Summer Academy (Half-Day Surrey)

code & create: mobile makers lab | $345 early bird: $295

topics covered: coding, ui/ux design

Welcome aspiring app artists of the future. In this beginner‑friendly camp, students follow a full design cycle—from brainstorming ideas to building wireframes to creating their own apps using Thunkable’s block‑coding platform. By the end of the week, campers will have designed useful and fun mobile apps they can proudly share.

*Note: This will run at SFU Burnaby during Spring Brak

engineering the world | $295 early bird: $245

topics covered: engineering, hands-on building

Ever look at a bridge, a skyscraper, or a clever everyday gadget and wonder how someone figured out how to make it work? Get ready for a week where campers think like real engineers as they explore how design, creativity, and problem‑solving shape the world around us. Through hands‑on challenges, collaborative builds, and experiments with structures and systems, campers discover how engineers tackle real‑world problems and turn ideas into solutions. Each day invites them to imagine, test, and refine their own creations as they learn what it takes to engineer the world they want to see.

inventor’s lab | $295 early bird: $245

topics covered: engineering, prototyping

Step into the minds of history’s greatest creators and imagine what it felt like to dream up something the world had never seen before. As the next generation of thinkers, problem‑solvers, and big‑idea builders, campers explore how everyday challenges can spark brilliant solutions. Through hands‑on projects, creative design challenges, and a peek into the methods used by legendary innovators, they’ll discover how curiosity and experimentation shape the inventions we rely on today. By the end of the week, campers will have the confidence and skills to make their own mark—just like Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci, and Nikola Tesla once did.

the stop-motion studio | $345 early bird: $295

topics covered: storytelling, stop motion

Ever wish your drawings, toys, or creations could come to life? Get ready for a week where imagination jumps off the table—one frame at a time. Campers explore the art of stop‑motion animation as they design characters, build miniature sets, and experiment with movement to tell their own stories. Through hands‑on filming, creative problem‑solving, and lots of playful tinkering, they’ll discover how tiny changes can create big moments on screen. By the end of the week, their ideas won’t just be imagined—they’ll be animated.