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Build-A-Bot Camp


Youth Classes and Activities / STEM -
Summer 2026

Our Build-a-Bot camp will introduce your Junior Engineer to the amazing field of robotics. Students will learn about sensors, motors and coding by building and programming LEGO robots in small groups. Yes, batteries are included! Throughout the week, we will play with a variety of robots, use color to program Ozobots, build our own robot hands, and design our own Bristlebots. We will use the design cycle and add sensors to our LEGO robot so it can take on new challenges. The best part of the camp is that your Junior Engineer will build their own OWI Cybercrawler robot to take home! If you have already built a Cybercrawler in one of my programs, I can have you build an OWI Agent bot or OWI RE/CO bot.

This camp is for Junior Engineers entering second grade and up. I do have a Junior Build-a-Bot camp for younger kids and an Advanced Build-a-Bot camp for the serious builders. If you have questions about what camp is right for your Junior Engineer, please drop me a line at colinkilbane@GopherSTEAM.com. Attention Scouts! This camp fulfills some of the key requirements for the BSA Robotics merit badge and the Girl Scout series robotics badges. Your instructor, Mr. Kilbane, is a local scout leader and a veteran STEM teacher. He has been writing and running STEM camps for over 20 years and just completed his 12th season as a FIRST Robotics Competition mentor and coach.
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YE4201

  Colin J Kilbane


Lake Middle School : C-120 Classroom
Mon Jun 15 - Thu Jun 18
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Grades   2nd - 6th

Price: $ 244 00