Summer 2025

Programs for Grades 1-5

Minimum 8, Maximum 24

 

Rocket Science 25   🚀 

AM Only Option: Join us for New England’s ultimate Rocket Science experience, and launch into the world of space exploration! Our Rocket Science morning session features the thrilling customizable E2X model rocket.  Keep a Captain’s Log and explore the wonders of the solar system. Chart distant constellations, create dazzling moon rocks, and whip up some galaxy slime.  Feel the adrenaline at the high-flying solid fuel rocket launch at the week's end (weather permitting). Who’s ready to blast off?

Full Day Option: NEW! Each rocket scientist will receive an Astronaut Starter Kit Kiwi Crate to make a mini spinning solar system and an air powered shuttle launcher. Afternoon explorers will also enjoy free-choice educational space activities including crafting space models, creative spacey art projects, and solar science experiments for an out of this world experience. 

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Wicked Cool Vet School 🐾  

AM Only Option:  Are you dreaming of becoming a superstar veterinarian? Grab your lab coat, animal adventurers, and prepare to meet your (stuffed) animal patient.  Learn to recognize vital signs and emergencies in animals. Delve into dog digestion and investigate animal intestines from our favorite vertebrates: birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish.  Cap off the week by using your knowledge of vertebrates to create your own new animal!  

Full Day Option: NEW!  Full day kids will get their own Veterinarian Starter Kit Kiwi Crate to explore animal x-rays to find animal bone fractures, and dig deeper into animal anatomy. Next, kids can engage in free-choice STEAM  activities related to all things from the wide world of animals - including animal arts and crafts as well as engineering activities. 

 

NEW! Hogwarts STEAM Express  🚂 

AM Only Option: All aboard the 2025 Hogwarts STEAM Express!  Join us on Platform 9 ¾ for a week of science magic and fun filled learning.   Engage in Potion Mastery, crafting sparkling and fizzing magical brews, and explore Herbology and the senses with real dried plants and herbs to create a potions ingredient jar.   Use invisible ink like the Marauder’s Map to create secret messages.  Dive into Divination and make a color changing crystal ball as we look to see what the future holds.  

Full Day Option: NEW!  Full Day wizards will make a Kiwi Crate Solar Lantern to safely explore the Forbidden Forest and learn about the power of the sun! Afternoon free choice STEAM activities will enchant any wizarding fan.  Make spellbinding glow in the dark jewelry and a Monster Book (of Monsters).  Create your own magical creatures and a custom Wicked Cool wand.

 

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Engineering Workshop 🏗️

AM Only Option: Wicked Cool engineers will be put to the task to build things that go! Explore the engineering and design process to explore and construct balloon powered cars, and magnet powered JunkBots.   Design a zany zip line to take a toy on a thrilling ride, and create optical illusions with spinning tops.  Engineer a path (with math) to move a marble down a run. Construct a craft stick catapult to launch koosh balls in the air.  

Full Day Option: NEW-In the afternoon, unleash your inner inventor with creative, open-ended engineering activities! Dive into  maker space kits bursting with electronics and craft supplies. The highlight of the week? Building your very own KiwI Crate Pinball Machine. A fantastic fusion of building and fun, it's the perfect keepsake from an exciting week at the Engineering Workshop. 

 

LEGO BricQ Physics 

AM Only Option: LEGO BricQ Physics is an exploration of forces and motion through testing design solutions. Modify your LEGO designs to get the optimum pull or push needed to make things go.  Engineer a change in the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.  Create an obstacle course for a dog, build a spring launcher for a race car derby and make a Minifigure dance party.  

Full Day Option: NEW Continue the challenges with LEGO Engineering Olympics as we compete in track and field, bobsled and weight lifting fun. End strong and drive to the hoop by building a Kiwi Crate Basketball Catapult to take home. 

 

NEW! Minecraft Mania 25

AM Only Option: Wicked Cool Minecraft is back!  Using the updated Minecraft Education platform, Minecraft Mania skillfully blends virtual and real-world learning experiences for maximum learning and fun.  In the morning, become an intrepid explorer using a Minecraft avatar to dive into the wonders of engineering, physics, and biology to build our own Wicked Cool Minecraft Town. Follow up with fun companion hands-on STEAM lessons.

Full Day Option: NEW In the afternoon, the Mania continues as we do a dino dig and learn the properties of real rocks and minerals found in Minecraft.  Complete the week with a creative Kiwi Crate Geologist Starter Kit and kick off your collection with real samples of obsidian, calcite, sandstone and pyrite (aka fool’s’ gold).  This class will require access to Wi-Fi. We will use a secure VPN network to run the game privately in our classroom.

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Junior Programs K-1 for ages 4-6

Minimum 8, Maximum 18

 

NEW! Vet School Junior  🐾 

AM Only Option:  Hey little animal explorers! Do you dream of being a hero who takes care of animals? Prepare to meet your new (stuffed) animal patient. Learn how to listen to our animal friends’ hearts and see if they are feeling well. Discover how dogs' stomachs work and make a 3-D eyeball. Build  models of cats and bats, and create your own animal friend with a backbone.

Full Day Option: NEW!  All day adventurers will receive an Kiwi Crate Veterinarian Starter Kit to explore animal bones with pretend x-rays and learn all about how animals are built! Spend the day exploring fun free choice animal anatomy STEAM activities where you can craft cool animal art or engineer animal related projects.

 

NEW! Hogwarts STEAM Express Junior! 🚂

AM Only Option: Hop aboard our magical 2025 Hogwarts STEAM Express! Learn science in a fun and exciting way.  Mix sparkly and fizzy potions. Watch as colors change and bubbles pop – it's like magic right before your eyes! Smell and feel real plants and herbs. Create your own little magic jar filled with wonderful scents. Use 'magic' invisible ink to write secret messages, and make a crystal ball that changes colors and see what fun surprises the future holds!

Full Day of Option! NEW!  Full Day wizards will make a Kiwi Crate Solar Lantern to take home and light up more magical adventures.  Afternoon free choice STEAM activities will enchant any wizarding fan.  Make spellbinding glow in the dark projects or a Monster Book (of Monsters).  Create magical creatures and a custom Wicked Cool wand.

 

NEW! Junior Engineers’  Workshop 🏗️ 

AM Only Option: Welcome to the Junior Engineers' Workshop, where budding inventors can dive into a world of STEAM creativity and fun! In the morning,  explore the wonders of movement and design by creating colorful balloon cars that zoom across the floor and bringing homemade robots to life with magnets. Send toys on a wacky zip line ride and marvel at the swirling colors of custom-made spinning tops. With each engaging activity discover the basics of engineering and problem-solving in a playful environment!

Full Day Option: NEW In the afternoon, little builders get to embrace  their imaginations with open-ended engineering projects using kits full of colorful craft supplies and simple electronics. The highlight of the week is building their very own mini Pinball Machine, from Kiwi Crate.  Junior engineers can explore, invent, and have a blast, making it an unforgettable week filled with endless building possibilities.