Thank you for another FAB summer! Check back in early 2022 for information on 2022 Summer Camps. In the meantime, check out the photo albums from 2021 Summer Camps below.
Fab Lab summer camps are designed for students, by students. Each session runs Monday-Friday, 8:30am-12:30pm. Please select camp grade level based on the grade your child is entering in 2022-23 school year.
Questions? Call us at 941-840-4394 or email info@suncoastscience.org.
Explorers camps are all about purposeful play. Kids will have a blast playing and discovering new interests through hands on activities plus they'll make fun take home projects using Fab Lab equipment like laser and vinyl cutters.
CHEMISTRY
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Through hands-on experiments, testing chemical reactions, learning lab safety and set-up and participating in chemistry challenges, you’ll be a chem whiz in no time. Come ready to learn and leave prepared for a genuine laboratory chemistry class, with a few take-home lab creations!
ENGINEERING
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Learn the basics of the engineering design process through hands-on activities and use of high-tech lab machines. Your new knowledge will help you solve fun challenges throughout the week and develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills that will help you far beyond summer camp.
ROBOTICS
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Learn the basics of robotics by constructing and using components like hydraulics, scissor lifts and much more. Explore the world of programming by completing challenges using Ozobots and block coding. You'll even design and build your very own bot to take home!
This isn't your traditional science camp... Through innovative (and FUN) activities, challenges and use of high-tech machines, kids will level up their learning and become members of the STEAM Squad!
ART & DESIGN
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Unleash your creativity as the worlds of art and digital design collide! Learn how to create your own logo or custom design and then bring it to life using digital design and animation software, laser cutters, vinyl cutters and much more. You'll also create flipbooks, t-shirts and take part in a group mural activity. Art camp at the Fab Lab is unlike any other!
CHEMISTRY
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Through hands-on experiments, testing chemical reactions, learning lab safety and set-up and participating in chemistry challenges, you’ll be a chem whiz in no time. Come ready to learn and leave prepared for a genuine laboratory chemistry class, with a few take-home lab creations!
CODING & GAME DESIGN WITH SCRATCH
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Learn the basics of coding through the drag and drop coding program Scratch. You'll make your own games and gain a great foundation to move into more advanced programming languages! No prior coding experience is required to participate, just come prepared to learn and have fun!
ELECTRIC ENGINEERING
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We're combining electronics and engineering to help you explore the engineering design process in an exciting new way! Through teamwork and the use of high-tech lab machines, you'll solve fun challenges all week long and develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills that will last long after summer camp ends.
ROBOTICS
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Using Lego Mindstorms EV3, you’ll design, build and learn basic coding skills to complete daily challenges. Use the engineering design process, critical thinking skills and logic to have your bot perform a variety of tasks both effectively and efficiently.
MS Masterclasses allow preteens and teens to elevate their experience and build skills that will come in handy in high school and beyond. Ready to level up and become a STEM master?! Let's do it!
BRAINBENDERS
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Enter–if you dare–into a new frontier while exploring recursion, proof by induction, game theory, and much more during Brainbenders mathematics camp! Daily exploratory activities and games, collaborative problem solving and model building using Fab Lab machines will allow you to dive into the world of interactive mathematics and critical thinking.
CODING & GAME DESIGN
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Learn the basics of coding language Python and then utilize your newfound skills to program your very own text-based computer game. Build technical and problem-solving skills while learning the ins and outs of the Python programming environment. No prior Python experience is required to participate, just a willingness to learn and have fun!
ENGINEERING BOTS
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The worlds of Engineering and Robotics collide in this unique camp that teaches the basics of engineering through the use of Lego Mindstorm EV3 robots. By programming your bot to complete various courses and challenges, you'll develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills that will help you for life!
