Coding Mini-Games
Physical and digital games, games, and more games! Are you ready to join the exciting world of programming? In our “Coding Mini-Games” class, we will have a blast learning the basics of coding by making interactive games.
LAUNCH your child to their full nerd potential with our weekly Summer STEM classes held June Summer 2023, on the Gilbert Eduprize campus in building 4! Your nerd will thrive as they learn about highly engaging STEM topics through metric tons of exciting hands-on activities!
per class
Classes held weekly June 5 – July 7, 2023
Sign up for week long classes individually in AM or PM sessions.
Sign up for an AM and a PM class to attend all day and stay for lunch.
Take as many classes as you want to build your own summer.
Eduprize bldg 4 – Gilbert, AZ
1383 E Baseline Rd Gilbert, AZ 85233
Classes are purchased individually for $195. If you want your Nerd to stay all day it will be $390 when you sign up for an AM and PM class. Remember to pack them a lunch (if staying all day), water bottle, and snacks.
*Same low price as last year!
If your cart is over $400, you will see an option on the last checkout page to split your payment into 2 or 3 monthly payments!
*Refunds, full or partial, process only as Nerding account credits when using a split payment option. No cash refunds. Please only use this option if fully intending to make each payment.
We do not offer any discount codes, special prices, or sibling discounts. We know that coupons and discounts are a popular type of marketing strategy, but it just doesn’t fit well with our value of transparency.
Grades 1-3 & 4-7
(based on grade entering next fall)
(based on grade entering next Fall)
Physical and digital games, games, and more games! Are you ready to join the exciting world of programming? In our “Coding Mini-Games” class, we will have a blast learning the basics of coding by making interactive games.
Learn about dinosaurs, fossils, and participate in your own dino excavation dig!
The blend of art and engineering in this class is simply magical!
1/2 new for 2023! We we still have our Ozobots, but are ADDING 2 new types of bots to the class, Dash and Indi! This class will be a whole robotic adventure! Program robot and learn all about robotics and coding!
New class for 2023! Join us on a rock-solid adventure as we become Rock Detectives and discover the wonders of the Earth.
Slime is cool, but how does it work? Make your own slime like gak, floam, and kinetic sand!
**BACK for 2023! This awesome class is BACK with Mr. Devlin, an amazing guitar player and former teacher/principal! Learn about the science behind sound and music, discover instruments, and create our own crazy instruments and do sound experiments!
Join our Astronaut Training program! In this class learn about our solar system: what’s in it, how it formed, and how we are exploring it!
Hold LIVE animals! Learn all about amazing animals and use awesome digital microscopes! From the jungle orangutans to the arctic polar bears, we will learn all about incredible animal species while doing fun, hands on science!
(based on grade entering next Fall)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to imagine, design, and print your very own 3D creation? In this class, you will learn all about 3D printing, how it works, and learn the software to create your own unique designs!
It’s not magic, it’s science! Experiment with chemical reactions, acids and bases, and more!
Learn about everything robotics in this class and learn to program Sphero bots!
Partly new for 2023 with new flexible track for creating loops and stunt tracks! Design and build your own racers and show off your skills in speed, distance, and style in a friendly, supportive, and energetic environment!
Learn the shocking secrets of electronic circuits and make inventions of your own! You’ll also use a Makey Makey to build fruit pianos, gummy game controllers, and wacky keyboards!
Learn about graphic design and make digital designs and then heat press them onto a t-shirt!
“Unlock” the secrets to ancient civilizations and lost cities! Use your code breaking skills, figure out ciphers, and solve puzzles to open the box!
Have you ever wanted to learn more about virtual reality (VR)? Do you want to code your own unique games and play them in a VR headset? If so, this class is for you!
New class! Dive into the world of optical sciences as we make 3D glasses, pinhole cameras, and even attempt to hide from an IR camera. Discover the fascinating optical properties of everyday items and learn how engineers are using light to create epic technologies.
How we run classes at each grade level.
Our Little Nerd classes are engaging and exciting and vary greatly in content and structure, but in some form there is always an engaging, interactive lesson from the teacher, guided practice, and independent or small group work with help and support from peers and staff.
We usually begin the day with a team building activity and move into our first lesson. Next is a hands-on activity or project. Halfway through the class, kids will take a brief recess and snack break. A second lesson follows break and the kids will do another project/activity or continue one they were working on.
Bottom line: It’s hands-on, interactive, fun learning.
Our Big Nerds classes have 2 types: regular classroom classes and computer lab* classes. The regular classroom classes run very similarly in format to the Little Nerds classes, essentially lesson, building/work, break, lesson, building/work. It’s always fun and engaging with hands-on projects!
Our computer lab* classes are Graphic Design, Virtual Reality, Coding Games, and 3D Printing. All of them require design or coding software that we provide account access for. The class will be based around learning that software to design or code the assigned projects. In addition to instruction on the software, all of these classes include lessons about how to connect what we are learning to the real world. There may be some building of physical projects mixed in, and we will certainly take breaks, but the majority of the class is spent working in the lab.
*We strongly recommend against taking 2 computer lab classes in the same week. It’s too much sitting and screen time! Mix and match with a non-computer lab class if your nerd stays all day!
Everyone Brings Water Bottle & Snack
We strongly suggest each child have a water bottle and a snack. We have snack breaks during each class. If you are looking for a new water bottle might we suggest the NERDING water bottle! You can pick it up on your first day of class!
Nerds Staying All-Day Bring Lunch
Only for kiddos staying all day. We have a supervised lunch that takes place between 12pm – 1pm. Food is not provided, so be sure and pack your own lunch and snacks.
Arrive 30 or 45min before end of class.
Every Friday, friends and families are invited in before class ends for a presentation by students about what they have learned. You get a chance to interact with what the nerds have created and built over the week.
AM Classes: 11:30-12:00 (30min)
PM Classes: 3:30-4:00 (30min)
AM Classes: 11:15-12:00 (45min)
PM Classes: 3:15-4:00 (45min)
Eduprize, Gilbert AZ
Please park and walk up on day 1 to meet our directors and teachers and walk your kiddo to class. On subsequent days, you can drive up and drop off. Nerding teachers and staff will be out front and in the lobby to receive your nerd. You may drop-off no more than 15 minutes early. Pick up right on time!
Missing class or arriving late: call or text 833-637-3464