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title: "Perkins K-8 Academy STEM Camp: A Summer of Innovation and Excitement"
description: Perkins K-8 Academy partners with EDforTech's Codey Rocky STEM Camps to inspire future engineers! Parents of the children from this robotics class were thrilled!
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# Perkins K-8 Academy STEM Camp: A Summer of Innovation and Excitement
Published by [Team EDforTech](https://blog.edfortech.com/author/team-edfortech) on Sep 27, 2023 11:30:00 AM
*Perkins Students check out a mission to the Space Station by Northrop Grumman Space Sciences*
Perkins K-8 Academy in San Diego hosted a full-day STEM camp this summer, funded by the San Diego County DA's Office K12 Program and Logan Hts CDC. The camp provided students with a unique opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math through hands-on activities and projects.
The camp experience began each morning with academic enrichment from the EDforTech Alliance and CoderZ gamified coding. In the afternoon, students worked in teams to program a [Codey Rocky robot for a mission to Mars](https://edfortech.com/products/#codey-rocky).
The campers also had the opportunity to participate in Industry Days and field trips to STEM-related areas in San Diego.
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On Industry Days, students heard from space scientists from Northrop Grumman and controlled land rovers provided by engineers from Porpoise Robotics. The field trips included visits to the San Diego Air & Space Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Qualcomm Science Center.
The camp culminated in a capstone event for parents, where students showed off what they had learned and were presented with UCSD Certificates of Award in Engineering Design and Computer Science, along with 3 credits for college.
Parents were overwhelmingly positive about the camp experience. They appreciated the opportunity for their children to learn about STEM in a fun and engaging way. They also praised the camp's rigorous curriculum and the opportunities for students to interact with industry professionals.
Here are some testimonials from parents:
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The Perkins K-8 Academy STEM camp was a success in every way. It provided students with a unique opportunity to learn about STEAM through hands-on activities and projects. The camp also helped to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM fields, many of which said they want to be engineers!
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