Welcome to Engineering for Kids. This year has been named the Summer of Exploration. Look no further than Northeast Mesa’s Uptown Jungle Fun Park as the basecamp for this year’s overload of entertainment and discovery.
For the fifth consecutive year, Uptown Jungle, located at 5741 E. McKellips Road in Mesa, will be the host location for weekly programs for East Valley children from Pre-K to 8th grade. Let your child discover new ways to have fun this summer with the knowledge they will gain through interactive hands-on projects and fun demonstrations.
Courses will encourage opportunities to explore future career options as students creatively invent their own solutions to real-world problems. There are new courses to choose from, each week, for ten straight weeks. Shhh — they may not even realize they’re learning! The most common question Engineering for Kids’ Program Manager, Zach Gray, is asked from parents of participating students — “Where was this summer camp when I was growing up?”
Interested parents and students are encouraged to visit the website engineeringforkids.com/phoenix-metro. Pull up your phones, and together search all of the possibilities to carefully select from a wide range of course choices from this season’s selections.
Possibilities this year for apprentice campers include challenging courses, such as:
- LEGO Moon Mission
- Game Builder Garage with Nintendo Switch
- Podcast Production – encouraging campers to share their story
- Nutrition Science Camp
- Astronomy Camp
The educators at Engineering for Kids are first to admit that they too are continuously learning new things. Just like engineers in the real world, the educators discover new ways to improve, teach, and learn, so they work together with campers to assess the elements of each camper’s experiences.
Since learning is a valuable tool, campers and parents are encouraged to give feedback on their experiences at camp.
Week No. 1 begins on May 23 this year, and the conclusion of summer fun is July 29. Sign up for a day, a week, or the whole summer. Each week offers a new curriculum, so there are no repeats, only lots of opportunities for fun! Drop off time is 8 a.m., with classes beginning at 8:30 a.m. and wrapping up daily at 3:30 p.m. After-care is also available until 6 p.m.
“We begin each class with a 15-to-20-minute lecture of instruction and then encourage each child to take their imaginations as far as they can,” says Zach. Each camp course encourages interactive, open-ended learning. Classes also encompass 15 to 20 minutes of break time, to allow the kids to access all the action-oriented activities of Uptown Jungle Fun Park.
This summer could be your child’s wildest season of exploration and self-discovery!
For more information, visit engineeringforkids.com/phoenix-metro