this camp focuses on programming the robot to perform the specific task assigned. See our YouTube Video of Camp Adventure Bots at Wilson Creek
• Scratch Programming: Here is the program your technology minded student has been waiting for. With Scratch, your child will learn how to create computer programs using drop and drag technology that will bring their imagination to life right before their eyes! They will have the opportunity to make cartoons, movies, video games, animate their stories and compose music all done with Scratch. When your child comes home every evening from camp ask them to show you what they created. You will be amazed!!!
• The campers will be challenged to build robots for space exploration on a fantastic planet called Pantheon.  They will need to build a walking robot to plant a flag, a scorpion robot to defend their base, a giant claw to construct new hex-based housing, and a sorting machine to sort samples of space rocks for analysis.  With each new robot, campers will learn about building techniques and be challenged to apply them to their own designs.  Students will learn about gears, cams, cranks, differentials, and levers as they build robot parts that can rotate and move back and forth.  They will learn about sensors and center of gravity as they design robots that can stand on their own feet and respond to the environment.
• This camp will work for both beginner and experienced LEGO NXT MINDSTORM Programmers. The students who are not familiar with MINDSTORMS will have a special training the first day and experienced students will start off with the assigned programs.
• 8 hour extension option:  If your child signs up for an 8 hour camp, they will have the opportunity to explore new challenges.  These challenges will be based on additional fun and exciting programming and engineering tasks, like building a remote control, steering with clapping, robot kickball, and light-fearing and light-loving robots!
• There will not be a robot that your child will take home (please see the Building Bots camp for camp that has a take home robot). This is a great place to start if you are considering a MINDSTORM Robot for your child or already have one and want to get the most out of it. It is also great preparation for First LEGO League (FLL)

Option STR 11: Energy Bots Renewable City (Ages 11-14) 

• Your student will Learn about Renewable Energy Resources through Science and Robotics. They will learn to program the LEGO® NXT MINDSTORMS ™ Robot. They will also build and take home a tin can robot. Explorations include:
  • Using a large model Wind Turbine the students will measure how mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy. This energy will power a motor and light LEDs. Once they have learned about wind energy, they will program their MINDSTORMS Robot to solve real world engineering challenges at a wind turbine power facility.
  • Next the students will investigate another renewable energy source: A hydroelectric dam. The students once again will investigate the science behind the water powered generator and test how this system works. They will then apply their programming and problem solving skills to their robot to train it to solve a problem in at a hydroelectric plant.
  • If that's not enough the students will then test a solar powered model car and energy house. Their robot must be programmed to place a solar panel on a house and then return it to the generator.
  • Building a TAKE HOME Robot: Each student will build their own motorized Tin Can Robot that walks. The students will also program their MINDSTROMS robot to sort the recyclables out of the trash. They will then use their recycle can to build and TAKE HOME your own motorized Tin Can Robot that walks
  • YouTube Video: Building Bots Robot Camp at Sweet Apple Elementary
• Note: MINDSTORMS ROBOTS will not be taken home. The Tin Can Robot will be the take home robot.

Our Robotics and Technology summer camps are in many locations throughout Atlanta, GA. Come join us for the best Georgia summer camps in Dunwoody, Buckhead, Alpharetta, Acworth, Duluth, Kennesaw, Roswell, Sandy Springs,Smyrna, Marietta, Johns Creek, Decatur, North Cobb, Peachtree Corners, Dacula, Tucker, College Park, Milton and many more locations. Our day camps range from 3 to 8 hours with optional early and late care.