Bentonville Summer Camp Descriptions
Drone Coding
Students get a flying start in learning coding and aerodynamic principles with this programmable drone camp. They program their own custom flight patterns in completing the missions (landing mission, acrobat mission). Younger students use block based visual programming language and experienced students use text-based Python coding.
Lego WeDo Robotics
Campers design, build, and program exciting robots using LEGO’s advanced technology. Students work in teams as they collaborate and brainstorm ideas to build robots using motors and sensors. After building the model, they write codes using visual programming language to make the robot rotate, jump, spin, make sounds, and more.
Lego Robotics EV3
Campers design, build and program robots to accomplish a specific mission. Robots use motors, gears, sensors and software to perform complex tasks, responding to the surroundings. Projects include following the map, sensing obstacles, measuring their distances, and making decisions to deliver items or navigating through a maze based on the mission.
Minecraft Redstone Circuitry
Using Minecraft’s Redstone blocks, students learn and build electronic circuits to act in response to player activation or autonomously. Students create devices with simple to complex mechanisms such as light switches, traps, elevators, automatic farms to take Minecraft to a next level.
Minecraft Architecture
Minecraft offers a great entry point into the world of architecture. Using Minecraft as CAD tool, our next generation Architects learn various elements of differing architectural styles from medieval to modern architecture.
They create the floor plan and design the interiors with various types of stones, materials and shapes to build their dream structure.
3D Printing and Modeling
Campers learn 3D computer aided design using Tinkercad, understanding how three-dimensional objects are designed and developed on a modeling software. They will be given challenges to complete and print their designs using 3D printers.
Coding & Game Design
Senior campers learn to create and publish their own 2D games and app using Construct 3’s powerful visual system. Construct 3 is a powerful event-based software that allow students to learn the principles of programming as they develop fun, interactive animations and games teaching them to think like a programmer.
Young learners dive into programming with Scratch, a visual programming environment with drag-and-drop creative learning environment. Young coders think creatively, reason systematically and problem-solve to create their own interactive stories, games & animations.
Electrical Engineering
Younger students will explore the principles of electricity through the design of electrical circuits and combining the power of electricity with magnets to create powerful tools. With this knowledge, students create exciting projects and building games involving electricity.
Mechanical Engineering
Learn how mechanical engineering principles are applied to create the wonderful machines that make up our world. Students will be creating machines and mechanisms as they take an adventure through the world of mechanical engineering.
Marine Engineering
If your child is fascinated by marine vessels, then we’ll help feed that passion by exploring the design behind those great floating machines. Students will learn not only how these machines are crafted but also fundamental Marine Engineering topics, like buoyancy, propulsion, and different ways to power watercrafts.
Medieval Engineering
Campers work as engineers taking inspiration from the technology and innovations from medieval times in building military siege engines and farm machines.
Automobile Engineering
During this week, students build various working car models and hydraulic brake system learning the mechanics of Automobile Engineering.
Theme Park Engineering
Young engineers enjoy the thrill of an amusement park by building working model of various rides while learning engineering principles, circuitry, mechanism, and design cycle.
Alternative Energy Engineering
Campers are encouraged to their green energy tendencies with our Alternative Energy activities where they learn about the different types of renewable energy and ways that they can help to keep our Earth beautiful and healthy. They will be inspired to create, design and build different types of alternative energy machines using energy from water, wind, and the sun.
Structural Engineering
Learn about the different structures that make cities, such as Chicago, beautiful like the construction and design of buildings, bridges, and dams. Students will use their creativity to experiment with building their own structures using everyday materials and testing them against different forms of stress and then redesigning their structure to improve its durability.
