Welcome
STEM SUMMER CAMP
STEM Summer Camp features themes in hands-on creative projects including art and engineering,
robotics, coding, rocket science, game design, Minecraft, 3D design and 3D printing, and more.
Exciting News! MakerState is in the process of transitioning many of our school programs, including in-school, after-school, and STEM Summer Camp, to our partner 501c3 non-profit, StudentUnion. This transition helps us expand access to innovative STEM education for underserved schools while continuing to serve our current school partners. Visit us at www.student-union.org to learn more and register for upcoming programs!
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welcome to our
Summer Rising
Stem Summer camp
Lots of Outdoor Play & Games!
Register Multiple Weeks and/or Siblings and Save!
5% off each week you register for (applies as you register for multiple weeks and/or multiple siblings),
up to 25% off your total purchase.
Keeping your kids healthy and safe
Our camps comply with CDC and NYC Covid health regulations to include any distancing and masking mandates in place at the time of the camp.
What a Day at Camp looks like
Drop off and creative play Open Makerspace: exploring and creating with littleBits, MaKey MaKey, CircuitScribe, Snap Circuits, and more.
Circle Meeting: We explore the morning challenge and the project we’ll be building, emphasizing the STEM concept/skill, and showing real-world applications. We’ll also discuss the skills badges and Challenge Coins we’ll earn today!
Snack Break: We’ll take a break for snacks during this morning build time.
Break for lunch and recess, which includes games, laser tag, water balloons, and more.
Circle Meeting and another challenge and project building session in the afternoon.
Circle Debrief: We reflect upon our creativity and collaboration and earn our badges.
Pick Up and creative play Open Makerspace
After Camp Open Makerspace (SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED) – We keep the camp fun going from 3pm to 5pm every day with outdoor games, Scratch Coding, Geocaching, Lego Creative Challenges, Game Tournaments, Minecraft Engineering, makerspace creative time, and fun challenges (treasure hunt, coding challenge, chess competitions).
Learn why Camp is so much Fun
- Day camp for makers ages 6-12
- At least two hands-on STEM tech-arts projects every day
- Recess & play every day with laser tag and water balloons
- T-shirt, lanyard & project badges awarded
- Skill-building in coding, design, problem-solving, communicating, collaborating, and more
Summer 2024
Hands-on building
Every day features hands-on building projects and science experiments as well as creative projects in 3D printing, Robotics Arts, Minecraft Engineering, Laser Tag and Outdoor Play.
STEAM tech projects in:
- Scratch Coding: MIT’s art-centric, color block-based coding platform
- Tinkercad: Computer Aided 3D Design and 3D printing
- Lego Robotics: Virtual robotics with obstacle courses, artificial intelligence, and coding
- Kerbal Space Program: the kid-friendly rocket simulation used by NASA and SpaceX
- Minecraft Engineering: Mine, build and code in a an open sandbox play world
- Roblox Game Studio: Play, code and design games together in this open play world
- Lego Digital Design: imagine, design and create your own Lego pieces
- Piskel: 2D art and animation creation
Daily Camp Traditions
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Pajama Day
Earn Daily Badges!
Along the way, we’ll earn Challenge Badges for new skills like Computational Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Teamwork, and ChangeMaking. Fun first, hands-on, creative, skill-building! See you at STEM & Coding Summer Camp!
Daily Challenges
Strong Minds are Built, not Born
We’re Building a Sustainable & Inclusive Future
Social Emotional Learning
Deeper Learning at MakerState STEM Camp
Fostering Executive Functioning
Our daily projects and practice introduce executive function and self-regulation skills. Executive functioning is the mental process that enables us to plan, focus attention, make decisions, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. These fundamental abilities, often called the “CEO of the Brain”, enable school achievement, positive behaviors and relationships, healthy life choices, and later career success. Our approach to Executive Functioning comes from the Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University.
Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is how children learn to understand and manage emotions, set goals, show empathy for others, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Our young engineers practice these SEL skills within daily project-based learning experiences. Our approach to SEL comes from the pioneering SEL research and standards of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
After Camp Care
After Camp Play extends the fun of STEM Camp until 5pm!
We keep the camp fun going from 3pm to 5pm every day with outdoor games, ScratchGeocaching, Lego Creative Challenges, Scratch Coding Game Tournaments, Minecraft Engineering, and makerspace creative time. Pick up any time until 5pm. Late pick up fees apply for picks up after 5:30pm. You may register for an entire week of After Camp for $120 or one or more single days for $30/day.
What if I’m running late to pick up my child?
Same day purchase of After Camp is a great option if you know you are going to be running late that day. It happens! In those cases, please text your camp director and ensure that you’ve purchased a single day of After Camp on our site ($30) by the time you pick up your child.
Extended Day Charges
If you pick up after 3:30pm, you must be registered and paid on our website for After Camp for that day at $30.
QUESTIONS? Drop us a line in the chat! See you in camp!
