Aurora Summer Camps 2025
TechKnowHow LEGO & Engineering Camps at Aurora
Aurora Contracts with the TechKnowHow Organization to offer their LEGO and Engineering programs here on the Aurora Campus
Session One: Week of June 23 – 27, 2025
LEGO® Pokemon Party
June 23 – 27, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 5 – 8
Develop LEGO building and engineering skills in an immersive LEGO Pokemon experience! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorite characters, like the adorable Pikachu, the powerful Charizard, and the legendary Mewtwo! Then, make controllers, such as joysticks, using robotic sensors and LEGO elements. Once completed, you’ll attach the controller to a computer to play Pokemon-themed adventures, such as Snorlax Snack Time and Pikachu versus Gyarados. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Minecraft: LEGO® and Digital Builders
June 23 – 27, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds- from player characters like Steve to zooming Creepers and the terrifying Warden! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build awesome projects such as tree houses, mob pixel art, lava gates, as well as intro commands for mobs and redstone creations such as TNT launchers! Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Girls Tech Camp: LEGO® and Coding
June 23 – 27, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 7 – 11
Led by female instructors, this camp develops your coding and LEGO engineering skills through exciting projects and game-making. Create moving LEGO projects with motors and gears such as a “swimming” dolphin, city emergency vehicle, fantasy creatures and more! Then, make games by coding with Scratch, the world's most popular intro programming software. You’ll use code blocks to create all the actions and elements of your games - from character movement to score-keeping. Design 3 fun games while learning the fundamentals of coding such as use of loops, if-then events and programming logic. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® EV3 Personal Robots & Game Design
June 23 – 27, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | 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 Two: Week of June 30 – July 3, 2025
LEGO® Pokemon Party
June 30 – July 3, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $440 | ages 5 – 8
Develop LEGO building and engineering skills in an immersive LEGO Pokemon experience! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorite characters, like the adorable Pikachu, the powerful Charizard, and the legendary Mewtwo! Then, make controllers, such as joysticks, using robotic sensors and LEGO elements. Once completed, you’ll attach the controller to a computer to play Pokemon-themed adventures, such as Snorlax Snack Time and Pikachu versus Gyarados. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
June 30 – July 3, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $440 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a city! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a city with its own stores, animated artwork, custom loot, projectiles, and a zombie invasion! 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 ability. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® Spark: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
June 30 – July 3, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $440 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gear trains, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a jousting knight, “swimming” dolphin, a sleek remote-controlled space jet, hyper-active gearbot 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 beverage daily.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
June 30 – July 3, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $440 | 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
Dates
Session 1: June 23 – 27, 2025
Session 2: June 30 – July 3, 2025 (4 days)
Session 3: July 7 – 11, 2025
Session 4: July 14 – 18, 2025
Session 5: July 21 – 25, 2025
Session 6: July 28 – August 1, 2025
Times
9:00am – 3:30pm
Fees
$545 per session ($440 for 4 day session)
Extended Care Options
- Before Care from 8:00 am – 9:00 am is included in cost
After Care until 5:00 pm is $150 per week (pre-registration required)
Session Three: Week of July 7 – 11, 2025
LEGO® Spark: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
July 7 – 11, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gear trains, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a jousting knight, “swimming” dolphin, a sleek remote-controlled space jet, hyper-active gearbot 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 beverage daily.
