IU8 STEM Summer Camp
Join us for Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 STEM Summer Camp
Dates/Locations and Times:
- Greater Johnstown Career & Technology Center, Johnstown, PA
July 25, 26, & 27- 9AM - 2PM each day - Snack and lunch are provided
- Executive Office of Appalachia IU 8 , Altoona PA
- Educational Development Center, Duncansville, PA
Camp Information
- Registration must be completed online and paid for with a credit card.
- Registration fee is non-refundable
- Cost per session is $110 per student.
- Students must be entering the grade listed for the camp
- There is limited space for each camp. You may be placed on a wait-list if the camp is full.
- You will receive notification if a spot has opened up for you.
- Camp will run from 9AM - 2PM on each scheduled day.
- A snack and lunch will be provided each day.
- Students may only participate in ONE camp per location.
- Program Terms and Conditions can be found here
- DEADLINE to register is May 26, 2017
Dash and Dot
Grade Levels: 3-5
Dates: June 27-29
Location: Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
Cost: $110
Register Online at http://bit.ly/iu8stemdash1
This camp is designed for first time users of Dash and Dot. Students will begin with a brief equipment familiarization and programming basics and then participate in a series of challenges to navigate mazes and use the robots to move small objects.
Exploring Circuits with Makey-Makey and littleBits
Grade Levels: 3-8
Dates: June 27-29
Location: Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8makey
Explore the world of electronics with this engaging STEM camp. Campers will create Makey-Makey projects while learning about conductors, insulators, and circuits. Projects include making a snap pea piano, playdoh video game controller, and operation game.
Fabulous Food Science
Grade Levels: 6-8
Dates: June 27-29
Location: Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8food1
Do you love to eat? Do you like to experiment with food? This workshop will merge science and food through a series of edible kitchen activities. Cooking and baking are some of the best and most tasty science projects you will ever encounter. During our week, we will explore the properties of various ingredients, create unique edible dishes, and taste our products too! Take a bite out of this fun food science workshop this summer!
Lego Mindstorms EV3
Grade Levels: 6-8
Dates: June 27-29
Location: Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8lego1
This introduction to programming the Lego Mindstorms EV3 will teach students to build, program, and test a robot using the EV3 Robot Kit.
This camp will provide students with an opportunity to design and build programmable robots using motors, sensors, gears, wheels and axles, and other technical components. Using the program app, students will also be able to test and troubleshoot their robot and revise their designs to improve robot performance
Dash and Dot
Grade Levels: 3 -5
Dates: July 25 - July 27
Location: Executive Office of IU8 - 4500 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8dash2
Dash and Dot are real robots, charged and ready to play out of the box. Responding to voice, navigating objects, dancing, and singing, Dash and Dot are the robots you always dreamed of using. Use Wonder, Blockly, and other apps to create new behaviors for Dash and Dot— doing more with robotics and coding than ever possible.
Students in this workshop will program Dash & Dot to do anything imaginable: deliver a message to a friend, have a dance party, and even navigate through an obstacle course.
Fabulous Food Science
Grade Levels: 6-8
Dates: July 25 - July 27
Location: Executive Office of IU8 - 4500 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8food2
Do you love to eat? Do you like to experiment with food? This workshop will merge science and food through a series of edible kitchen activities. Cooking and baking are some of the best and most tasty science projects you will ever encounter. During our week, we will explore the properties of various ingredients, create unique edible dishes, and taste our products too! Take a bite out of this fun food science workshop this summer!
Life Hacks with littlebits
Grade Levels: 4 - 6
Dates: July 25 - July 27
Location: Executive Office of IU8 - 4500 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8lifehacks
Lifehacks are strategies, techniques, or devices that makes life easier. iPod speakers not loud enough? Design a toilet paper roll amplifier for it's speaker. Sibling snooping through your book bag? Design a book bag alarm to scare them off.
Students will become household problem solvers in this class that is built around the engineering design process, which moves students through the five phases of engineering: asking, imagining, planning, creating, and improving.
Lego Mindstorms EV3
Grade Levels: 6-8
Dates: July 25 - July 27
Location: Educational Development Center - 580 Foot of Ten Road, Duncansville, PA 16635
Cost: $110
Register online at http://bit.ly/iu8lego2
This introduction to programming the Lego Mindstorms EV3 will teach students to build, program, and test a robot using the EV3 Robot Kit.
This camp will provide students with an opportunity to design and build programmable robots using motors, sensors, gears, wheels and axles, and other technical components. Using the program app, students will also be able to test and troubleshoot their robot and revise their designs to improve robot performance
Questions?
Email: rbuhite@iu08.org
Website: www.iu08.org
Location: 4500 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA, United States
Phone: (814) 940-0223