Monday July 7th through Friday July 11th, 2025
Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM & Friday 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
A 4.5-day Youth Robotic Camp will be conducted for middle school students. The primary goal is to promote excitement for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Goals of the camp are learning concepts of programming, engineering practices, and teamwork. LEGO SPIKE™ Education Kits and program development environment will be used for hands-on building and programming activities.
Participants will build several robots during the camp, modifying and programming one for a BattleBot competition. The first four days will be allocated to learning basic LEGO robot build techniques and programming commands for movement, turning, sensing, decision-making along with combining the commands into sequences for solving problems. For the fifth day, participants will run a robot of their own design and build in the competition. Parents are encouraged to attend the competition on the final day.
Intended grade level: Rising 6th grade through 8th grade
Students should bring a water bottle, lunch, and drink daily.
Students should also bring a USB flash drive daily.
WILLIAMSON CAMPUS
1228 Liberty Pike Franklin, TN
When registering, please use your child's name and information where possible.
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