Covid-19 STEM Summer Camp 2020 Update
We believe our kids need hands-on, creative play and building with each other now more than ever. We are committed to providing socially safe, fun, and transformative learning experiences. Like you, we are constantly monitoring guidelines posted by New York City and State, the NYC Department of Education, the CDC, the American Camp Association, and our location hosts in each neighborhood. We were pleased to hear Gov. Cuomo’s announcement that day camps may open, with health and safety measures, on June 29th (see “Cuomo gives green light to N.Y. summer day camps”).
While the situation continues to change week by week, we are preparing for two options for our kids and families: virtual camp online with live instructors and, potentially, in-person camps that meet and exceed all health and safety measures. The evolving situation will likely impact our camp themes and activities, but you can rest assured that we will run the safest and most engaging camps, even if only virtually, for the entire 10 weeks of summer. Read more here.
Virtual STEM Camp starts June 29th! Join us this summer!
We encourage you to enroll in our engaging hands-on with live instructors Virtual STEM Summer Camp and then if we offer an in-person camp, you may apply your camp purchase price to the in-person program of choice.
Lower East Side STEM Camp!
Education & Coding, Lego Robotics, Engineering for kids and more at MakerState Summer Camp!
STEM Camp – Lower East Side
Seward Park Canal St. and Essex St. New York, NY 10002
OUR MISSION:
MakerState’s mission is to help transform K-12 education through student-centered, inquiry-based and experiential learning. Our approach to STEM education allows kids to create and problem solve through the implementation of robotic technology, coding, engineering, rocket science, game design, Minecraft and 3D design and more.
Lower East Side STEM Education – The MakerState Mission
Science/Tech/Engineering/Arts/Maker Camp with emphasis on Fun! Our STEM Summer Camp in Upper East Side focuses on developing kids’ STEM skills and social skills through team oriented, challenging projects. This year MakerState introduces an overarching theme of Sustainability. This provides kids with the opportunity to connect the lessons, community and the wider world through addressing real-world issues, and solving them through STEM education.
MakerState STEM Camp Offers:
MakerState offers in-depth, hands-on instruction of STEM focused learning – best part is we make it fun for kids! During summer camp we teach kids coding, lego robotics and engineering.
Do you have a robot or video game enthusiast at home? We would love to meet them!
STEM & CODING SUMMER CAMP
WHAT A DAY AT CAMP LOOKS LIKE
- 8:30am-9am: Drop off and creative play
- 9am: Open Makerspace: exploring and creating with littleBits, MaKey MaKey, CircuitScribe, and Snap Circuits
- 9:30am: Circle Meeting: Explore the morning Challenge and the Prototype we’ll build with a special emphasis on how it’s built, the STEM concept/skill we’ll learn, and where we see this in the real world
- 11:30am: Break for lunch and physical play recess that includes games, laser tag, water balloons, and more
- 1:30pm: Circle Meeting and another Challenge and Prototype building session in the afternoon
- 3pm: Circle Debrief: we reflect upon our creativity and collaboration for the day and are awarded our badges (plus healthy snacks)
- 3:30pm: Open Makerspace
- 4pm: Camp Day Ends
- 4pm-4:30pm: Pick-up
STEM & CODING SUMMER CAMP
WHAT A DAY AT CAMP LOOKS LIKE
- Day camp for makers ages 6-14
- 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
Lots of Outdoor Play!
STEM SUMMER CAMP After Care Program
We have a super-fun daily After Care Program that starts upon STEM Camp completion at 4pm and runs until 5:30pm. Pick up can happen any time between 5:30pm-6:00pm (late pick up fee past 6:00pm–see below). The cost is $150/week or $40/day. After Care activities include Minecraft Engineering, Scratch Coding Game Design, movies, board games, and more. Parents may register for one day or up to five days per week. Same day purchase of single day After Care ($40/day) is a great option if you know you are going to be running late that day! In those cases please, please text your camp director.
What if I’m running late to pick up my child?
