DMA: Empowering the Next Generation of Tech Makers and Thinkers

At Digital Media Academy tech camps, we jump-start young imaginations to maximize their potential and pursue their creative dreams. Kids and teens (ages 6-17) get the chance to learn important STEM concepts through game design, app development, animation, filmmaking, music production, and much more!

Our students experience hands on, project-based learning in one-week courses and special two-week extended academies, which include cutting edge categories like virtual reality, wearable tech, robotics and 3D printing.

DMA is also proud of it’s new initiative, Made by Girls [https://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/made-by-girls/].  Made By Girls is a supportive community giving girls a place to thrive in a nurturing, educational environment while learning new technology.

Come join us this summer at the Saint Mary’s campus!

DMA: Empowering the Next Generation of Tech Makers and Thinkers

To learn more about our courses and locations, visit:

www.digitalmediaacademy.org

Calling All Amazinators! CAMP EDMO for Pre-K-8th Graders.
First Time Families Save $50.  Use Code: FIRSTFAMXXXX.

Code Games, Launch Rockets, Hack Circuits, Drop Beats, Craft Mines, Push Pixels, and unleash your inner awesome.  Voted the Bay Area’s “Best Summer and Technology Day Camp” 2009-2015, Pre-K – 8th Graders engage in mind-blowing projects designed for the next generation of makers, shakers and amazinators.

2016 Sessions include: Minecraft, Makers in Space, DIY Beats, Super Spy, Fashion Upcycle, App Inventor, and more.  Check out EDMO JR for 4-year olds, nappers welcome, and EDMO PRO for 5th – 8th graders, with more big stuff and less kid stuff.  Every week includes Wacky Wednesday, Costume Day, Family Fun Day, The Vibe Game, Camper Challenges and more.

Camp runs June-August in 17+ Convenient Bay Area Locations in San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties and dates may vary by location. Optional AM/PM Programs.

http://www.campedmo.org

GALILEO INNOVATION CAMPS FOR KIDS: VISIONARIES WANTED

The world needs innovators.  That’s where Galileo comes in.  Drawing from the innovation process developed by the Stanford school, we run an evolving series of imagination-sparking programs for kids from pre-K through 8th grade:  Camp Galileo (pre-K – 5th graders), Galileo Summer Quest (5th – 8th graders).  This summer we have camps at Chabot Elementary in Oakland, St. Philip Neri School in Alameda, and Jefferson Elementary in Berkeley.

We will be offering several courses for our Middle School students.  They will have the opportunity to build go karts, design fashion lines, create video games, Mod Minecraft, become Chefs, paint in an electric painting studio, and/or work with 3D printers.

Whatever the age group your students fall into, they will explore what it means to be an innovator. You will have the privilege each week to see the sparks of innovation come to life as we celebrate your camper’s work.  In our mission to teach Innovation Education, we hope kids will walk away, with not only a new technical tool kit, but skills that will help them take on the world!

http://www.galileo-camps.com/

In our 20th year bringing Fun Science to the East Bay and North Bay!

Call Mad Science for  your next:  After-School Science Clubs, Birthday Parties, Summer CAMPS, Vacation and Weekend CAMPS, School Assemblies, Bring Your Child to Work Day, Company Party/Picnic, Holiday Parties, Boy/Girl Scout Programs, Community Fundraising Events, PreK Workshops, Curriculum correlated In-Class Field Trips, School Discovery Day, Family Science Nights, Fun Science Stations and Booths for your next event!   We bring FUN science to you!

http://mtdiablo.madscience.org/

Oakland Zoo invites kids from all around the Bay Area to come hang out with us for an exciting week of outdoor nature discovery, animal adventures, and fun!  Summer Camp activities include interactive stories, puppet play, games, craft projects, science activities and of course, animals!

Oakland Zoo takes great pride in creating age-appropriate programs for campers in Pre-K-Middle School.  We also offer a high school volunteer program throughout the summer.

For prices, please visit our website.

Camp runs from 9:00am-4:00pm Monday-Friday, June-August.
Before and after care are available for an additional cost.

ZooCamp offers partial scholarships; applications are available for download on our website.

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/ZooCamp_Summer.php

Play-Well camps help kids learn through play.  When kids are at play, they explore the world.  When kids create, they express themselves.  And when kids build, they solve problems.

These hands-on camps are engineer-designed to help kids build on the math and science skills learned in school, all through the medium of LEGO®.  We bring over 20,000 pieces and parts so that kids can explore the endless creative possibilities of this awesome building system, with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor.  Come play well with us!

Weekly half-day camps for ages 5-13 typically run from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm and range between $175-$299, depending on curriculum and location (full-day camps available at some locations).  We run programs at Recreation Departments, YMCAs, JCCs, Summer Schools, and Learning Centers in Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, Alameda, San Leandro, Hayward, and beyond from June 13th through August 19th.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website, please reach out directly to our Alameda County Area Manager at Lauren@play-well.org.

**We also run after school enrichment, in-class workshops, and parties throughout the rest of the year!**

www.play-well.org

At Project Ember, our goal is to empower kids to design and build concrete solutions to abstract problems.  Our prompts merge objective engineering challenges with artistic freedom in a process we call World Building.   We’re in awe of the worlds kids dream up, so we don’t use blueprints or prefabricated kits to solve our design challenges – we use kids’ authentic creativity.

Camp always starts with a surprise prompt like “safely lift a teammate off the ground.”   Our teams use their imaginations to figure out how (levers? pulleys? ropes?) and why (superhero? zero gravity simulation? human-sized arcade claw machine?).  We also use power tools, a stockpile of construction grade materials, and collaboration.  Though the design itself is up in the air, one thing’s for certain: we build big and bold.  Kids will always be able to get in, climb on, or operate their creations.

Our weekly day camp runs Monday-Friday from 9:30am – 3:30pm and is open to kids age 7-13.  Join us at one of our two locations, in Berkeley at Black Pine Circle or in Oakland at Pacific Boychoir Academy.  Find the dates that work for you family on our website.  Extended care, scholarships, and discounts are available.

Summer ends with one week of overnight camp for teenagers.  Join us for an intimate retreat in the redwoods.  Challenges will get more complex, and we’ll focus on translating maker skills into leadership skills, leaving room to explore our natural environment.

See a video about Project Ember at:  https://youtu.be/a4eLHYYojW4  and visit our web site at:

ProjectEmber.org

TechKnowHow – Technology and Robotics Summer Camps

Build a Robot, Design a Game, Learn a Programming Language

TechKnowHow® Offers Summer Camps focused on Technology, Creative Engineering and Robotics with LEGO® Elements, and Programming.

Our week-long summer camps offer a variety of fun and enriching hands-on projects which teach students how to use technology creatively.

Camps include building projects with LEGO® gears and motors, Robotics with MINDSTORMS® EV3® and LEGO® WeDo®, Computer Game Design, Coding and Programming Camps, iPad® Movie Making, and a Tech Camp for Girls.

Our affordable STEM offerings are available to students, ages 5-15, at over 20 locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This will be our 22nd year of serving students and families! We were recently awarded as a “Best Technology Camp” in Bay Area Parent Magazine and “Best LEGO® Camp” and “Best Science, Technology and Digital Arts Summer Camp” in Parents’ Press for 2015.

www.techknowhowkids.com