We are hoping to have our schedule for the 2010 year posted the first week of January. We will be in Portland/Gorham/Bangor and Orono and are working to be in Falmouth, Ellsworth, Readfield, and Farmington as well.
Each camp has a maximum of 16 campers. Each camp has at least two full time teachers. Campers must be between 9* and 13 for the beginner camps and 10* and 14 for the advanced camps *(age at the time the week of camp starts) If your child is 8 and will NOT be nine by the time camp starts then we cannot except them into the program. We apologize for this inconvenience.
Camps run from 8:45 am until 3:30 pm Monday through Friday One week of camp will be $245 for the 2010 season and includes morning and afternoon snacks and a t-shirt. Lunch is a bag lunch which each camper must bring with them.
Campers design, build and program robots during the week and the teachers help them learn fundamentals of design, engineering, programming, and robotics.
The program is non-competitive and children work in groups of two (and occasionally groups of three if they choose to). Each group works on projects and missions assigned at the beginning of the day and continues through the day and into the week. As they get more skills they have the opportunity to work on their own projects.
The advanced camp is for children who have already completed a week of camp or have been a member of a FIRST LEGO® League team. The activities for these camps require a more advanced understanding of the programming and building of LEGO® robots.
AUBURN: (NEW) Week of 7/19/2010 - Mixed Session Auburn Middle School
PORTLAND:
Week of 7/5/2010 - Beginner Session Week of 7/12/2010 - Beginner Session Week of 7/19/2010 - Mixed Session Week of 7/26/2010 - Advanced Session University of Southern Maine - Portland Campus, Science Building
GORHAM:
Week of 8/2/2010 - Mixed Session Week of 8/9/2010 - Mixed Session University of Southern Maine - Gorham Campus, John Mitchell Center
BANGOR: Week of 7/19/2010 - Beginner Session Week of 7/26/2010 - Mixed Session Week of 8/2/2010 - Mixed Session Week of 8/9/2010 - Advanced Session United Technology Center - 200 Hogan Road, Bangor
ORONO:
Week of 7/5/2010 - Beginners Session Week of 7/12/2010 - Mixed Session University of Maine Campus - Barrows Hall, Electrical Lab
READFIELD:
Week of 8/2/2010 - Mixed Session Week of 8/9/2010 - Mixed Session Maranacook Middle School, Readfield
ELLSWORTH: TBD
FALMOUTH: (NEW)
Week of 8/2/2010 - Mixed Session In partnership with the Falmouth Community Programs, Maine Robotics will be offering a week of summer camp in Falmouth. Registration will be handled through the FCP website in late March/early April
FARMINGTON: (NEW) Week of 7/26/2010 - Mixed Session Location still being confirmed.
Beginners Camp: Is for youth ages 9 to 13 and is designed for those who have little or no LEGO Robotics experience. Older or more experienced campers are welcome if this is the only week available and we try to match with a like-minded individual for the week so they may work at a faster or in a more directed approach to a problem.
Mixed Camp: When we know there are youth with more experience in an area but not enough to fill an advanced camp we will run a mixed camp. We try to work with both novice and experienced campers so all can benefit.
Advanced Camp: Is for youth who are at least 10 at the time the camp begins and have had prior LEGO robotics experience (RCX or NXT). It is also appropriate for 13 and 14 year olds without experience. Staff are able to spend less time on instruction and more time mentoring the youth towards completion of more complicated tasks.