It happens! You can go online and purchase a single day of aftercare or the late fees listed below will be applied to your registration as the time of pick up is recorded for each child; and you’ll then be billed for late pick up fees. Please acknowledge that you understand our late fee policy.
| Pick-up time for STEM Campers: | Pick-up time for After Care STEM campers: | Late fee charged: |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | 5:30pm – 6:00pm | Included |
| 4:31pm – 5:00pm | 6:00pm – 6:30pm | $25 |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | 6:31pm – 7:00pm | $50 |
Week 1 – JUNE 29 – JULY 3
3D Rocket Design & Hands-On Engineering with Kerbal Space Program
You are the next generation of space explorers and it’s up to us to discover and create new worlds! Let’s suit up and fire those booster rockets to create real rockets that fly and virtual rockets that explore moons and planets. We’ll build spacecraft, fly them, and try to help the little Kerbals fulfill their ultimate mission of creating sustainable space travel.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 2 – JULY 6-10
Play-based Game Design Animation & Coding with DIY Minecraft & Micro:bit Controllers
This camp is all about hands-on creativity! We’ll build sustainable robots, music, and games with our pocket-sized, programmable Micro:bit micro-computers. We’ll create Mondrian-inspired playdough art, spinning animation phenakistoscopes that demonstrate persistence of vision, and re-create those epic artworks in Minecraft.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 3 – JULY 13-17
LEGO Robotics & Hands-on 3D Design with TinkerCAD
Ever wonder what it’s like to build your own robot from scratch? This is your camp! Each day of camp, you’ll build a bigger and smarter and faster robot that learns to explore and create a more sustainable future. You’ll also 3D design and print your own robot accessories with the 3Doodler pen.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 4 – JULY 20-24
Worldbuilding with Scratch Coding, Roblox & Micro:bit
City builders and dreamers will reimagine our fair city of New York to build and code a super-fun, sustainable community. We’ll prototype our worlds together in 3D shapes and create interactive stories, games, and animations within the Roblox Studio.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 5 – JULY 27-31
3D Design & Printing with TinkerCAD, 3Doodler & Minecraft
Let’s get hands-on to create a green future with 3D printing pens, computer aided design, and the immersive world of Minecraft. We’ll collaborate to solve real-world challenges like planet-friendly farming, sustainable transportation, and renewable energy.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 6 – AUG 3-7
Create Your Own Space Program: Rocket Design in TinkerCAD, Kerbal & 3Doodler
Calling future astronauts and rocketeers! We’re building sustainable spacecraft and space stations for launches, orbits, landings, and even a few malfunctions, explosions, repairs, and rescues. We’ll make balloon towers that mimic graphene geothermal systems and global cooling space tubes and a shock absorbing, parachute space lander and test it with an egg!
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 7 – AUG 10-14
Hands-on Engineering & Design with LEGO Robotics, Minecraft & MaKey MaKey
Roll up your sleeves engineers! This week it’s all about hands-on building! We’ll explore how engineers at NASA, Apple and Tesla create smart rockets, devices, and cars with lots of hands-on projects in LEGO robotics and MaKey MaKey microcontrollers.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 8 – AUG 17-21
Space Engineering: Exploring New Worlds in Kerbal, Roblox & Micro:bit
We’re launching into hands-on rocket design and sustainable space exploration in this introduction to NASA engineering. We’ll build a lemon-powered light and a DIY electromagnet with wire, a nail, and a battery. We’ll automate farms, build green transport systems, and cultivate alternative fuels in the Roblox Studio and control our vehicles, rockets and satellites with the Micro:bit microcontroller.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 9 – AUG 24-28
Play-based Coding & Game Design with Minecraft & 3D Printing
How do you create a farm that is kind to animals? How do you make the subway friendly to all riders? How do you power a giant city on solar energy? This is your chance to build, code and playtest games based on your wildest dreams…of a sustainable world.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
Week 10 – AUG 31-SEPT 4
LEGO Robotics & Game Design with Roblox & MaKey MaKey
Let’s build robots that walk, roll, lift, talk, play and learn! We’ll start by building a hydraulic powered robotic arm and a DIY electromagnet with wire, a nail, and a battery. We’ll design and code new Roblox Studio worlds where virtual robots can play and explore.
Physical Summer Camp purchase and registration are pending due to safety regulations and location availability.
Join us for Virtual STEM Summer Camp HERE.
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