Techno Science Supersite: Technology Camps

Technology Camps

Below is a list of camps that focus entirely on engineering or computers, or engineering and computers, or engineering computers, or computing in engineering (maybe this is why we just call it technology).

See also our All-Purpose Camps, Science Camps, and Math Camps.

Amazing Games

Join the thrilling world of creating your own video game! No experience required; you just bring yourself, a little creativity, and a desire to learn how to make your own game. Maybe you already have an idea, or maybe you want to create the next PacMan, Mario, or Tetrix.

Ages: Grades 7-12
Contact: Email Stephanie Hanson or call 541-885-1668

Camp Invention

Here's a cool day camp for those of you who love a creative and fun challenge. You'll do all kinds of fun projects: from designing amusement park rides to taking apart appliances and rebuilding new inventions. There are many camps offered throughout the summer many locations around Oregon.

Ages: 2nd - 6th Grade
Contact: Email campinvention@invent.org or call (800) 968-4332

LEGO Day Camps

Take part in one of two half-day LEGO camps: LEGO Beginners: Building Blocks or LEGO Challenge.

• LEGO Beginners: Building Blocks
  • Students will engage in activities that enhance personal creativity, ability to follow instructions, hand-eye coordination, problem-solving, critical thinking proficiency and communication in a team environment.
  • Ages: 8 - 12 years
• LEGO Challenge
  • Hands-on active learning through structured lessons and challenges that introduce students to programming topics, basic physics and scientific principles. At the completion of the camps, students will have deepened their personal creativity through working with teams to critically solve problems.
  • Ages: 9 - 14 years (Note: minimum age is 9 and previous experience is required)

Contact: Email Tara Garlock, Youth Programs Coordinator or call 541-885-1668

SESEY: Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth

SESEY is primarily for high school girls and ethnic minorities traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering. Students come to the OSU campus for a one-week residential summer camp and are paired with a faculty mentor in engineering for a mini-research project in areas such as micro scale technologies, plastics recycling, drug formulation and delivery, bioprocessing, microelectronics, and environmental engineering. There are also group learning activities such as computer instruction, communication skills, field trips and social activities. Students live in OSU housing, so they receive a complete college experience.

Ages: 9th - 12th grades
Contact: Visit the contact page for more information.

Tech Week

Come get your hands-on state of the art technology skills and learn what is hot and new. You will experiment with digital imaging by using multimedia programs to create eye-catching photographs and video. Spend a morning geocaching around SOU's campus using a GPS (Global Positioning System) as your guide. Use a digital microscope to examine our microscopic world around us. You will get a taste of university life, make some new friends and be on top the ever changing world of technology. Leave at the end of the week with a DVD showing what you have created and experienced.

Ages: 10 - 13
Contact: Carol Jensen or call (541) 552-6326

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