The STEM Collective provides a unique, hands-on learning environment where students gain practical skills by building physical machines and digital games, emphasizing applied knowledge over theoretical concepts.
The STEM Collective offers a truly hands-on, applied knowledge summer camp experience where students in grades 5-8 engage in a variety of STEM topics. Campers learn professional game engine logic by creating a Godot Platformer game, including coding, building physics, and debugging. They engineer physical machines for search and rescue missions using VEX Robotics, focusing on chassis construction, motor gearing, and navigation logic. Students delve into fabrication and design through 3D printing, drafting modular terrain in CAD, and operating Bambu printers to create physical maps and high-detail miniatures. The camp also provides raw, physical work in carpentry, where students measure, cut, and join timber to build a treasure chest. Additionally, campers prototype and test physical games for a Maker's Market Carnival, learning about structural integrity. The program extends to the kitchen and lab, teaching heat control, knife safety, and prep discipline in cooking, and emphasizing precision with real lab equipment, exact measurements, and accurate documentation of chemical reactions in classic chemistry experiments. Students walk away with tangible proof of their work and the skills to replicate their projects.
A typical day involves hands-on projects and applied learning, with activities running from 9am to 3pm. Students are greeted between 8:45 AM and 9 AM, and regular pickup is from 3:00 PM to 3:15 PM.
This camp is best for middle school students (grades 5-8) who thrive in a hands-on, project-based learning environment and are eager to build real things and apply scientific principles.
850 Talbot Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
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