WizKidz Summer Camps are a wonderful opportunity for students to explore the world of science and technology while on summer break from school. WizKidz summer camps are open to children ages 5-15 and includes animal encounters, robotics and computing, science experiments, forensic science, space exploration and much more.
Grades K-2
PeeWee Engineers/ Robotics Camp
Camp Code: PEWE
June 7-11 2010
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
-Georgia Institute of Technology/ July 19-23- $375
CLOSED
This course will introduce students to a variety of hands-on engineering, robotic and LEGO educational activities structured to enhance and inspire K-2 students involvement in science and technology. Students will participate in lunar robotic projects, learn programming using ROBOLab, and more.
PeeWee Paleontologist
Camp Code: PWPA
June 14-18 2010
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $250
CLOSED
This hands-on prehistoric adventure uses visual materials, fossils, scale model dinosaurs, and dino-digs to show the characteristics distinguishing dinosaurs, their world and what we know about them. Students will explore dinosaur paleontology and take virtual field trips across prehistoric lands long forgotten in search of ancient fossils. Like Museum paleontologists, students make their way into their very own paleontology laboratory as they attempt to reconstruct the lives of dinosaurs based on skeletal and environmental clues. Students will learn what information can be learned from fossil evidence, and also the limitations of what fossils can tell us about extinct animals and plants. Utilizing standards based activities; students will demonstrate their understanding of time periods, fossilization and more...
Half Day Camps Available for K-2. Contact us for more information.
PeeWee Programmers
Camp Code: PWPRO
June 21-25
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
CLOSED
Using LEGO WeDo, and RoboLab students will experience the world of computing and programming as they design virtual worlds using SCRATCH, create mini-games and robotic programs using PC's.
PeeWee Astronomers and Aviators
Camp Code: PWAST
July 5-9 -WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
CLOSED
In this fun and interactive camp, K-2 students will explore astronomy and aviation! Using hands-on activities and experiments, your children will be fascinated from beginning to end as they explore NASA’s latest missions and learn the dynamics of flight. Activities include the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to learning and studying parts of a plane and space shuttle. Using NASA engineering models and aerospace data students will take a virtual field trip to the moon and a field trip to the Lawrenceville Airport at Briscoe Field. Like astronauts and pilots, students will come face-to-face with the challenges and excitement of launching from Earth’s surface and journeying through space to using real airplane flight simulators to take a mission from country to country. The PeeWee Astronomy and Aviation course includes current and active, hands-on activities, NASA webinars, readings, take home worksheets, charts, interactive websites, full-color high resolution graphic activities, and more to provide a multisensory approach to learning about becoming an astronaut and pilot.
Grades 3-5
Robots & Rockets
Camp Code: ROBRO
June 7-11 -WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
-Georgia Institute of Technology/ July 19-23- $350
CLOSED
This course will introduce students in grades 3-5 to robotic platforms and programming languages that involve real world applications used to solve real world problems. Students learn mechanical design, construction, programming and teamwork skills. In small teams, using motors and sensors, students will explore gears and pulleys, build and control moon rovers, and finally build a robot that can find its own way and avoid obstacles on a moon terrain and rock simulation. Activities become more enhanced and challenge the students to solve real life engineering scenarios using robotics. Students will also use computing programs to teach their robot to move and react in order to solve challenges. Robotic platforms to include: LEGO Education and VEX.
Flight Camp
Camp Code: FLGT1
June 14-19
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $300
CLOSED
Students are exposed to the fundamentals of Aerospace and flight as they experience flight simulations using real flight simulators. Instructed by certified pilots, students use real world aviation charts, learn about different flight charts- SimCharts, sectional, visual navigation charts (VNC), and more. Students learn how to read and create Flight Planners, learn Aerodynamics and Maneuvers, Simulate Flight with over 20 flight crafts and Control and operate a virtual Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) and more. At the end of each flight course, students have the option of taking a one on one flight with a certified pilot, where the pilot will actually give the student the opportunity to take the controls during flight. (This is optional)
Forensic Science Camp
Camp Code: FOR1
June 21-25
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $250
CLOSED
Students delve into the world of forensic science and discover the techniques and technology used to solve crimes. Using hands-on activities, students will put their newly learned detective skills to work as they mock kid-friendly crimes.
Jr. Computing, Programming & Game Design
Camp Code: JRCOP
July 5-9 -WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
-Georgia Institute of Technology July 12-16/ - $350
CLOSED
Students are exposed to 3-D virtual programming with an introduction to ALICE.
