Robotics (Grades K-3)
1 week sessions 9:00am - 3:00pm Price: $600-$695
At DEAN Adventure Camps, we’re dedicated to helping children discover their passions, explore endless possibilities, achieve meaningful goals, and navigate thrilling adventures. Our programs are organized into 10 different studios that balance skill-building, character development, and unforgettable fun, with friendship and personal growth at the heart of every experience. Guided by our experienced and caring counselors, we nurture great qualities like resilience, focus, integrity, perseverance, and gratitude, empowering your child to make smart choices, try new things, and thrive—all while having the time of their lives.
For Summer 2025, art meets algorithms in our Robotics, Coding & Creativity Studio, where young innovators can choose from six different camp programs: Minecraft Blocksmiths, Digital Dinos, Super Bots, Cyborg Creations, Robot Rumble and Mechanical Creatures. Here they'll develop curiosity exploring STEAM concepts through a unique blend of technology and artistic expression. As they code their robots and construct mechanical creations, inventors strengthen creativity solving challenges while building resilience through the natural cycle of trial, error, and improvement that every engineer faces.
Working with both digital and artistic tools, campers practice self-regulation focusing on precise programming while developing responsibility handling equipment with care. Side-by-side with fellow creators, they build collaboration skills as they investigate weekly themes and share solutions. From junior coders to advanced builders, every program nurtures both analytical thinking and creative expression.
Code, create, innovate. Let's build the future!
Skills Learned in Robotics:
Knowledge gained in robotics and coding concepts. Techniques such as 3D paper and cardboard construction building, sequencing and coding concepts, color coding and embellishing techniques, and drawing. Fine motor skills include proper scissor usage, cutting, bending and folding paper and cardboard, sketching, color coding. Design processes include sketching and rendering 3D and 2D concepts, coding screen-free with color codes, experimenting, problem-solving and troubleshooting to fix coding issues.
CAMPERS TAKE HOME:
• Their hand-built projects
• Basic coding guide
• New technology skills
PROGRAM FEATURES:
• Professional-grade STEAM equipment
• Latest robotics and coding tools
• Safety-first approach to all activities
• Low instructor-to-camper ratio
General Daily Schedule:
Morning introduction
Activity period—approximately 1 hour
Snack and stretch break—approximately 15 minutes, outside, weather permitting
Activity period—approximately 1 hour
Lunch and recess break—approximately 1 hour, outside, weather permitting
Activity period—2 hours (10-minute stretches as needed)
Clean up, pack up and dismissal
Dates, Hours, and Fees
| 2025 Dates | Grade K-1 | Grade 2-3 | |||
| June 16 - 20 *4-day week | Minecraft Blocksmiths | Cyborg Creations | |||
| June 23 - June 27 | Super Bots | Robot Rumble | |||
| June 30 - July 3 *4-day week | No Programming Offered | No Programming Offered | |||
| July 7 - 11 | Digital Dinos | Cyborg Creations | |||
| July 14 - 18 | Super Bots | Robot Rumble | |||
| July 21 - 25 | Digital Dinos | Mechanical Creatures | |||
| July 28 - August 1 | Minecraft Blocksmiths | Cyborg Creations | |||
| August 4 - 8 | Super Bots | Robot Rumble | |||
| Hours | |||||
| Full Day | 9:00am – 3:00pm | Fees | |||
| Full Day | $695 5-day week / $600 4-day week | ||||
Themes + Weekly Overview
Minecraft Blocksmiths (Grades K-1)
Calling all Red Stone Engineers! Minecraft Blocksmiths is your chance to get your hands on a Minecraft world. In this weeklong program, campers strengthen their curiosity as they explore coding concepts and develop creativity while diving imagination-first into the world of Minecraft. As they use Blockly to code their Ozobot to maneuver through a physical Minecraft biome that they construct themselves, they build perseverance through the natural cycle of trial, error, and improvement that every coder faces. Working together to develop and test their creations, young engineers practice their collaborative skills and focus as they work on detailed construction with their new friends. Creative mode is on in this real-world rendition of Minecraft.
Note: We do not play Minecraft in this program, but campers can pull from their past gaming experience to inspire their physical creations!
Super Bots (Grades K-1)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a robot! In this weeklong dash to save the world, campers apply robotics and Ozobot's hands-on Color Coding language to turn their Ozobot into the hero we need! Each day, their robot hero comes face-to-face with an arch-nemesis. While creating hero personas and coding daring feats, campers embrace curiosity to discover new solutions, collaboration as they work together to outsmart obstacles, and focus as they refine their strategies to stay one step ahead of the forces of evil. POW! BAM! Another adventure for teamwork and imagination!
At the end of the week, campers show off their most innovative routines and scare the villains back to the holes, caves, or planets from whence they came!
Digital Dinos (Grades K-1)
A camp 45 million years in the making! In Digital Dinos, young paleontologists and their Ozobots roar into the Jurassic era to explore those "terrible lizards" and their ancient habitats. Throughout the week, these dinosaur enthusiasts develop curiosity exploring prehistoric worlds, and build resilience through the natural cycle of trial, error, and improvement that every scientist faces. As campers and Ozobots don their paleontologist hats to solve dino-themed challenges, they strengthen theiir collaborative skills working together with friends and practice self-regulation while coding their robotic research assistants. Join us for a week of fossil-infused fun — but watch out for velociraptors!
Note: No Ozobots will be harmed in this exploration, and they will remain in their prehistoric classrooms at the end of camp.
Cyborg Creations (Grades 2-3)
Better! Faster! Stronger! This exciting new program isn't just another robot camp — in Cyborg Creations, we're augmenting the human form with 3D cardboard construction! Whether designing robotic arms, legs, or grippers, campers will feed their curiosity as they explore how living things move and work. They'll practice collaboration skills as they work together to test and improve their creations, and resilience as they go through the natural cycle of trial, error, and improvement that every inventor faces.
Each camper will create mechanical augmentations they can proudly take home. Cyborg Creations melds imagination and the marvels of the human body with the frontiers of technology!
Mechanical Creatures (Grades 2-3)
The animal kingdom meets engineering in the fascinating world of Mechanical Creatures. Your little zoologist sets out to answer the question "Could a robot dare mimic the wonders of nature?" As they explore this challenge, campers develop their curiosity about both animal behavior and engineering principles. Beginning with Makey Makey Boards, campers broaden their understanding of circuits and motors, building resilience through the natural cycle of trial, error, and improvement that every engineer faces. This sets the groundwork for their ultimate endeavor: constructing a robotic animal! Using specialized kits, each participant strengthens their self-regulation as they focus on detailed mechanical work, and practice collaboration with fellow inventors. Together, they craft robots that resemble animals and emulate their movements, merging the wonders of biology with the precision of engineering.
Aligning with the Engineering Design standards of Next Generation Science Standards, this camp promises a fusion of fun, learning, and innovation. Step into the Mechanical Creatures program, where the boundaries between technology and the animal kingdom blur, turning youthful dreams into animated, coded realities!
Note: Each camper goes home with the robotic animal they made in camp!
Robot Rumble (Grades 2-3)
Get ready to Ruuuuuumble! In Robot Rumble, young engineers don't just build robots — they build character! This ultimate robotic takedown challenge invites campers to construct and fine-tune their own remote-controlled champions for friendly competition. Along the way, they're developing resilience as they tackle technical challenges, problem-solving as they modify their designs based on arena performance, and perseverance as they are challenged through trial and error to create the ultimate machine. Join us in Robot Rumble, where the sparks of competition induce adrenaline-pumping fun!