Aurora Summer Camps 2026
TechKnowHow LEGO & Engineering Camps at Aurora
Aurora contracts with the TechKnowHow Organization to offer their LEGO and Engineering programs here on the Aurora Campus. Registration is through the Aurora portal links on this page.
Session One: Week of June 15 – 18, 2026 (4 days)
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
June 15 – 18, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Minecraft: Big Builders
June 15 – 18, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds like rickety Minecarts, Happy Ghasts, Copper Golems, Skeletons & more! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build a wide variety of awesome projects such as fantasy theme parks, country farms and redstone creations. Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Girls Tech Camp: LEGO® and Coding
June 15 – 18, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 7 – 11
Led by female instructors, this camp develops your coding and LEGO engineering skills through exciting projects and game-making. Create motorized LEGO projects with a pop-star and animal theme! Then, make games by coding with Scratch, the world's most popular intro programming software. Scratch uses code blocks to easily control all the elements of your games - from character movement to score-keeping. You'll design 3 games while learning the fundamentals of coding logic and use of loops and if-then events. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® EV3 Robotics & Game Design
June 15 – 18, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 8 – 12
Get ready for fast-paced robot action! You’ll build and program LEGO EV3 robots to perform tasks such as arena contests, jousting, and racing! You’ll learn to program motors and sensors to play and complete the missions. Design attachments to level up your bots! Plus, learn coding skills with Scratch, as we spend afternoons designing a variety of robot and drone-themed games, using code blocks to complete adventures from rescues to alien encounters! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Session Two: Week of June 22 – 26, 2026
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
June 22 – 26, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
June 22 – 26, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a multilevel parkour adventure! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a colorful labyrinth of obstacle courses, teleportation mazes, battle arenas, and so much more! We will also use Scratch to create Minecraft-inspired games to play, learning block coding fundamentals and the basics of computer science. Prerequisite: Experience with Minecraft, keyboard use, grade-level reading. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® Kinetics: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
June 22 – 26, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gears, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a knuckle-walking gorilla, spinning driller vehicle, remote control dinosaur and more! Then, embark on a coding adventure as you use programming blocks to complete computer games with Scratch, the #1 beginner-level coding software for kids. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
June 22 – 26, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 9 – 13
Create immersive 3D-worlds and games to play! In Roblox, design towns, spooky mazes that players must escape, obbies, player powerups, and more. Learn to create your own terrain, modify light and particles, create NPCs with dialogue, and even learn to write code snippets using Lua! Complete a variety of projects which can be published on Roblox and played with friends online! In the afternoon, students will learn to use Blockbench 3D modeling and coding to insert their own mobs and custom items into Minecraft! Bring your own lunch, snacks and beverage.
Camp Details
Please Note: TechKnowHow offers multiple sessions of the same camp, so if you sign up for more than one of the same session the content is repeated.
