Lehigh Valley, PA Coding and Robotics Classes and Camps for Kids

aweSTEM Camp (K-2nd)

Kids have a blast solving problems, designing projects and creatively expressing themselves in this fun-filled camp!

We teach STEM concepts to our youngest learners using hands-on activities help to develop critical and creative thinking skills. Our students will create fun projects to demonstrate their new knowledge including Line of Sight puppets and Code Strings! Taking what they have learned, kids will be able to bring their imaginations to life in full, 3D color. Using a block coding program, kids will learn about loops, variables, and constructors while coding their own 3D video game including Frogger Freeway, Underwater Diving, and Sports Games! Students continue to put valuable coding concepts into action by building cool Lego robots and programming them to come to life! This aweSTEM camp is educational, cool, and FUN!

Junior Coder Camp (K-2nd)

Learning to code at any age is beneficial to students. Similar to learning another language, early exposure can help a child pick it up with confidence and ease. Our Junior Coder camp gives kids a way to learn critical coding skills while creating animations, programming Lego® robots and coding their way through a Minecraft World Adventure (including Hogwarts).

With Scratch Jr, kids will code their own short stories, apply element of animations and create their own sprites and objects – all while learning coding fundamentals! Kids then reinforce those valuable coding concepts while building their own Lego® robots and programming them to come to life! The adventure isn’t over until we have explored some new worlds in the Minecraft realm! Students will explore, build, and code while visiting ancient Egypt, Tokyo Disneyland, the wizarding world of Harry Potter, and more!

aweSTEM Camp (3rd-5th)

Using a mix of off-screen and on-screen activities, kids learn about coding fundamentals and put them into action by designing projects and expressing themselves in this fun-filled camp!

Through hands-on activities, kids develop critical and creative thinking skills with projects that demonstrate their new coding knowledge including Functional Marionettes and and Very Scary Variables! Taking what they have learned, kids will use loops, variables and more to program animations, 3D Video Games and a game console they can hold in their hands! Students continue to put valuable coding concepts into action by building and programming a variety of robots including space, earth, and the animal (or Pokemon) world.

Coding: Game Lab Camp (3rd-5th)

In this camp, kids don’t just play video games, they get to CREATE them by learning and apply coding and game design skills. Learning about Java, kids will create their own “mods” (or modifications) in the game and literally “hack” the game to bring their imaginations to life! They will create awesome min-games such as Blocky Races, Ravine Runner, and Swoop De Loop! Then, we take Scratch one level further by using it to explore AI and Machine Learning concepts including augmented reality and simulated learning and functions. With this knowledge, they can create fast-paced interactive games such as Fruit Ninjas, Chatbots, and AI Pets! Before the adventure is over, we make a stop in Roblox Studio (an aspiring game developer’s playground) to teach game design principles so kids can build/code Obby’s and self-made worlds!

Robotics Camp (3rd-5th)

Kids have a blast solving problems, designing projects and creatively expressing themselves in this fun-filled camp! Using exciting hands-on activities, kids engage multiple areas of their brain which allows for learning to happen from real life experiences. With emphasis on robotics, kids will build animals and pokemon robots while learning about gravity, friction, and torque. They will program these creatures to come to life with their coding know-how! We also take kids on a journey “out of this world” through the solar system. With space rovers they can construct and program, students explore the planets, deal with atmosphere changes, and conquer changes in gravity. Robotics are the only cool thing a young coder can see and touch. With micro:bit circuit boards, kids can program a wide set of games including Flappy Bird, Obstacle Scroller, and more! They program their very own video game console!

Coding: Game Lab Camp (6th-8th)

We all use some of the most popular programming languages everyday – YouTube, Google, and Instagram! In this class, students explore fundamental coding concepts while working with specific “real world” programming languages including Java, Lua, and Python! While learning Java fundamentals, kids customize Minecraft minigames and mods such as Blocky Races, Spleef, and even create their own Lucky Blocks! Exploring the world of Roblox Studio (a game developer’s playground), kids code using Lua (the leading scripting language in games), create their own games and publish what they make! Using the same mechanics found in popular games such as Tetris, Space Invaders, and Animal Crossing, our students will build their own video game while learning the fundamentals of Python!