Who This Program Is For
This workshop provides an immersive, hands-on experience for middle school students to explore career opportunities and skills in computer science, bioengineering, and robotics and mathematics. Over the course of the week, middle school students will learn fundamental coding and programming skills, explore electrical engineering through robotics kits, and apply mechanical engineering concepts to build their own robot in a DIY engineering challenge.
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2025
This is TPI’s only program offered for a fee. We encourage families who are able, with students who are interested in STEM, to pursue this program to set up their children for success in high school, college, and future careers, while helping to support TPI’s programming for underserved and low-income students.
What This Program Offers
- Introduction to STEM Fields: Provides an overview of coding, robotics, and engineering principles.
- Coding and Programming: Teaches fundamental programming concepts, algorithm design, and debugging skills using a beginner-friendly language like Scratch or Python. Includes hands-on coding exercises and projects.
- Robotics & Electrical Engineering: Introduces basic electrical engineering concepts, circuits, motors, and sensors. Participants will use robotics kits to build and program basic robotic systems.
- DIY Engineering Challenge (Mechanical Engineering): Covers mechanical engineering principles like force, motion, gears, and levers. Participants will design, build, and test their own robots using provided materials, culminating in presentations and a take-home challenge.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Incorporates team-building activities and group projects throughout the workshop.
- Hands-on Learning: Emphasizes practical, hands-on experience with coding, robotics kits, and DIY projects
Workshop Schedule
| Day | Topic |
|---|---|
| April 20th, 9AM – 12PM | Orientation & Icebreakers |
| April 21st, 9AM – 3PM | Coding & Programming (Introduction & Basics) |
| April 22nd, 9AM – 3PM | Coding & Programming (Algorithms & Debugging) |
| April 23rd, 9AM – 3PM | Robotics Kit (Electrical Engineering Basics) |
| April 24th, 9AM – 3PM | Robotics Kit (Build & Program Robot) |
| April 25th, 9AM – 3PM | DIY Engineering Challenge (Mechanical Engineering) |
| April 26th, 9AM – 3PM | DIY Engineering Challenge (Build, Test & Present Robot) |