Ages 9-12
Michael Espinoza & Leo Matrix

Spend a week building and programming a robot using the LEGO® MindStorms NXT kits and working with partners to create a "scene" or display during the Great Contraptions build weeks. Design your own robot to complete tasks - each week will offer a different challenge. Award-winning coaches will guide you through the process. Bring your imagination, enthusiasm and willingness to be saturated with this high tech opportunity! No previous experience is necessary. For ages 9-12.

Dates	Challenge
June 3-7	Great Contraptions: Your Pet Robot. Create your own pet robot.
June 10-14	Great Contraptions: Robots in Disguise. Build a robot that looks like one thing, but is really another thing.
June 17-21	Great Contraptions: Dodge Bots. Make robots that try to avoid being hit with a ball. (4 days only; no camp Wednesday, June 19th.)
June 24-28	Great Contraptions: Silly Gadgets. What kind of silly robot can you make?
July 1-5	Great Contraptions: Tug O'Bots. Pull a robot with a robot. (4 days only; no camp Thursday, July 4.)
July 8-12	Great Contraptions: Roboflow. Create robot movement with rhythm.
July 15-19	Great Contraptions: Handibots. Build robots that help when help is needed.
July 22-26	Great Contraptions: Briccaso. Get art out of a robot.
July 29-Aug 2	Great Contraptions: Safe Cracker. Make a puzzle and see if it can be solved by a robot.
August 5-9	Great Contraptions: Bumper cars. Be careful not to be pushed around.