Robotic Artists: Music, Art, and Performance!

Step into a magical stage world where art, music, and movement come alive! From robotic animal costumes to roaring animatronic set pieces, you’ll help turn our classroom into a colorful theater filled with sound, motion, and imagination. As you build and create, you’ll design moving costumes, larger-than-life sculptures, and playful stage pieces that help tell your story in exciting ways. Using art materials and simple robotics, your creations will wiggle, spin, and react as the performance begins. With lights glowing, music playing, and the stage buzzing with energy, our live performance will celebrate every Explorer’s creativity as families cheer and clap for a show powered by imagination and invention.

Campers will:

  • Design moving costumes and stage pieces using art materials, motors, and simple mechanisms to bring characters and scenes to life. 
  • Explore storytelling through motion and sound by creating sculptures and props that move, react, and help express emotions during the performance. 
  • Express their creativity as they take part in a joyful live play equipped with their robotic art creations.

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Learning Standards:

Science and Technology
 
Scientific Inquiry (PK.S.1)
 
PK.S.1.1 & PK.S.1.3: By building their own space controllers and exploring circuits, children will ask questions about how their creations work and seek solutions by testing different components. This encourages scientific thinking and problem-solving as they help their alien friend repair the shuttle and navigate their way home.
 
The Living Environment (PK.S.4) & The Physical Setting (PK.S.5)
 
PK.S.4.3 & PK.S.5.1: Through engaging storytelling and hands-on experiments, children will learn about planets, stars, and rocket launches, deepening their understanding of the universe and the concept of space travel while charting a course back to Noridia.

Engineering and Design
 
Engineering Design Process (PK.S.6)
 
PK.S.6.1 & PK.S.6.2: Campers will solve real-world challenges by constructing space controllers that must perform specific tasks during their missions, such as navigating obstacles or communicating with the base. This process nurtures purpose-driven thinking and introduces them to the engineering design process.
 
Cognitive Development in Mathematics
 
Patterns (PK.M.4)
 
PK.M.4.1: Your child will identify and create patterns using the buttons and switches on their space controllers to execute commands, helping them predict and understand sequences of operations needed to navigate the galaxy.
 
Language, Communication, and Literacy
 
Listening and Understanding (PK.ELAL.2)
 
PK.ELAL.2.1 & PK.ELAL.2.3: Campers will follow complex, multi-step directions during the assembly of their space controllers and respond to interactive storytelling about space adventures, sparking their imagination and enhancing their understanding of the universe.
 
Social-Emotional Development
 
Social-Emotional Development (PK.SED)
 
PK.SED.2.4 & PK.SED.3.2: Children will learn to manage excitement and setbacks encountered during space missions, adapting to changes in game scenarios and cooperating in a team setting while helping their alien friend.
 
Cooperation with Peers (PK.SED.4)
 
PK.SED.4.1: Working collaboratively in small groups to build space controllers and complete missions will enhance teamwork, conflict resolution skills, and sharing, fostering a positive social-emotional learning experience.