Our Unique Program
Experience the joy of hands-on STEAM learning in this weekly summer camp designed for students in grades K - 8 who learn by doing. We take campers on learning adventures with weeks of STEAM activities, team-building exercises, and camper-run projects. As inventors-in-training, campers use their imagination, creativity, and engineering to prototype, build, and solve real-world problems.
Each week follows a different theme, so participants choose one or more weeks depending on their interests and schedule. Join us for one or more weeks to build things that fly, soar, float, and grow!
A special thank you to First Tech Federal Credit Union for your support in the 2022 STEAM Dream Camp.
What's unique about our STEAM Dream Camp?
Credentialed Educators
Led by credentialed teachers and staff counselors versed in teaching STEAM activities with a student-teacher ratio of 10:1
Kits and Curriculum Designed for Camp
Hands-on learning kits and activities emphasizing observation, creativity, experimentation, and problem solving
Show & Tell Your Own STEAM Stories
Creative activities that invite students to integrate stories with learning experiences, crafting stories they will treasure
Weekly Journey at a Glance
Found in Space is a week-long journey for campers to imagine themselves as inventors-in-training to tackle problems they are likely to face in space, like falling into gravity, exploring mysterious stars, and finding how big our solar system is as they design the ultimate intergalactic space station!
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Orientation STEAM Kit: Build rockets Design challenge: Landing pads & targets Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Build devices that defy forces Design challenge: Build devices that defy forces Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Build light separator Design challenge: Design your space helmet Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Build solar system roundabout. Design challenge: Sun measurer Student project |
Show and tell your story STEAM Kit: Building flying objects for your next journey Imagine your next adventure in storytelling |
Autonomous Rover is a week-long journey for campers to imagine themselves as engineers-in-training to develop and test the best design for an autonomous rover that can travel over rough terrain using multiple sources of power to race in a collaboratively designed obstacle course/race track. Campers will design their cars and race to the finish line!
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Orientation STEAM Kit: Car on a roll Design challenge: Ramp it up! Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Floating in air Design challenge: Bumpy terrain investigation Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Power up your car Design challenge: Ways to speed up your car Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Car circuits Design challenge: Electrify your car Student project |
Show and tell your story STEAM Kit: Building cars for your next journey Imagine your next adventure in storytelling |
Life Force is a week-long journey for campers to imagine themselves as biologists-in-training as they observe and investigate the biodiversity of Planet Earth and its interaction with the environment to develop the ideal habitat for specific organisms.
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Orientation STEAM Kit: Dying seed to new life Design challenge: How things are held together Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Counting the Richness of Life Design challenge: Casting seeds to the wind Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Capturing bugs Design challenge: Nesting like a bird Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Bee a pollinator Design challenge: Design your own pollinating plant Student project |
Show and tell your story STEAM Kit: Amazing animal senses Imagine your next adventure in storytelling |
Watery World is a week-long journey for campers to imagine themselves as hydrologists-in-training as they investigate aspects of water such as cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, capillary action, and buoyancy to develop the best aquarium ever!
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Introduction to storytelling STEAM Kit: Be compact as water Design challenge: Inspired by water Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Water walk watch Design challenge: Delivering drinking water Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: Wired on the water Design challenge: Water strider Student project |
Story + Mission STEAM Kit: What floats your boat? Design challenge: Paddle Boat Engineering Student project |
Show and tell your story STEAM Kit: Thinking Like a Real Survivor Imagine your next adventure in storytelling |
Interested in hosting a STEAM Camp at your location?
Contact us: education@raft.com
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