STEM-With-Purpose Program Choices

Campers will learn about Robotics and Programming by constructing various LEGO robots to overcome a variety of challenges. We’ll use LEGO EV3 robotics kits to create robots that can move, interact with their surroundings, and even communicate! Campers will create project under a PhD. Instructor’s close guidance and present it at the end of the program to other campus. This will allow them to learn and receive experience with presenting and creating. Students will be allowed to take their projects home as their achievement trophy.

Campers will explore wind farm technology, wind turbine generators, and work with homes powered by solar voltaic cells. The camp uses inventive and creative thinking to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math into fun, memorable experiences.

Serious high school artists are invited to participate in exciting, diverse, and creative art experiences at the Visual Arts Camp. Campers are encouraged to be innovative as they experiment with new materials, techniques, and ideas while producing portfolio-quality work in a university environment.

Campers will participate in design and construction challenges, visit NIU’s engineering labs, learn to solder, arrange and render their own 3D creation, in preparation for actual 3D printing. Create and complete an electronic device to take a trophy home.

Campers will investigate what it takes to become physical therapists, clinical lab technicians, cancer researchers, audiologists, pharmacologists, biomedical engineers, doctors, nurses, and other types of health professionals.

Campers will learn to be future global leaders and philanthropists by developing an understanding of the world, strengthening personal skills, and being challenged to work with others in a variety of creative activities.