Design Tech Summer Camps
creative design
Unlock your potential and think outside the box.
Students will engage with S.T.E.M. – science, technology, engineering and math – in these specialty experiential learning camps. These camps will allow students to explore, create, design, tinkering and make friendships with like-minded youth!
2025 Design Tech Camps
Check out the introductory and advanced design technology camps all offered on the UW-Green Bay campus in the Brown County STEM Center. Parents are invited on the last day to see the camper's creation in action.
Intro to DESIGN TECH: TinkerCAD
| Session | Grades | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4-6 | June 16-20, 2025 | 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| 2 | 7-9 | June 16-20, 2025 | 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
| 3 | 7-9 | June 23-27, 2025 | 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| 4 | 4-6 | June 23-27, 2025 | 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
| 5 | 7-9 | July 14-18, 2025 | 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| 6 | 4-6 | August 4-8, 2025 | 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
Cost: $200
This intro course sets the stage for future design tech classes by instructing campers on the basics of tools in software (Tinkercad) and equipment, while developing grade-appropriate projects that have a mix of tight parameters and open-ended creative input. By the end of this class, campers will have confidence in the process of creating Tinkercad designs and outputting them to 3D print and laser cutting.
Intro to DESIGN TECH: OnShape
Dates: July 7-11, 2025
Time: 8 a.m.to 11:30 a.m.
Grades: 7-12
Cost: $200
A class for beginner MIDDLE & HIGH schoolers (grades 7 - 12) to learn how to use OnShape software, 3d print and laser cut. This is an intro course that sets the stage for all the other higher level Design Tech courses we offer. OnShape is professional CAD software - more complex to learn, but much more capable than Tinkercad. The class includes direct instruction on the basics of tools in software and equipment while developing projects that have a mix of tight parameters and open-ended creative input. By the end of this class, students should have confidence in the process of creating OnShape designs and outputting them to 3d print and laser cutting. Participants in this class should have basic computer skills before joining. You will be required to create a “hobbyist” account with OnShape in order to participate in this class.
Sids Workshop
Dates: July 21-25, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 6-9
Cost: $200
Do you remember Sid on Toy Story and the cool and sometime frightening thigs he would create from other toy parts?? Let’s do that, but BETTER! We’ll take apart toys, computers, tools and other gadgets. We’ll mix them up, add an LED light or two and maybe a motor. Then we’ll use solder, nuts & bolts, hot glue and other fasteners to put them together in ways no one ever thought of! Creativity rules this workshop! This is a class for beginners, but participants experienced with cad and digital fabrication can add their own special touches.
ADVANCED: DESIGN TECH ONSHAPE MECHANISMS
Dates: August 11-15, 2025
Time: 8 a.m.to 11:30 a.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $200
If you’ve already taken Design Tech Intro - OnShape, and have a good feel for how OnShape works, join us in this workshop to utilize your skills while building mechanisms with gears, propellers, cranks, frames and bearings. This is a great course for those interested in design for engineering and robotics. Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape. You will be required to have a “hobbyist” account with OnShape in order to participate in this class.
Advanced: Explore the Natural World of UWGB
Dates: August 4 - 8, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $400
How can design make exploring the natural world better? In so many ways! We'll design solutions for being out in the field - from tools for measuring or observing to accessories for carrying the essentials. Campers visit and learn about UW-Green Bay's world-class ecosystems and meet people who study and care for them. They'll see native and exotic plants, local creeks and their aquatic life and more, learning about wetlands, prairies, forests and maybe even an ancient rock outcropping! Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape.
Advanced: DESIGN TECH TINKERCAD
Dates: July 28-August 1, 2025
Time:8 a.m.to 11:30 a.m.
OR
Dates: August 11-15, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 4-9
Cost: $200
If you’ve already taken Design Tech - Intro, and have a good feel for how Tinkercad works, join us in this workshop to amp-up your skills. We use Tinkercad to create more complex designs with articulating parts, hinges and connection techniques. Participating in this workshop will certainly “up your game” in design, 3d printing and lasercutting. Prerequisite: Participants in this class should have taken Design Tech Intro - Tinkercad first."
ADVANCED: CODING Contraptions
Dates: July 14-18, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 4-9
Cost: $270
Are you interested in coding? So are we, but we still like to make real things! Join us in this workshop as we explore several different coding platforms including Adafruit Circuit Playground, Microsoft BBC micro-bit and Tinkercad Codeblocks - all will result in physical things - brought to life with your algorithms! * Cost of this class includes one Adafruit Circuit Playground board and one Microsoft BBC Microbit board that you will keep. Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape.
Advanced: Animation Exploration
Dates: July 7-11, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 7-12
Cost: $200
Stop-motion animation is a great way to explore the art and design of storytelling. Use your digital fabrication skills to create sets, props and characters that come to life one frame at a time. You will need to have a smart phone to run the animation app allowing you to bring it with you and show it off long after the workshop ends. Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape.
Advanced: Einstein Design, INc.
Dates: July 21-25, 2025
Time: 8 a.m.to 11:30 a.m.
Grades: 7-9
Cost: $200
This workshop introduces the "Design Thinking" process in a collaborative team environment - building the skills of a professional problem solver and future entrepreneur. In this camp the student will utilize the design process to help fictitious clients by creating and testing prototypes built for their client's needs. Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape.
ADVANCED: I'M BOARD games
Dates: July 28-August 1, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: 6-9
Cost: $200
Board games are always a great way to spend time with family and friends. How great would it be to play one invented or re-invented from an existing game?!? You'll use Design Thinking and digital fabrication to create game boards, game pieces, dice or spinners to generate the action. We'll have plenty of time to test the play of the games throughout the workshop. Prerequisite: Camper must complete Design Tech Intro: Tinkercad or Design Tech Intro-OnShape.
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This camp is offered in partnership with the Einstein Project; the Einstein Project provides support and innovation for excellence in STEAM education through experiential learning.
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