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INFORMATION

For more information or questions, please contact Gerald Messersmith at
605-800-4249 or gmessersmith@embe.org.

LOCATION

EmBe Avera – Downtown
300 W. 11th St.
Sioux Falls, SD  57104
Phone: 605-336-3660
info@embe.org

Hands-on STEM learning in a fun camp setting!

Who doesn’t love LEGOs? Who doesn’t love Robots? Robotics camps at EmBe teach kids, in grades 1 to 8, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills in a fun and hands-on setting. Our camps are perfect for kids to learn more about coding, programming, and robotics. Kids build skills and confidence from our many summer one-day camps, our summer two-day bootcamps, plus our no-school days camps during the fall and winter. Explore our camp offerings below!

This half-day camp is all about exploring and developing basic robotic skills. Kids will build LEGO® models and learn how to use simple motors and sensors in fun and exciting ways! Inspired by FIRST® LEGO® League Explore. This camp is offered multiple times throughout the summer. The curriculum is the same for each date, whether morning or afternoon.

Open to kids in 1 – 3 grade | 6 – 10 years old | $69.23 Per Day

Summer 2024 Camp Dates:
Half-Day Morning Camp | 8:30am – 12:00pm

  • May 23
  • May 24
  • May 28
  • May 29
  • May 31
  • June 10
  • June 11
  • June 17
  • June 24

Half-Day Afternoon Camp | 1:00 – 4:30 pm

  • June 6
  • June 19
  • June 26
  • June 27

In this half-day camp, kids work in small teams to learn the basics of building and coding a SPIKE® Prime LEGO® robot. This camp is perfect for kids who have no experience working with SPIKE® Prime Robots and are interested in FIRST® LEGO® League. Challenge GO provides a great introduction to our more in-depth FLL Challenge Bootcamp.

Open to kids in 4 – 8 grades | 10 – 14 years old | $69.23 Per Day

Summer 2024 Camp Dates:

Half-Day Afternoon Camp | 1:00 – 4:30pm

  • June 11

Half-Day Morning Camp | 8:30am – 12:00pm

  • June 6
  • June 27

This camp gives kids a snapshot of our FLL Challenge program. They will learn about a specific scientific challenge, brainstorm and explore solutions, and learn how to build and code a SPIKE Prime LEGO robot to accomplish specific missions in our robot game field. This camp is great for kids who are interested in FLL and want to get an introduction to our competition season.

Ages: 4th – 8th graders in the 2024-2025 Academic Year | $133.13 Per Two-Day Camp

Two Days | 8:30am – 4:30pm

Dates: Each camp will explore a different topic based on season themes from our FLL competition season. Below is more information on the dates, themes, and descriptions for each camp.

July 8 – 9 | Masterpiece

In this camp, Kids will look at how we use technology in the arts and how technology helps engage others or increase participation in what we love to do. Our robot game is about technology that will improve an audience’s experience of a creative production. Robots will need to deliver experts involved in designing the shows and the audience members needed to be delivered to various venues around tour mission board.

July 22 – 23 | Superpowered

In this camp, kids will be exploring renewable energy and think about where energy comes from, how energy is generated, how is it distributed and how we can reimagine a better energy future. Our robot game will be about collecting energy units from different sources around our mission board and distributing them where energy will be consumed.

July 29 – 30 | Cargo Connect

Kids will explore transportation of goods and the ongoing demands are placed on the transportation systems. They will explore new ways, or improve existing ways, to transport products from place to place. In our robot game, your robot will need to deliver cargo to different forms of transportation or target locations around the field.

August 5 – 6 | Superpowered

In this camp, kids will be exploring renewable energy and think about where energy comes from, how energy is generated, how is it distributed and how we can reimagine a better energy future. Our robot game will be about collecting energy units from different sources around our mission board and distributing them where energy will be consumed.

Scholarship opportunities are available. EmBe is committed to being accessible to all regardless of ability to pay. If you need a full or partial scholarship contact Rachel Gross at eassistant@embe.org.