Northeast Iowa Community College

Your kids wont stop talking about the fun classes they will participate in during this three-day camp. Classes introduce kids to new ideas and concepts in a fun and interactive way. NICC for Kids provides a positive, creative learning environment everyone will enjoy! Lunch and snacks are included.

Technology and creativity are joined in this innovative nine-hour class open to students going into 7th-9th grades. You will learn basic weld concepts, practice hands-on welding and create an actual project to take home. All in all, you'll be equipped with basic knowledge and skills to begin the craft of welding. Instruction stresses safety so attendance at the safety orientation on the first day of class is mandatory.

Your kids wont stop talking about the fun classes and crazy experiments they will participate in during this week-long camp. Classes introduce kids to new ideas and concepts in a fun and interactive way. Kids on Campus provides a positive, creative learning environment everyone will enjoy! Lunch and snacks are included.

Let your student build up some steam in this makerspace experience that offers a place to collaborate, create, invent, tinker, explore and discover. Participants in this STEAM camp will create videos (green screen and stop-motion), problem solve their way out of an escape room and use interactive AI, coding, robots and engineering. Together, they will innovate and share ideas, equipment and knowledge while applying their discoveries to make their community a better place. The experience ends with the presentation of a video portfolio that summarizes the students STEAM makerspace journey.

In this creative camp, kids will travel through different stations, creating many different types of art! Your little artist will create enough art to fill their own gallery at home. All skill levels are welcome. From shapes to color, it will be art galore!

In our Coding for Kids camp, your child will learn the basics of computer science while solving puzzles, creating programs, and inventing games. This camp is a fun and interactive way to introduce your child to 21st century skills, such as programming, problem solving, and logic. They will create programs with commands, functions, and loops. Your child will investigate different problem-solving techniques and learn how to be a good and safe digital citizen. They will even get to program a robot!

Ride the Waves provides a fun, hands-on learning environment for students to explore the physical science principles of fluid flow and wave. Sessions include brand new, interactive classroom and laboratory experiments! On the last day of camp students will enjoy experiencing the concepts they have learned during the week at Lost Island Waterpark in Waterloo.

Join this week-long camp for an action-packed, experiential, STEM-based program introducing you to the basics of starting a business and becoming your own boss. Along with field trips and face-to-face meetings with area business owners, you will develop a business plan, create marketing materials and pitch your ideas in a Shark Tank-style presentation at the end of the week - all with the help of business professionals. The camp's cost includes daily lunch and snacks, materials and a t-shirt.