STEM CLASSES

Terrapin STEM Camp offers a variety of weekly STEM activities to children. 
All campers engage in the same units of study, but levels of challenge differ between programs and weekly schedules vary between programs. Visit www.terrapinstem.com and see the dropdown menu under Programs for complete information.
  • ​Crystals: Campers create large salt crystals, make rock candy, and learn how crystals form in nature. 
  • Guess Who? Forensic Lab: Campers analyze handwriting, dust for fingerprints, and read secret codes to solve a mystery.
  • Oculus Virtual Reality: National Geographic Explore; Mission: ISS; & Ocean Rift
    Campers use Oculus VR headsets to explore Earth’s seas and landmasses. Campers may also choose to blast off into space.
  • Lego Challenges & Free-Build: Campers solve a number of building challenges. Campers may also opt to build a creation of their own design.
  • Puppet Show Set Design: Using Makedo Cardboard Construction Tool Kits, campers design and build puppet theaters. 
  • Drones: Navigating sphere-shaped robots or flying quad-copters, campers practice drop-down programming and flying techniques.
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  • Kids in the Kitchen: Campers make no-bake sweet and savory treats and then conduct taste-tests.
  • Veggie Racers: Campers make 3D printed race cars that can carry vegetables of various weights, shapes, and sizes.
  • Light Show: Campers make LED flashlights and design reflectors to create a unique light show. 
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  • Wixie Presentations: Campers use a computer application called Wixie to make a multimedia project to share. 
  • Clay Creatures: Campers make, bake, and paint clay creations. 
  • Breakout Boxes: Campers find clues and solve challenges that enable them to open locked boxes to discover hidden treasure.
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  • Carnival Game Design: Campers design and build carnival games.
  • Incredibox Concerts: Campers learn to use a computer application called Incredibox to create musical compositions.
  • Ozobots I: Campers program golf-ball sized robots using color markers and drag and drop coding.
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  • Lego Cargo Lifts: Campers use Lego to design and test cargo lifts that can travel via zip lines.
  • Brush Ninja: Campers use the website, Brush Ninja, to create animated GIFs.
  • Digital Diorama Ecosystems: Campers create digital dioramas of an ecosystem using Tinkercad.
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