5-Day February Vacation STEM Programs (Ages 5-10+)

Students get a fun, hands-on experience with STEM subjects using LEGO or Minecraft: Education Edition.
Instructors provide an introduction to key concepts, and then support students as they apply their new knowledge through construction and experimentation.
Every day, each student will have the opportunity to undertake 1-2 projects designed to apply their new knowledge.
Throughout, attentive instructors pose open-ended questions to stimulate critical thinking and creativity, facilitate discussion, and encourage independent and developmentally-appropriate group problem-solving.

February 2021 Programs

Recommended ages and schedule options vary by program (details below).

STEM Explorers offers students a highly engaging introduction to key concepts in engineering, mechanics, and natural science through hands-on learning with LEGO.

For this age group, we incorporate regular “brain breaks”, the shaking out of “sillies”, and unstructured play into each session.

PREREQUISITES: Students should have a basic understanding of mathematical concepts related to quantity, counting, space, and time.

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED: Students will also practice and strengthen teamwork and communication, independence, critical thinking, logical thinking, and creativity.

Minecraft Adventures offers students an exciting exploration of topics in environmental and life sciences. Students explore and problem-solve to complete challenges related to climatology and ecology in our custom-designed Minecraft worlds.

During this week-long program, students might build a solar electricity-generation plant, explore a seed bank, create a seismic sensor, or create their own underwater farm!

Minecraft: Education Edition is a place of unlimited opportunities for students to change, build, create, experiment, communicate, and learn together with a teacher's structure and guidance.

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED: Students will practice and strengthen communication and teamwork, operational thinking, and creativity.

Missions in Robotics offers students an exciting introduction to the basics of building and programming autonomous robots using sensors through hands-on learning with LEGO SPIKE Prime.

In this program, students will also have the opportunity to design, build, program, test, and optimize a robot to carry out a guided FIRST LEGO League mission!

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED: Students will practice and strengthen communication and presentation, collaboration and teamwork, creative and operational thinking, and logical and analytical problem-solving.