Learning Standards:

PK.SED.2 (Positive Relationships with Adults and Peers): Campers will work collaboratively with peers and instructors, fostering positive relationships and teamwork through group projects and activities.
 
PK.ELAL.1 (Engaging in Conversation and Collaboration): Campers will engage in conversations and collaborative discussions about their game designs, enhancing their communication and social interaction skills.
 
PK.MATH.9 (Understanding Shapes and Spatial Relationships): Campers will design and build arcade games, using shapes and spatial relationships to create detailed blueprints and game elements.
 
PK.SCI.3 (Exploring Properties of Materials and Tools): Campers will explore and use various materials and tools in their game prototypes, gaining an understanding of their properties and applications.
 
PK.ARTS.1 (Creating Art with a Purpose): Campers will create artistic elements for their arcade games, using their imagination and creativity to design visually appealing and functional game components.
 
PK.TECH.1 (Using Technology Appropriately): Campers will learn and apply basic robotic and engineering principles to their game designs, using technology appropriately to enhance their interactive experiences.

Designing with Empathy: Helping Through Making

Imagine waking up as a real superhero, ready to help your neighborhood just like Spider-Man! Just like our friendly neighborhood hero, you don’t need a cape to be a legendary hero, because kindness and caring for others is the greatest superpower of all. Our journey will begin by taking a deeper look at empathy and discover how kindness for others can be its own creative superpower. Each day onwards, we’ll tackle new problems, from nagging injuries to cleaning playground parks, with robotic gadgets and learn how to create positive differences with the Design Thinking Process. With the problems getting bigger and bigger, we’ll need all the help we can get! Will you join us on our empathy-driven Hero Mission?

Campers will:

  • Learn to use the Design Thinking Process to brainstorm multiple solutions that can help others with their everyday issues. 
  • Build helpful robotic inventions using robotics and engineering mechanisms to turn caring ideas into empathetic solutions. 
  • Complete their hero mission by using their empathetic creations to help their teachers with adult struggles.

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