Summer Design and STEM Programs

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW FOR

Grades K-6 camps the weeks of July 8 & 15
Intermediate level camps the week of July 22
Girls Only camp the week of July 29
Advanced topics the week of August 5

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ROBOTICS, CODING, 3D MODELING & PRINTING, ELECTRONICS, LEGO MAKERS, GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION, AND MORE!

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July 08 - 12 2024

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

MECHANICS & ROBOTICS BUNDLE | Grades 3-6 | July 8-12; 15-19 | $460/weekWeekly

First Congregational Church, 36 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 08 - 12 2024

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

CODING BUNDLE | Grades 3-6 | July 8-12; 15-19 | $460/weekWeekly

First Congregational Church, 36 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 08 - 12 2024

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

DESIGN BUNDLE | Grades 3-6 | July 8-12; 15-19 | $460/weekWeekly

First Congregational Church, 36 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 08 - 12 2024

9:00 am - 11:30 am

LEGO MAKERS | Grades K-4 | July 8-12; 15-19 | $240/weekWeekly

First Congregational Church, 36 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 08 - 12 2024

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

STEM EXPLORERS | Grades K-2 | July 8-12; 15-19 | $240/weekWeekly

First Congregational Church, 36 Main St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

9:00 am - 11:30 am

INTERMEDIATE LEGO NXT, EV3 OR SPIKE PRIME ROBOTICS | Grades 6-9 | July 22-26 | $240

Robotics And Beyond Office, 46 Bridge Street, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

9:00 am - 11:30 am

MINECRAFT WORLD & QUEST BUILDING | Grades 7-12 | July 22-26 | $240

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

9:00 am - 11:30 am

INTERMEDIATE VEX ROBOTICS | Grades 6-12 | July 22-26 | $240

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

9:30 am - 11:30 am

PYTHON LEVELS 1 & 2 | Grades 7-12 | July 22-26 | $240

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

UNITY GAME DEVELOPMENT | Grades 7-12 | July 22-26 | $240

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

JAVA LEVELS 1 & 2 | Grades 7-12 | July 22-26 | $240

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

INTRO TO CIRCUITS & SOLDERING | Grades 6-10 | July 22-26 | $240

Robotics And Beyond Office, 46 Bridge Street, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 22 - 26 2024

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

AUTODESK FUSION 360: INTERMEDIATE 3D DESIGN & 3D PRINTING | Grades 7-12 | July 22-26 | $240

Robotics And Beyond Office, 46 Bridge Street, New Milford, CT 06776

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July 29 2024 - August 02 2024

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

GIRLS ONLY STEM & DESIGN | Grades 3-6 & 7-12 | July 29-August 2

The Maxx, 94 Railroad St, New Milford, CT 06776

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August 05 - 09 2024

9:00 am - 11:30 am

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION W/ PROCREATE FOR iPAD | Grades 7-12 | August 5-9 | $260

The Silo, Hunt Hill Farm

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August 05 - 09 2024

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

ADVANCED ROBOTICS | Grades 8-12 | August 5-9 | $460

The Silo, Hunt Hill Farm

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August 05 - 09 2024

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

DIGITAL MUSIC W/ FL STUDIO | Grades 7-12 | August 5-9 | $240

The Silo, Hunt Hill Farm

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Please add camp@roboticsandbeyond.org and roboticsandbeyond@jumbula.com to your approved email contacts list. If this is not done you may miss important information and lose your registration for the class. Always check your spam/junk folder.

CAMP LOCATIONS

July 8-12; 15-19: First Congregational Church in historic downtown New Milford Registration open NOW for grades K-6 (full-day and half-day)

July 22-26: The Maxx & Our Office Registration open NOW. More focused, in-depth topics in design, engineering and technology for grades 6-12 during the mornings and afternoons

July 29-August 2: The Maxx Registration open NOW. Girls Only STEM & Design for grades 3-6 and 7-12 (full-day)

August 5-9: The Silo at Hunt Hill Farm Registration open NOW. Advanced topics for older students or those who have completed intermediate levels.

Make sure you are on our email list to receive our announcements as we roll out more topics.

* CAMP OFFERINGS SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION, DEPENDING ON STAFFING OR EVENTS BEYOND ON OUR CONTROL *

Minecraft World and Quest Building

Grades 7-12 or by permission. Summer camps, 1 to 2 hour multi-day classes, and 1-day workshops. Inquire about online options.

The concept for Robotics And Beyond’s Minecraft OASIS originated from the virtual reality world OASIS that was the backdrop in the book and movie Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. This is a long-term project that we expect to last for several years.

The OASIS is stored on an AWS (Amazon Web Server).

Participants can choose from three roles.