Dates
Session 1: June 15 – 18, 2026 (4 days)
Session 2: June 22 – 26, 2026
Session 3: June 29 – July 2, 2026 (4 days)
Session 4: July 6 – 10, 2026
Session 5: July 13 – 17, 2026
Session 6: July 20 – 24, 2026
Session 7: July 27 – 31, 2026
Times
9:00am – 3:30pm
Fees
$560 per session ($450 for 4 day session)
Extended Care Options
- Before Care from 8:30 am – 9:00 am is included in cost
After Care until 5:00 pm is $150 per week (pre-registration required)
Contact Information
Registration questions go to the Aurora School Camp Director:
joshj@auroraschool.org
(510) 428-2606 x208
Programming and all questions and/or concerns once camp begins go to TechKnowHow directly:
campinfo@techknowhowkids.com
(650) 638-0500
www.techknowhowkids.com
Session Three: Week of June 29 – July 2, 2026 (4 Days)
LEGO® Verve
June 29 – July 2, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 6 – 9
Construct awesome moving LEGO creations from spinning UFOs to a lighted train and “flying” dragon while learning about motors, gears, and engineering problem-solving. Campers also explore beginner-friendly coding through Scratch by completing games with code blocks. A perfect blend of play, STEM learning, and camp fun. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Minecraft: World Makers
June 29 – July 2, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 6 – 9
Every morning, students build their favorite Minecraft mobs, like the Creeper, Axolotl, and Ender Dragon in motorized LEGO form! Then, they'll build diverse digital Minecraft projects ranging from Creeper cabins and bouncy houses to one-of-a-kind obstacle courses featuring perilous tripwire traps, endless hallways, and lava pit parkour courses! There is a place for every type of builder, from beginner to pro! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Girls Tech Camp: LEGO® and Coding
June 29 – July 2, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 7 – 11
Led by female instructors, this camp develops your coding and LEGO engineering skills through exciting projects and game-making. Create motorized LEGO projects with a pop-star and animal theme! Then, make games by coding with Scratch, the world's most popular intro programming software. Scratch uses code blocks to easily control all the elements of your games - from character movement to score-keeping. You'll design 3 games while learning the fundamentals of coding logic and use of loops and if-then events. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® EV3 Robotics & Game Design
June 29 - July 2, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $450 | ages 8 – 12
Get ready for fast-paced robot action! You’ll build and program LEGO EV3 robots to perform tasks such as arena contests, jousting, and racing! You’ll learn to program motors and sensors to play and complete the missions. Design attachments to level up your bots! Plus, learn coding skills with Scratch, as we spend afternoons designing a variety of robot and drone-themed games, using code blocks to complete adventures from rescues to alien encounters! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Session Four: Week of July 6 – 10, 2026
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
July 6 – 10, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® Kinetics: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
July 6 – 10, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gears, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a knuckle-walking gorilla, spinning driller vehicle, remote control dinosaur and more! Then, embark on a coding adventure as you use programming blocks to complete computer games with Scratch, the #1 beginner-level coding software for kids. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Minecraft: Big Builders
July 6 – 10, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds like rickety Minecarts, Happy Ghasts, Copper Golems, Skeletons & more! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build a wide variety of awesome projects such as fantasy theme parks, country farms and redstone creations. Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
July 6 – 10, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 9 – 13
Create immersive 3D-worlds and games to play! In Roblox, design towns, spooky mazes that players must escape, obbies, player powerups, and more. Learn to create your own terrain, modify light and particles, create NPCs with dialogue, and even learn to write code snippets using Lua! Complete a variety of projects which can be published on Roblox and played with friends online! In the afternoon, students will learn to use Blockbench 3D modeling and coding to insert their own mobs and custom items into Minecraft! Bring your own lunch, snacks and beverage.
