Summer 2021 Classes
LEGO In-Person Summer Camps
It’s about time! We can’t wait to see your kids this Summer. Summer Camps are so much fun! American Robotics Academy is offering a AM/PM or full day 1 week Summer LEGO Robotics Engineering Summer Camp. Our mission at American Robotics Academy® is to excite, inspire, and motivate young people about the fun, importance and impact of robotics technology in today’s world including STEM/STEAM curriculum. We hope to stimulate their imagination and creativity by encouraging them to explore, experience, and express themselves through our hands-on interactive robotics program. Held in a friendly, sports-like atmosphere, we focus on team building, problem solving, creativity and fun. Students will be working with the widely known and popular plastic LEGO building blocks, including the more specialized pieces such as axles, gears, beams, wheels, motors, microcomputers, pneumatics and other parts that will enable them to safely create animated and exciting mechanical movements and other effects. The LEGO Technic System has been adopted as the standard material for robotic designers, because of their sophisticated and powerful set of mechanical design components. Let’s Build the Future!
LOCATION REGISTRATION (MORE LOCATIONS COMING SOON)!
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Grace Anglican Community Church
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Partnering with University of Houston
Justice League Robotics Summer Camp
Audience: Students entering 1st – 4th.
Camp Description: As a student apprentice in a robotics, a master builder must conquer the concepts of robotics. Learn the basic mechanical properties of how things work and move through a hands-on learning experience. Students will explore the use of gears, pulleys, wheels and axles, motors and so much more. This class will open new windows, leading to the fun and mechanical world of robotics. Students work in teams to create extraordinary builds. This camp will introduce students to why a robot needs power transferred to its wheels from a power source located a distance away; in addition, the direction of the motion needs to be reversed so the robot will go forward instead of backward. Begin your journey in becoming a Master Builder!
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University of Houston Downtown Faith West Academy St Thomas More Parish School |
Cornerstone Christian Academy Nolan Ryan Jr. High School |
Brick Slayer
Audience: Students entering 3rd Grade to 7th Grade
Camp Description: Join us on an adventure that requires creative thought, time management and team communication as groups build a diverse range of off-road vehicles in challenging activities with other bots! Students learn to build bots using Legos and apply different gear ratios that will enable them to modify bots to race against the clock and play tug of war! This class will discuss drive gears and the various ranges of gear ratios. Here is your chance to learn which gear ratios are associated with speed or torque. Slay other bots in challenges with quirky modifications and diverse power plug-ins to eliminate the competition!
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Faith West School Faith West School University of Houston-Downtown Cornerstone Christian Academy |
St. Thomas More Parish School Nolan Ryan Jr. High School Faith West School |
Code Like a Intergalactic Champ
Audience: Students entering 3rd Grade to 7th Grade
Camp Description: Build your intergalactic robot using simple coding with Lego BOOST technology. You will build multiple robots throughout the duration of the course. Program your robot to do your every wish you command in a coding class! Upon completion of the robot builds, each child will learn to program the robot to conduct different tasks using the drag and drop icons on the Boost Lego software. Each team is provided a tablet to access the coding software. Each lesson or challenge must be met before the next step is achievable. Team and individual activities will be conducted to achieve your robot’s goal.
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Cornerstone Christian Academy University of Houston-Downtown Nolan Ryan Jr. High School |
St. Thomas More Parish School University of Houston Downtown
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Dumbledore Engineers Grasping Reverse Engineering
Audience: Students entering 3rd Grade to 7th Grade
Camp Description: Do you know any Master Builders with reverse engineering skills? Students will learn in camp that reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge from the object. Camp Instructors will engage students in understanding reverse engineering is the process of taking something apart to understand how it works. The process allows junior engineers to create new Lego Bots and modify their Bots to have more power, torque and speed. Campers will explore the different ways to make Bots move, vibrate and dance if they want to! Students learn to think backward in reverse.
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St. Thomas More Parish School Nolan Ryan Jr. High School Cornerstone Christian Academy |
Faith West School University of Houston-Downtown Cornerstone Christian Academy |
Virtual Summer Workshops
