Virtual Ventures is excited to offer a multitude of camp options for grades K-12. You can find the detailed camp descriptions below.
General, Co-ed Camps
Discover new and exciting aspects of technology and engineering! Understand the concepts of programming, electronics and multimedia applications. Apply your new skills to create websites, build robots, design apps, develop 2D or 3D computer graphics, design engineering projects in mechanical, biomedical or civil engineering, etc. Our range of activities will satisfy every curious and adventurous mind!
Innovators: Grade 7-8
Trailblazers: Grade 9-12
Week 1 Leadership Camp: Students will collaborate with peers to explore various STEM topics. Participants will develop their leadership and problem solving skills through a series of engineering challenges and instructor-led activities.
Week 2 Volunteering: In the second week, participants will be paired up with University Instructors to assist in teaching a younger camp. Participants will earn 40 hours of volunteer work and gain life-long leadership skills. Please note the second week (volunteering) is included (fee is only charged for first week) and campers are automatically registered to volunteer.
Specialty, Co-ed Camps
Game Design
Game Design camp is the way to experience the game design process from start to finish! Projects range from character development to programming to art creation. Ready to develop skills and make your own masterpiece games? Ready for the ultimate introduction to indie game-making experience? Then Game Design camp is the camp to be at this summer!
Game Design Junior: Grade 3-5
Game Design Senior: Grade 6-9
Programming
The world runs on code. Robots, Video Games, And Phones. They all need code. In this fun and creative week-long session, we will focus on design, logic, teamwork, creativity, and computer skills. Campers will learn coding fundamentals and how to apply them. Together, we can hack the world. No programming experience is required!
Programming Junior: Grade 3-5
Programming Senior: Grade 6-9
Engineering Camps
Dust off your lab coat and get on your safety goggles, because this week is full of experiments and excitement! Join us for Engineering camp, a week entirely off-computers filled with hands-on engineering challenges, exciting demonstrations, and captivating experiments.
We offer this camp for multiple grade ranges: Eng JK-SK, Eng 1-2, Eng 3-4, Eng 5-6, Eng 7-8.
Girls Camps
Virtual Ventures offers all girls specialty summer camps. Girls* camps offer a fun interactive way for girls to learn about various STEM topics. This program fosters female involvement in science, technology and engineering! Mentors and role models play an important role in showing girls their true potentials. Campers will be with other girls their age, making it easier to make friends and have a great time at camp.
*By saying girls, we recognize and welcome all self-identifying girls including cisgender and transgender girls and gender-diverse students in STEM. We also encourage and welcome Indigenous girls, racialized girls, and girls with disabilities.
STEM Girls
STEM Girls offers a fun and interactive way for young girls to learn about and enjoy engineering and technology through exciting engineering challenges and science experiments. STEM Girls Sr campers have the opportunity to participate in a sleepover on campus on the Thursday night of camp. Participants may also stay until the evening and be picked up before lights out – more information provided leading up to camp week.
STEM Girls Junior: Grade 3-5
STEM Girls Senior: Grade 6-9
Codemakers Girls
The Codemaker Girls program offers a fun and interactive way for young girls to learn about and enjoy computers and technology. Codemaker Girls Sr campers have the opportunity to participate in a sleepover on campus on the Thursday night of camp. Participants may also stay until the evening and be picked up before lights out – more information provided leading up to camp week.
Codemakers Girls Junior: Grade 3-5
Codemakers Girls Senior: Grade 6-9
Engineering Girls
Join us for Engineering camp, a week entirely off-computers, filled with hands-on engineering challenges, exciting demonstrations, and captivating experiments. Campers will be with other girls their age, making it easier to make friends and have a great time at camp.
We offer this camp for multiple grade ranges: Eng JK-SK, Eng 1-2, Eng 3-4, Eng 5-6, Eng 7-8.