1. Server software, permissions and other “back-end” functions

2. Design and building of worlds, structures and properties

3. Strategies and prizes for quests and games

Our OASIS universe consists of 27 square “sectors” arranged like a Rubik’s Cube. Each sector will eventually contain a number of planets. Our plan is to create a large-scale game with the following features.

- Non-combat and PVP (player vs. player) worlds or regions
- Private properties to be bought by players and developed as they desire
- Quests and other games where players can earn credits and artifacts or special abilities
- Teleportation between places on a world and between worlds
- Frequent references to names, places, games, music and movies that were part of the book Ready Player One
- A set of governing rules

The first class will introduce the concept of the OASIS, how it is hosted, discuss the overall design, choose roles for each student and begin working. The remaining classes will focus on designing and finishing quests and games so they are fully operational. Team members will be allowed to work on the project between classes during limited hours. Collaboration and discussion between team members will be essential and is an important goal for the project.

Requirements:

- A deep interest in Minecraft world building or the design of strategic quests and game plots and stories within the worlds.
- Ability to work as part of a team, collaborate respectfully, proper online conduct, and follow through on responsibilities for your effort on the project.

Game Development with Unity

Grades 7-12 or by permission. Summer camps, 1 to 2 hour, multi-day classes, and 1-day workshops. Inquire about online options.

This topic provides a good introduction to Unity and its use for game development and the application of the programming language C# to a specific project. New students will learn fundamentals of the software platform tools and libraries and each build their own level of one group game. Experienced students will work on their own complete game. Students will download the Unity development software to take part in this class.

This class will not teach coding fundamentals (see “Requirements” below).

The benefit of Unity: Unity is a development platform for creating graphics and animation in 2D, 3D, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). It has very wide use in industry for creating video games, films and animation for many applications. Because working in Unity involves the use of code libraries written in the language C#, it also provides a great learning path to higher levels of coding in general. Unity has a very large user base and is well supported with tutorials and forums that provide great sources of information and help.

Requirements:

- A personal interest in game design and learning about an industrial-strength game development platform.

- The class is focused on learning to use the software platform Unity and applying C# to the subject of game development. The class does not have time to teach coding fundamentals. Therefore a high comfort level with at least one programming language is necessary to be allowed to join the class. C# is ideal, Java and any other C-based language are the next most relevant languages. Strong ability in Python or Java Script is also acceptable.

Optional but highly recommended:

- Installation of the free Unity development software on a laptop or desktop computer from your home. Our staff can help with installation during the classes.

- Creation of a personal Unity account to allow projects and learning to continue at home. The accounts are free and we will provide guidance on the account setup.

- Creation of a GitHub account to allow collaboration with other students and our instructors, and access to code from many other designers. The accounts are free and we will provide guidance on the account setup.

Learn more about Unity

Autodesk Fusion 360: Introduction and basic skills

Grades 7-12 or by permission. Summer camps, 1 to 2 hour, multi-day classes, and 1-day workshops. Inquire about online options.

Students will learn the basic functions of Fusion 360 to create sketches, geometries, and 3d shapes and original designs, and learn how their models are fabricated through 3D printing. Fusion 360 is Autodesk’s flagship mechanical design software, with design, machining, rendering, and blueprinting software all in one, cloud enabled package. Fusion 360 offers a free 3-year license to students and is our best recommendation for exploring and growing career skills in 3D modeling.

We hope to allow each student to choose one model to be printed by Robotics And Beyond and picked up in New Milford or mailed to the home. This is not certain and will depend on the availability of our 3D printer for the camp or class.

Learn more about Autodesk Fusion 360

Requirements:

- Experience with Robotics And Beyond class using Tinkercad or experience with any 3D modeling software such as Sketchup, Blender or Solidworks. Tinkercad will allow the easiest transition to Fusion 360.

Optional but highly recommended for use of Fusion 360 at home:

- An Autodesk Fusion 360 account: (We will send you a tutorial on how to get an account with autodesk)

- A suitable computer: Computers will be provided for in-person classes but students may bring their own laptop. We encourage students to continue work with the software at home after the camp. Either a PC or MAC with at least 4GB RAM is needed, or preferably 8GB. Chromebooks will not work with Fusion 360. A dedicated graphics card is not necessary. If your computer runs any application or game with graphics like Minecraft, Blender or Sketchup then it should work well with Fusion 360. Computers purchased after 2014 will generally be fine.

- An installation of Fusion 360: We will send a tutorial on installing Fusion 360, which is free for students and hobbyists alike. You will get a free three year license allowing your student to continue using Fusion beyond our classroom.

- Internet Access: Fusion 360 does not rely on a browser but it needs online access to Autodesk’s cloud resources.