STEM Camps / Upward Bound
Summer STEM & Innovation Camps
Robotics, coding, and more! Join us for summer STEAM camps in Kent State’s AT&T Classroom. Camps change weekly with opportunities for children to engage in a variety of digital experiences including 3D modeling, robotics, animation, coding/programming & game design. Spring discounted registration rates available. Registration opens online March 24.
https://www.kent.edu/rcet/youth-programs
Registration fee per camp: $125 per camp through May 19; $150 per camp after May 20.
Note: When registering, please use your child’s enrolling grade for 2025 - 2026.
Cancellations must be submitted via email to continuinged@kent.edu within 5 business days prior to the camp start date to receive a refund.
All camps are hosted in the AT&T Classroom/Room 034 of Moulton Hall on the Kent State Campus.
Registration fee per camp: $125 per camp through May 11; $150 per camp after May 12.
KSU closed in observance of Juneteenth on June 19.
Full STEAM Ahead with LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential (June Option)
LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential is LEGO’s learning platform for amplifying children’s understanding of concepts for science, technology, arts/literacy, and math (STEAM). Campers will engage in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts as they build with LEGO® elements and program with the intuitive SPIKE™ App. Note: Due to high demand, this camp is also offered July 21-24, 9-11:30 AM.
Suggested grades: 3+ (Appropriate for grades 3 through 8)
Schedule: June 9-12 MTWTH 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 Construct 3. Construct 3 is a 2D game engine that can be used to design and create your games, such as puzzles, platformers, role-playing games (RPGs), shooters, racing games, or even storybooks.
Suggested grades: 5+ (Appropriate for grades 5 through 8)
Schedule: June 16-18 MTW 9:00 AM - Noon Meets 3 days
KSU closed in observance of Juneteenth on June 19.
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: July 7-10 MTWTH 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Exploring Robotics
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 14-17 MTWTH 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Full STEAM Ahead with LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential (July Option)
LEGO® SPIKE™ Essential is LEGO’s learning platform for amplifying children’s understanding of concepts for science, technology, arts/literacy, and math (STEAM). 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 21-24 MTWTH 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM; Note: This is a second offering of this camp. The camp is also offered June 9-12, 9-11:30 AM.
Upward Bound Summer Institute
https://www.kent.edu/upwardboundprogram
Upward Bound is a federal TRIO program funded by the U. S. Department of Education.
Pre-College/TRIO Upward Bound programs include three federal TRIO Upward Bound programs that seek to increase educational opportunities and diminish barriers for first-generation, low income students and families through comprehensive services in targeted school districts.
There are three Upward Bound programs at Kent State: Classic, Math Science, and Health Professions. TRIO programs help students overcome, class, social, academic and cultural barriers to higher education.