STEM & Innovation Camps

 

Summer STEM & Innovation Camps 

Presented by 

Kent State University’s Research Center for Educational Technology

Registration fee per camp: $125 per camp through May 12; $150 per camp after May 12, 2024.

Additional space has opened for the following camps!

3D Digital Design for Augmented Reality and Printing

Digital Game Design 



 Full STEAM I Ahead with LEGO Spike  &   Full STEAM II Ahead with LEGO Spike
 * Following the morning camps Full Steam I & Full Steam II, KSU staff will provide lunch 11:30 - 12:30 PM for campers staying for the afternoon session. The afternoon session will run 12:30 - 3PM in the AT& T Classroom.

Note: When registering, please use your child’s enrolling grade for 2024-25.

Registrations: To register for any programs in the listing, please note the two-step registration process. Registration is not final until both steps have been completed. Please ensure that registration is completed with the name of the child participating in the program(s).

Camp space is not held until a Registration Fee Payment is received.

Cancellations: Cancellations must be made five business days before the program start date to receive a full refund of the registration fee. Cancellations must be submitted via email to continuinged@kent.edu.

 All camps are hosted in the AT&T Classroom/Room 034 of Moulton Hall on the Kent State Campus.

Program Listing

3D Digital Design for Augmented Reality and Printing

Campers will use 3DSlash and Maker Empire to design 3D projects for printing and use CoSpaces and Merge Cubes to create augmented reality projects. Each camper will also print out one of their projects to take home.

Suggested grades: 4+ (Appropriate for grades 4 through 8)

Schedule: June 24-27, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM


Full STEAM Ahead with LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential  *optional FREE add-on

LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential is LEGO’s learning platform for amplifying children’s understanding of concepts for science, technology, literacy, and math. Campers will engage in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts as they build with LEGO® elements and program with the intuitive SPIKE™ App.

Suggested grades: 3+  (Appropriate for grades 3 through 8)

Schedule: July 8 - 11, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 


CLOSED  Exploring Robotics *optional Free add-on

Campers will explore coding and computational thinking through hands-on experiences with a variety of programmable robots including mBots, Ozobot Evos, Edisons, and Sphero SPRK+.

Suggested grades: 3+  (Appropriate for grades 3 through 8) 

Schedule: July 15-18, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM



Full STEAM Ahead with LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential - Session 2 *optional Free add-on

LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential is LEGO’s learning platform for amplifying children’s understanding of concepts for science, technology, literacy, and math. Campers will engage in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts as they build with LEGO® elements and program with the intuitive SPIKE™ App.

Suggested grades: 3+  (Appropriate for grades 3 through 8)

Schedule: July 22-25, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM. 



Digital Game Design

Campers will build from their excitement for video games and learn to design and program their own playable digital games using tools such as RPG Maker MV and more.

Suggested grades: 5+ (Appropriate for grades 5 through 8)

Schedule: July 29 - Aug 1, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM


*FREE: optional add on
Math is FUN with STEM Activities - suggested grades 3+

Each day, students will play math games, puzzles and STEM Challenges that use math. Campers will leave loving math!

This camp can be selected as a FREE add-on of the July morning camps with families able to select from one of three sessions July 8-11, July 15-18, or July 22-25, 2024. Following the morning camp, KSU staff will provide lunch 11:30 - 12:30 PM for campers staying for the afternoon session. the afternoon session will run 12:30 - 3PM in the AT& T Classroom.
 

 

Step 1: Complete the Registration Form

Register for Summer STEM & Innovation Camps Here

Additional Notes:

  • Complete one registration form per student per program. 
  • Refundable registration fees for cancellations made 5 business days prior to program start. 

Please ensure that registration is completed with the name of the child participating in the program(s) instead of the parent or guardian's name. Please use your child's enrolling grade for 2024. 

Please complete registration Step 2 and submit the program registration fee via credit card. Payment by check contact Office of Continuing Education 330-672-3100.

For assistance with registration payment, please contact Judi Cash at jcash11@kent.edu. 

Step 2: Registration Fee Payment

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  • $125 per camp 
  • $150 per camp 

Please ensure that registration is completed with the name of the child participating in the program(s) instead of the parent or guardian's name. Please use your child's enrolling grade for 2024-2025.  

For assistance with registration payment, please contact Judi Cash at jcash11@kent.edu. 

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