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Advanced Bot Builders Camp

Advanced Bot Builders Camps offer a week of applying the elements of robotics. Campers will put your new skills to the test in our competition at the end of the week using VEX V5 robotics platform! Campers will be placed in teams, led by Alumni of Butte Built Bots and Inspire Robotics in designing, building, and operating a robot in an exciting game at the end of the week! If you participated last summer, the game will be different so we would love you to join us again! If you have never participated in a robotics program before we encourage you to check out the other BotBuilders camps offered by IRON Cal.

Ages: 12-15
Mon - Fri | 6/9 - 6/13 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mon - Fri | 6/23 - 6/27 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Build n' Hike LEGO Camp

Get out in nature and unleash your creativity this summer! This hands-on camp is perfect for young LEGO enthusiasts who love to build, imagine, and explore. We will be taking daily walks to Bidwell Park to build forts and play along the creek before we return to the studio to build with Legos. Kids will participate in nature and Lego building challenges and competitions as well as Lego themed craft projects.

Ages: 7-12
Tue - Thu | 6/10 - 6/12 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mon - Wed | 6/23 - 6/25 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mon - Wed | 7/21 - 7/23 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Intermediate Bot Builders Camp

The Intermediate/Advanced Bot Builders Camps offer more creative freedom and are aimed at students who already have experience working with VEX IQ. The Intermediate/Advanced Bot Builders Camp often uses the current season’s challenge as the end of camp competition, to both expose campers to the current year’s game as well as allow campers a chance to come up with creative solutions to challenges posed in the current year’s game, which the campers could then take those ideas back and further develop if they participate in a league team.

Ages: 10-15
Mon - Fri | 6/16 - 6/20 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mon - Fri | 7/7 - 7/11 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mon - Thu | 7/28 - 8/1 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Introductory Bot Builders Camp

The Introductory/Intermediate Bot Builders Camps are designed for students who have some or no VEX IQ experience. The camps will be very structured, with more building and programming instruction for the students. Campers will build a set robot and be guided through having it perform set tasks. In the Introductory/Intermediate Bot Builders Camp the end of camp competition may be the current season’s challenge or may be a previous season’s challenge (i.e. one which allows students to “compete” more successfully with the basic ClawBot robot built in the camp.

Ages: 9-14
Mon - Fri | 6/9 - 6/13 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mon - Fri | 6/23 - 6/27 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mon - Fri | 7/14 - 7/18 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Python Power Up: Code Your First Programs! 

Ready to discover the magic of coding? Join our Python Power Up camp and learn to speak the language of computers! This beginner-friendly camp is perfect for anyone who's curious about programming. Using Python, a popular and easy-to-learn language, you'll master the basics of coding, from variables and input/output to conditional statements and loops – the building blocks of any program.

Ages: 11-16
Mon - Fri | 6/23 - 6/27 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mon - Fri | 7/14 - 7/18 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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