Mad Science 101
Camp Code: MDS1
July 12-16
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
CLOSED
From food-chains to fungi, your Jr. Scientists will take part in activities that involve Entomology, Chemistry, and Life Science. Students witness the wonder of plants as they create easy to maintain mini greenhouses, study carnivorous plants, create terrariums, raise butterflies, study invertebrates, and more.
Grades 6-8
iRobot Camp
Camp Code: IROB July 19-23
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
-Georgia Institute of Technology/ $350
CLOSED
This course answers the question “What’s a microcontroller?” by showing students how they can design their own customized, intelligent inventions with the Parallax BASIC Stamp microcontroller module and the iRobot "Create". The activities in this course incorporate a variety of fun and interesting experiments designed to appeal to the student’s imagination by using motion, light, sound, and tactile feedback to introduce new concepts. The activities introduce students to a variety of basic principles in the fields of computer programming, electricity and electronics, mathematics and physics and artificial intelligence.
Virtual World and Game Creation
Camp Code: VWGC
July 12-16
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $275
-Georgia Institute of Technology/ July 12-16/ $350
CLOSED
Using AgentSheets students are exposed to the world of game creation and virtual world creation.
Aviation Camp
Camp Code: FLGT2
July 19-23
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $325
CLOSED
Students are trained by licensed pilots as they learn true fundamentals of flight and aviation. Students experience a one on one flight with a licensed pilot as they take the controls and put their newly learned skills to the test.
Forensic Science Camp
Camp Code: FOR2 July 26-30
-WizKidz Science and Technology Center/ Dacula Location- $250
CLOSED
Students become Forensic Entomologist as they use their knowledge of insects, their life cycles and behaviors to give them clues to solve crimes.
Pre and Post Camp Care Offered At No Charge (by request only).
Half days offered for K-2 camps only
To book your space, please call 678-377-1078 or email info@wizkidztech.org
2010 Specialty Camps
AroPability (Accessible Robotic Programming for Students with Disabilities)
July 2010
The Center for the Visually Impaired- FREE
This camp will identify means for increasing the computing pipeline by tapping into nontraditional populations. The program will target middle and high school students in order to engage during the critical years and will leverage support from the Center for the Visually Impaired, the National Federation of the Blind of Georgia, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
PC2Main @ Ga. Tech Georgia Institute of Technology
Grades 6-8/ FREE
Date: August 2-3, 2010
Shadow for a Day (SFAD)
Spelman College
Grades 6-8/ FREE
Fall 2010
Project Identity Summer Institute-Residential
Morehouse College
Grades 6-12
Dates: July 8- July 22, 2010
ARCHIVED SUMMER CAMPS
Archived 2009 Summer Programs:
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Science Summer Camp
Georgia Institute of Technology
June 21- July 2, 2009
Grades 6-8
Cost: Free
CLOSED
The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (BHSSC) is a free, academic program of The Harris Foundation, which takes an active role in shaping education in students entering grade 6,7, or 8 in the fall of 2009. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are critical to society’s infrastructure for the 21st century and preserving that future requires an investment, such as the BHSSC, in our youth today. This camp program was originally developed as a collaborative effort of the Harris Foundation, the Houston Independent School District, the University of Houston (UH) and the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU), designed to support historically underserved and underrepresented students with limited opportunities.
**High school Juniors and Seniors interested in becoming Junior Camp Counselor Volunteers
**University Graduate and Undergraduate students interested in working as Camp Counselors
Please forward applications to: WizKidz Science and Technology Centers (BHSSC) P.O. Box 3452 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
SFAD (Shadow for a Day)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dates: June- July 2009
Grades 9-12
Cost: Free
CLOSED
The Shadow for a Day (SFAD) Summer Program provides a unique opportunity for High School Juniors and Seniors to assist undergraduates from Georgia Tech’s School of Computer and Electrical Engineering (HumAnS) Laboratory and participate in investigative strategies for human interaction with tele-operated assistive robots in home environments.
