Offered the week of August 5-9 from 9:30 am – 12 pm for students entering grades 7 – 12, or by permission Explore and become fluent in the world of FL Studio, a professional-level Digital Audio Workspace (DAW) used by producers and music makers around the world. Students will gain a basic understanding of how to navigate, configure, and operate FL Studio, as well as how to create electronic tunes
Offered the week of August 5-9 from 9:00 am – 11:30 am for students entering grades 7 – 12, or by permission This topic provides a great introduction to important concepts and skills in illustration, graphic design, concept art or 2D animation, using ProCreate. Procreate is a professional-level software package used widely in industry for films, video and advertising and used in many of the top animation college programs. A
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St., New Milford. Maximum 6 campers. 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. . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 9:00-11:30 am at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St., New Milford. Maximum 6 campers. The VEX Robotics Summer Camp is an exciting and hands-on program designed for students to dive into the world of robotics using the VEX Robotics platform: metal components, nuts and bolts! The camp is presented by leaders of the Brookfield High School FIRST Robotics Team 1099. . . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm at our office, 46 Bridge St, New Milford. Maximum 8 campers. Students will gain basic skills in the powerful design software from Autodesk. Create original design, and learn how their designs are fabricated through 3D printing. Students will learn to work with sketches, geometries, and 3d shapes. . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 9:30 am – 11:30 am at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St., New Milford. Maximum 8 campers. This class begins with an introduction to basic concepts common to every language of programming. Students will work through a series of exercises to understand the concepts, begin to learn the Python language syntax and structure, and move on to more complex programs and coding skills. .
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St., New Milford. Maximum 8 campers. Students will begin learning the Java language and syntax with simple programs of 5-20 lines. After learning the basics, continue with more complex and longer programs to build your knowledge of syntax, program structure and fundamental Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts. . . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 9 am – 11:30 am at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St., New Milford. Maximum 10 campers. 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. . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 12:30-3:00 pm at our office, 46 Bridge St, New Milford. Maximum 6 campers. Learn the basics of simple circuits, and soldering electrical components like resistors, capacitors and LED lights onto circuit boards and see them work. Learn to design and test circuits using free software. . REGISTER NOW
Offered the week of July 22-26 from 9 am – 11:30 am at our office, 46 Bridge St, New Milford. Maximum 6 campers. Students explore more complex robots and programming in individual and/or group projects using LEGO NXT, EV3, or Spike Prime. . REGISTER NOW
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Grades 3-6 & 7-12. 1-day workshops, or multi-day classes and week long summer camp, 2 hours/class. In-person only.
Build a robot and learn fundamentals of programming and robotics engineering with LEGO’s programmable NXT or EV3 robotics system of controller, motors, sensors and Mindstorms software. The use of NXT or EV3 system will depend on the student’s age and experience. Students will work in pairs but exceptions may be allowed to work alone. Once students accomplish required tasks and simpler challenges, they can choose from higher level challenges or build a more complex robot of their own design or one provided by the instructors. Depending on availability, students may also be able to use robots to solve FIRST LEGO League competition missions. The final class will include optional robot battles within a 4 foot arena ring where students test mechanical design and programming strategies against each other.
Grades 3-12 or by permission. 1-day workshops, or 1 to 2 hour sessions in multi-day classes and week long summer camps. In-person or Online.
Tinkercad is a great way for students interested in 3D modeling and design to get a feel for what working in a 3D environment is like! Tinkercad is a free, introductory educational software created by engineering software company Autodesk. Tinkercad runs in your browser so it requires no software download and allows you to create an account and save your projects. Students will learn how to create, dimension, combine, and customize pre-generated and custom drawn geometric shapes to create basic models, parts, and inventions. Tinkercad has many other fun uses like electronics and “brick building.” Tinkercad is also the perfect start for moving up to Autodesk Fusion 360, which is our choice for teaching higher levels of 3D modeling, product design, mechanical design and making prototypes. Each student can choose one suitable model to be printed by Robotics And Beyond and picked up in New Milford or mailed to the home.
Requirements:
- Computer access (Windows, Mac, or Chromebook all work!)
- Access to Google Chrome (other browsers may work but Chrome is what we base our classes on, so certain aspects may differ on Safari, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
- An Autodesk Tinkercad account (a tutorial for making the account will be sent to parents before classes begin)
Grades 3-6. Offered as 1 to 1.5 hour sessions in week long summer camps or after school and weekend workshops. In-person only.
Using basic materials or LEGOs, students will be given a variety of challenges and then design and build solutions for them. The challenges may be structural, functional or simply artistic, but the focus will be on coming up with original ideas, discovery and aesthetics, as well as solving the problem given by the challenge. Working alone, in pairs or as a group, students will be encouraged to let their curiosity and imagination lead them to create innovative designs for each challenge.