Minecraft: LEGO® and Digital Builders
July 7 – 11, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds- from player characters like Steve to zooming Creepers and the terrifying Warden! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build awesome projects such as tree houses, mob pixel art, lava gates, as well as intro commands for mobs and redstone creations such as TNT launchers! Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Girls Tech Camp: LEGO® and Coding
July 7 – 11, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 7 – 11
Led by female instructors, this camp develops your coding and LEGO engineering skills through exciting projects and game-making. Create moving LEGO projects with motors and gears such as a “swimming” dolphin, city emergency vehicle, fantasy creatures and more! Then, make games by coding with Scratch, the world's most popular intro programming software. You’ll use code blocks to create all the actions and elements of your games - from character movement to score-keeping. Design 3 fun games while learning the fundamentals of coding such as use of loops, if-then events and programming logic. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® EV3 Personal Robots & Game Design
July 7 - 11, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | 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 Four: Week of July 14 – 18, 2025
LEGO® Pokemon Party
July 14 – 18, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 5 – 8
Develop LEGO building and engineering skills in an immersive LEGO Pokemon experience! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorite characters, like the adorable Pikachu, the powerful Charizard, and the legendary Mewtwo! Then, make controllers, such as joysticks, using robotic sensors and LEGO elements. Once completed, you’ll attach the controller to a computer to play Pokemon-themed adventures, such as Snorlax Snack Time and Pikachu versus Gyarados. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® Spark: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
July 14 – 18, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gear trains, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a jousting knight, “swimming” dolphin, a sleek remote-controlled space jet, hyper-active gearbot 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 beverage daily.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
July 14 – 18, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a city! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a city with its own stores, animated artwork, custom loot, projectiles, and a zombie invasion! 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 ability. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
July 14 – 18, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | 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 21 – 25, 2025
LEGO® Pokemon Party
July 21 – 25, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 5 – 8
Develop LEGO building and engineering skills in an immersive LEGO Pokemon experience! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorite characters, like the adorable Pikachu, the powerful Charizard, and the legendary Mewtwo! Then, make controllers, such as joysticks, using robotic sensors and LEGO elements. Once completed, you’ll attach the controller to a computer to play Pokemon-themed adventures, such as Snorlax Snack Time and Pikachu versus Gyarados. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Minecraft: LEGO® and Digital Builders
July 21 – 25, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds- from player characters like Steve to zooming Creepers and the terrifying Warden! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build awesome projects such as tree houses, mob pixel art, lava gates, as well as intro commands for mobs and redstone creations such as TNT launchers! Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Intermediate Minecraft: Coding Commanders
July 21 – 25, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 7 – 11
Delve deep into Minecraft's coding and engineering systems to build and program a city! Using structure blocks, commands, and redstone, you'll be able to craft a city with its own stores, animated artwork, custom loot, projectiles, and a zombie invasion! 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 ability. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® EV3 Personal Robots & Game Design
July 21 - 25, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | 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 28 – August 1, 2025
LEGO® Pokemon Party
July 28 – Aug 1, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 5 – 8
Develop LEGO building and engineering skills in an immersive LEGO Pokemon experience! Use gears, battery packs and motors to build favorite characters, like the adorable Pikachu, the powerful Charizard, and the legendary Mewtwo! Then, make controllers, such as joysticks, using robotic sensors and LEGO elements. Once completed, you’ll attach the controller to a computer to play Pokemon-themed adventures, such as Snorlax Snack Time and Pikachu versus Gyarados. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
LEGO® Spark: Mechanical Marvels & Coding
July 28 – Aug 1, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
A fun and exciting way for LEGO fans to discover unique engineering skills with gear trains, pistons, and light bricks to make spectacular motor-powered creations. Build a jousting knight, “swimming” dolphin, a sleek remote-controlled space jet, hyper-active gearbot 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 beverage daily.
Minecraft: LEGO® and Digital Builders
July 28 – Aug 1, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | ages 6 – 9
Perfect for campers who love LEGOs and Minecraft! Every day begins with bringing Minecraft to life with awesome motorized LEGO builds- from player characters like Steve to zooming Creepers and the terrifying Warden! Then, get into the action with Minecraft and build awesome projects such as tree houses, mob pixel art, lava gates, as well as intro commands for mobs and redstone creations such as TNT launchers! Projects for beginners as well as more experienced Minecraft players. Bring lunch, snacks and beverage daily.
Roblox & Minecraft Modding
July 28 – Aug 1, 2025 | 9:00 am – 3:30 pm | $545 | 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.
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 15th, 2025. 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, 2025. 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 April 1 to apply.