Austin Peay expands summer coding camps to include 3rd, 4th and 5th graders

A photo from last year's camps.

(Posted on Tuesday, April 4, 2023)

Austin Peay State University’s popular summer coding camps return this year to allow anyone from third-graders through recent high school graduates a chance to hone their Minecraft-, Roblox-, website- and video game-building skills.

The university will host 14 weeklong half-day camps starting with a middle school “Learn Programming with Minecraft” camp starting on May 30. The camps run through June 30 when the “Code Your Own Scratch Programs and Games” for third- to fifth-graders wraps up.

Also new this year, the “3D Video Game Development” camps will use the Godot engine, an easier language to learn, and the software is free for everyone. The change should allow students to be more inventive with their games.

All the camps are in Austin Peay’s state-of-the-art computer labs in the Maynard Mathematics and Computer Science Building and in the College of STEM Technology Building. All equipment is provided.

Austin Peay computer science bachelor’s and master’s level students lead the camps using APSU teaching materials and professor guidance. The camps are hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at Austin Peay.

The following is a rundown of the camps. Visit the camp website for more information and to register.

Middle School Camps | 6^th-8^th grades

• Learning Programming with Minecraft | May 30-June 2. | 9 a.m.-noon
• Code Your Own Roblox Games | May 30-June 2 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Learn Programming with Minecraft | June 5-9 | 9 a.m.-noon
• Code Your Own Roblox Games | June 5-9 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Make Your Own Websites | June 12-16 | 9 a.m.-noon
• Learn Programming with Minecraft | Girls Preferred | June 12-16 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.

High School Camps | 9^th-12^th grades and first-year college students

• Code Your Own Roblox Games | June 20-23 | 9 a.m.-noon
• 3D Video Game Development | June 20-23 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Make Your Own Websites | June 26-30 | 9 a.m.-noon
• 3D Video Game Development | June 26-30 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Elementary Camps | 3^rd-5^th grades 

• Code Your Own Scratch Programs and Games | June 20-23 | 9 a.m.-noon
• Code Your Own Roblox Games | June 20-23 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Code Your Own Roblox Games | June 26-30 | 9 a.m.-noon
• Code Your Own Scratch Programs and Games | June 26-30 | 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Earth, space, math camps this summer at Austin Peay

APSU’s College of STEM also will offer a weeklong Earth Explorers Camp from June 5-9 and a weeklong Space Explorer Camp from June 12-16. You can find details about both camps and how to register on the College of STEM summer camps webpage.

Also returning this year is Austin Peay’s popular SOARing with Mathematics Camp – Students Optimizing, Analyzing, Researching – for high school students. Learn more at www.apsu.edu/mathematics/soar.

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