For one day, participants will conduct research and assist the undergraduates on transplanting human-like reasoning powers into robotic systems and investigate approaches for encoding task knowledge so that teleoperation can be achieved at higher levels of abstraction, which requires less effort on the part of the operator. The research experience is a collaboration between WizKidz Science and Technology Centers and the ARTSI Alliance (Advancing Robotics for Society) Georgia Tech chapter. The application is only available by request by teachers and parents. The program recruits students interested in the following fields: robotics, engineering, computer science, and rehabilitation science.We encourage students to submit their applications as soon as possible to better ensure they are placed in their specific research area of interest.
coming soon...Jr. SFAD for grades 6-8
SFAD (Shadow for a Day)
Tuskegee University
Dates:June- July
Grades 9-12
Cost: Free
CLOSED
The Shadow for a Day (SFAD) II Aerospace Summer Program Is designed to be a continuation Aerospace program designed to further introduce high school Juniors and Seniors to the world of Aerospace engineering by allowing them the opportunity to assist undergraduates from the Aerospace Science Engineering Department at Tuskegee University located in Tuskegee, Alabama.
For one full day, students will have the opportunity to participate in Aerospace studies associated with aircraft engineering and develop an understanding of the dynamics with entering data in aircraft maintenance flight logs and recording systems. The students will also participate in troubleshooting and repair exercises as well as pre-flight and post flight inspections. Application and details available May 2009
Scholarships will be awarded to select students to participate in the SFAD II Aerospace Program.
SFAD (Shadow for a Day) and Jr. SFAD
Spelman College
coming Fall 2009...
SFAD (Shadow for a Day)
Moody Air Force Base
Jr. ROTC students
Applications available Mid-May
The SFAD program is designed for students interested in using their engineering skills in the military. The program will allow high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to shadow a military person in a particular career field for the day, normally 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be one shadow day available the last Thursday of each month unless mission dictates otherwise.
In this camp, we capitalize on the appeal of adventure games. The five day summer workshop will offer aspiring middle school engineers a high-tech learning adventure designed to teach skills in computer science using adventurous stories and simulation environments. Students will be introduced to emerging computing technologies like data mining, web search, and robotic simulations and ALICE.
Jr. Robotics Academy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dates: June 8-12, 2009 and June 15-19, 2009 9am-5pm
Application deadline May 22, 2009- Deadline Extended to May 29th
Grades 3-5
CLOSED
This course will introduce students in grades 3-5 to robotic platforms and programming languages that involve real world applications used to solve real world problems. Students will learn mechanical design, construction, programming and teamwork skills. In small teams, using motors and sensors, students will explore gears and pulleys, build and control moon rovers, and finally build a robot that can find its own way and avoid obstacles on a moon terrain and rock simulation. Activities become more enhanced and challenge the students to solve real life engineering scenarios using robotics. Students learn computing fundamentals creating 3-D worlds using ALICE. Students will also use computing programs to teach their robot to move and react in order to solve challenges. Robotic platforms to include: LEGO Education, VEX, Parallax and K’Nex.
PeeWee EngineersAcademy Georgia Institute of Technology
June 8-12, 2009 and June 15-19, 2009 9am-5pm
Application deadline May 22, 2009/ Deadline Extended to May 29th
Grades K-2 Closed Using the LEGO WeDO system, this course will introduce students to a variety of hands-on engineering, robotic and NASA educational activities structured to enhance and inspire K-2 students involvement in science and technology. Students will participate in lunar robotic projects, visit and study planets through virtual field trips, create a mini-movie, learn programming using SCRATCH and more.
Robotics 101
Georgia Institute of Technology-Technology Square Research Building
Dates: June 15-19, 2009 9am-5pm
Grades 6-8/ Application deadline May 22, 2009/ Deadline Extended to June 7th
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Robotics and Computing 101
Georgia Institute of Technology- Technology Square Research Building
Dates June 15-19, 2009 9am-5pm
Grades: 9 and 10/ Application deadline June 7, 2009
CLOSED
This robotics course answers the question “What’s a microcontroller?” by showing students how they can design their own customized, intelligent inventions with the Parallax BASIC Stamp® microcontroller module. The activities in this course incorporate a variety of fun and interesting experiments designed to appeal to the student’s imagination by using motion, light, sound, and tactile feedback to introduce new concepts. The activities introduce students to a variety of basic principles in the fields of computer programming, electricity and electronics, mathematics and physics and artificial intelligence.
Teachers and Instructors
LEGO Teacher Robotics Institute- Summer 2009
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dates: July 15-17, 2009
Teachers, learn how to use LEGO Robotics to teach STEM!