Session Five: Week of July 13 – 17, 2026
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
July 13 – 17, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® Verve
July 13 – 17, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
Construct awesome moving LEGO creations from spinning UFOs to a lighted train and “flying” dragon while learning about motors, gears, and engineering problem-solving. Campers also explore beginner-friendly coding through Scratch by completing games with code blocks. A perfect blend of play, STEM learning, and camp fun. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
July 13 – 17, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a multilevel parkour adventure! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a colorful labyrinth of obstacle courses, teleportation mazes, battle arenas, and so much more! We will also use Scratch to create Minecraft-inspired games to play, learning block coding fundamentals and the basics of computer science. Prerequisite: Experience with Minecraft, keyboard use, grade-level reading. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® EV3 Robotics & Game Design
July 13 - 17, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 8 – 12
Get ready to build robots with personalities! You’ll build and program LEGO EV3 robots with expressions, speech and movement. They’ll dance, take part in arena contests, play games, and interact with you! You’ll learn to program motors and sensors, and add expressive elements. Plus, learn coding skills with Scratch, as we spend afternoons designing a variety of robot-themed games, using code blocks to maneuver craft, fight off waves of mischievous bots, and more! Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Session Six: Week of July 20 – 24, 2026
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
July 20 – 24, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® Kinetics: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
July 20 – 24, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gears, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a knuckle-walking gorilla, spinning driller vehicle, remote control dinosaur and more! Then, embark on a coding adventure as you use programming blocks to complete computer games with Scratch, the #1 beginner-level coding software for kids. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Minecraft: World Makers
July 20 – 24, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
Every morning, students build their favorite Minecraft mobs, like the Creeper, Axolotl, and Ender Dragon in motorized LEGO form! Then, they'll build diverse digital Minecraft projects ranging from Creeper cabins and bouncy houses to one-of-a-kind obstacle courses featuring perilous tripwire traps, endless hallways, and lava pit parkour courses! There is a place for every type of builder, from beginner to pro! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
July 20 – 24, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 9 – 13
Create immersive 3D-worlds and games to play! In Roblox, design towns, spooky mazes that players must escape, obbies, player powerups, and more. Learn to create your own terrain, modify light and particles, create NPCs with dialogue, and even learn to write code snippets using Lua! Complete a variety of projects which can be published on Roblox and played with friends online! In the afternoon, students will learn to use Blockbench 3D modeling and coding to insert their own mobs and custom items into Minecraft! Bring your own lunch, snacks and beverage.
Session Seven: Week of July 27 – 31, 2026
Mario's LEGO® & Tech Adventures
July 27 – 31, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 5 – 8
Join Mario, Bowser, and friends for a week of exciting LEGO and tech adventures! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorites such as a Mario kart, playful Yoshi, King Bowser, and the mischievous Boo! Then, learn programming basics as your team puts together instructions to complete digital adventures for Mario and friends! Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
LEGO® Verve
July 27 – 31, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
Construct awesome moving LEGO creations from spinning UFOs to a lighted train and “flying” dragon while learning about motors, gears, and engineering problem-solving. Campers also explore beginner-friendly coding through Scratch by completing games with code blocks. A perfect blend of play, STEM learning, and camp fun. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Minecraft: Big Builders
July 27 – 31, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds like rickety Minecarts, Happy Ghasts, Copper Golems, Skeletons & more! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build a wide variety of awesome projects such as fantasy theme parks, country farms and redstone creations. Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
July 27 – 31, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $560 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a multilevel parkour adventure! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a colorful labyrinth of obstacle courses, teleportation mazes, battle arenas, and so much more! We will also use Scratch to create Minecraft-inspired games to play, learning block coding fundamentals and the basics of computer science. Prerequisite: Experience with Minecraft, keyboard use, grade-level reading. Bring lunch, snacks, and a beverage.
The Fine Print
Extended Care
Drop off anytime between 8:30 and 9:00am, included with the cost of camp. You may register for after care until 5:00pm for a cost of $150 per week. You must either add this option during your initial registration or before the Monday of the week prior to the session start.
Payment Options
You may choose to pay for your camp tuition either in full at the time of registration or with a payment plan split into 2 payments. Payment in full may be made via an electronic check withdrawal (e-check / ACH) or credit / debit card. If you choose a credit card (debit cards are exempt) for payment, a 3% fee will be added to your payment to cover some of the credit card fees. The payment plan requires an automatic withdrawal from a bank account or debit / credit card to be set up at registration. You would pay half of the total at registration and the remaining half will be charged on April 1, 2026. Full details are on the registration site. Please feel free to email any questions to the camp director, Josh Johnson or call him at (510) 428-2606 x 208.
Refunds
Your camp tuition is refundable minus the non-refundable deposit of $100 up until May 1, 2026. Refund / Cancellation requests must be in writing (email) before the May 1 deadline. After May 1st your tuition becomes non-refundable.
Financial Assistance
Partial financial aid may be available at the discretion of the TechKnowHow organization. Please contact the camp director before Jan 15 to apply.