We are pleased to announce our professional development course for teachers that are interested in learning how to use the LEGO Robotics System to teach STEM concepts in the classroom. The training course will offer a hands on approach in building and programming robots. Teachers will be given classroom ready step-by-step lesson plans that outline concepts that reinforce physics, math, engineering, team work and communications skills. The Lead Instructor for the workshop is James Kelly, accepted in 2006 as a member of the MINDSTORMS Developer Program (MDP) and is currently a MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP). He is the author of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: The Mayan Adventure and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide well as a contributor to the LEGO MINDSTORMS Idea Book. He started The NXT Step blog (www.thenxtstep.com) in January 2006. Registration and applications details coming mid-May 2009
James Floyd Kelly
June-July 2009
Project S.T.E.A.D.Y
(Science, Technology, and Engineering Academy for Disabled Youth)
Project S.T.E.A.D.Y is a workshop series that offers students with disabilities, science and technology activities that help inspire them to pursue careers in S.T.E.M
This year we hosted Project S.T.E.A.D.Y in conjunction with the Center for the Visually Impaired and National Federation of the Blind Georgia Chapter and offered students and young adults from ages 11-22 a LEGO Robotics and Computing workshops that featured robot building classes and computing classes using ALICE. Special thanks to the Graduate and Undergraduate Students from Ga. Tech and University of Virginia who were on hand to assist with the facilitation of the workshops.
Archived 2008 Summer Programs
2008 Summer Programs
Clickhere for full photo gallery of our 2008 summer programs. Enjoy!
Center for the Visually Impaired
Mars Rover Exploration Robotic Summer Workshop
Georgia Institute of Technology (HumAnS)Laboratory/ SFAD Robotics Program
Zaya Weiters and Vershun Weaver of South Atlanta High School participate in the SFAD Summer Robotics Program
Georgetown University Department of Computer Science / PC2MAIN
IBM Tour-PC2MAIN-Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Tour/ Washington D.C.
Shadow for a Day (SFAD) Summer Robotics Program at Ga. Tech.
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At this time we are seeking High School Juniors and Seniors who may have an interest in a robotics research program for this summer. Students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply; however, we are particularly interested in identifying underrepresented candidates including students with disabilities, first generation/low income, and students from ethnic backgrounds. We are also putting a strong emphasis on getting female students to apply. All applicants should have completed their freshmen and Sophomore year, have completed a 250 word essay describing their robotics and engineering interest as well as their college and career goals. Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in an accredited High School.
The SFAD Summer Program is an eight-ten week robotics program running June 2008-August 2008 (dates to be announced). The research experience is a collaboration between WizKidz Science and TechnologyCenters and the ARTSI Alliance (Advancing Robotics for Society) Georgia Tech chapter. Additional information can be found at /WizKidz_Science_and_TechnoHFZKFA/SFADoverview.doc The application is only available by request by teachers and parents. The program recruits students interested in the following fields: robotics, engineering, computer science, and rehabilitation science.We encourage students to submit their applications as soon as possible to better ensure they are placed in their specific research area of interest. The application deadline is May 30, 2008. To request an application please email rdorsey@wizkidztech.org
In this camp, we capitalize on the appeal of adventure games. The five day summer workshop will offer aspiring middle school engineers a high-tech learning adventure designed to teach skills in computer science using adventurous stories and simulation environments. Students will be introduced to emerging computing technologies like data mining, web search, and robotic simulations. Students will also visit high-tech museums in the Washington, DC area such as the Newseum and The Spy Museum.
Where: Washington, DC. (All travel accommodations will be covered by the Georgetown University Department of Computer Science)
Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2008
The program will be led by Dr. M. Brian Blake, Associate Professor and Chair for the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University and Dr. Ayanna Howard, Founder of the Human Automation- Systems (HumAnS) Lab and Associate Professor for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The workshop is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation, Broadening Participation in Computing Programs. For more information please visit website.
Rayshun Dorsey and Dr. M. Brian Blake-Georgetown University Dr.Ayanna Howard-PC2MAIN Summer Camp-Georgetown University
What's the Challenge?
The August 2007 flight of space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station also launched a challenge to the engineers of the future. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade were challenged to design and build a model of a lunar plant growth chamber. Packets of cinnamon basil seeds were flown on Endeavour, returned to Earth and distributed to participants who registered for the challenge. Participants also received seeds that were not flown in space. The two sets of seeds were used to evaluate the student-designed plant growth chambers.
