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.
2023 · Arizona
Summer Camp
S.T.E.M. Classes For Kids
LAUNCH your child to their full nerd potential with our weekly Summer STEM classes held June Summer 2024, 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!
See you next Summer 2024!
5 weeks of classes - June 3 to July 3, 2024
Half or Full Day
Summer Class Format
$195
per class
Classes held weekly June 3 – July 3, 2024
Lunch is not provided. Please pack your own if attending all day.
Convenience
Sign up for week long classes individually in AM or PM sessions.
Half or Full Day
Sign up for an AM and a PM class to attend all day and stay for lunch.
Flexible
Take as many classes as you want to build your own summer.
Parent
Feedback
Word on the street.
Arizona
Location
Eduprize bldg 4 – Gilbert, AZ
Eduprize (Bldg 4)
Baseline & Stapley (Cooper)
1383 E Baseline Rd Gilbert, AZ 85233
About
Pricing
195 Per Class
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!
Split Payments
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!
- 3 monthly Payments – option ends 4/1
(34% now, 33% in 31 days, 33% in 62 days) - 2 monthly payments – option ends 5/1
(50% now, 50% in 31 days)
*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.
Discounts
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.
We know what our costs are to keep amazing certified teachers and awesome tech tools in our classrooms and we absolutely will not artificially inflate a class price just to give out a discount – like other companies do. Instead, we’re just making the cost of the class as low as possible for you… always. This way everyone pays the same low price, no matter when you decide to sign up, and every nerd receives the same high value of education and experience.
Hands-On & Engaging
Our Classes
Grades 1-3 & 4-7
(based on grade entering next fall)
Grades 1-3
(based on grade entering next Fall)
Dino Discovery
Mini Paleontologists delve into the past, touching real fossils and creating model fossils. Learn about dinosaur types, lifestyles, extinction, and fossil formation. Participate in ancient safaris, field journals, dino digs, and more, while exploring various projects for young dinosaur enthusiasts.
Mythical Forest: Art & Engineering
Enter the mythical forest and use art and engineering to rescue mythical creatures. Create 3D clay and plaster sculptures, and tackle engineering design challenges. Develop problem-solving skills with the Engineering Design Process, learn about materials engineering, color theory, and building techniques.
Robotics
1/2 new for 2023! We still have our Ozobots, but are ADDING 2 new types of bots to the class, Dash and Indi! Our robots can follow lines, detect colors, and be programmed using either paper and markers or a kid- friendly digital program. This class is fun and accessible for early coders!
Rock Detectives
Embark on a geological adventure! Explore rocks, minerals, and fossils in a fun, hands-on way. Create edible rocks, grow dazzling crystals, and make mini volcanos. Dive into the world of spelunking and start a rock collection to show off. Curious young minds will love this playful, interactive class!
Secrets of Slime
Dive into the squishy world of slime! Learn about states of matter, polymers, and molecule chains while making fluffy, clear, bubbling, and edible slime. Explore floam, oobleck, and kinetic sand. Fun and science combined!
Sound Lab
**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!
Space Explorers
Join the NERD Astronaut Training Program! Explore the solar system, experiment with cosmic forces, and launch rockets. Land Mars rovers, create comets, and build your own space station. Discover, imagine, and learn in this out-of-this-world adventure for star-gazers and adventurers alike!
Use The Force
Unleash the FORCE in this physics class! Learn about forces, motion, and magnetism while creating pod racer tracks, exploring magnets, and building simple machines. Blend real science with sci-fi fun and even make your own (totally real) light sabers. A thrilling adventure for curious minds!
Zoology
Hold LIVE animals! Learn all about amazing animals and use awesome digital microscopes to see the micro-world! From the jungle orangutans to the arctic polar bears, we will learn all about incredible animal species while doing fun, hands on science!
Grades 4-7
(based on grade entering next Fall)
3D Printing & Design
Learn all about 3D printing, how it works, and learn the software skills you’ll need to create your own unique designs! Take home several mini-prints and watch your final project print on our eight classroom 3D printers! Nerds love to repeat this class! Returning Nerds welcome!
Wizard Science
Join Hognerds School of SCIENCE & Wizardry! Explore science through magical experiments like glowing slime, levitating spheres & more. Dress in wizard robes, craft your wand, and learn chemistry & physics in a fun, fantastical world. Perfect for magic-loving nerds!
Sphero: Robotics and Programming
Dive into robotics with Sphero, a powerful rolling robot! Learn coding fundamentals, program Sphero for maze competitions and challenges, build robo-boats, and explore the history of robotics. Perfect for code-loving, robot-enthusiast nerds!
Speedster Physics
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, sup- portive, and energetic environment! Test and tweak variables to optimize your design, and discover the science behind your cars & tracks.
Electric Inventions
Learn the shocking secrets of electronic circuits and make inventions of your own using wire, copper tape, LEDs, motors, and batteries! Also use a fun tool called a Makey Makey to build fruit pianos, gummy game controllers, and wacky keyboards!
Graphic Design: Make Shirts & Stickers
Master the art of graphic design using vector software to create custom t-shirts and stickers. Learn color balance, visual composition, and typography. Transform your designs into vinyl stickers and heat-pressed t-shirt prints, combining creativity and technology for artistic fun!
Escape: Lost Cities
“Unlock” the secrets to ancient civilizations and lost cities and use that knowledge to crack codes, solve puzzles, and find keys! Inspired by the “Escape Room” concept, but no one gets locked in a room. Instead, we use our clues to break into our crazy lock boxes!
Virtual Reality: Design & Code
Learn the mechanics of how virtual reality (VR) works and develop your very own VR games! Code using a block-based coding language and create everything from digital zoos to obstacle courses then enter your games and 3D spaces using our VR headsets!
Lighting the Future: Optical Science
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.
Expert guidance
Certified Teachers
Our classes are designed and taught by Professional Teachers with years of experience.
- Certified Teachers
- 5+ Years Experience
- Strong Classroom Management Skills
- Passion for STEM Topics
Nerding's
Class Structures
How we run classes at each grade level.
Little Nerds
Grades 1st - 3rd
(based on grade entering next fall)
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.
Big Nerds
Grades 4th - 7th
(based on grade entering next fall)
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!
Be Prepared
What To Bring
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!
Price = $20
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.
Every Friday
Nerd Showcase
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.
Grades 1-3
AM Classes: 11:30-12:00 (30min)
PM Classes: 3:30-4:00 (30min)
Grades 4-7
AM Classes: 11:15-12:00 (45min)
PM Classes: 3:15-4:00 (45min)
each summer
Free Nerding Shirt
1 per Summer
The Orange Shirt!
On the Friday of your kiddos first class, they get a free Nerding shirt. Nerds LOVE these shirts. They are Next Level brand CVC 60/40 cotton/poly blend. Nice a soft. Be sure their shirt size is up to date in your profile!
Procedures
Drop-Off & Pick-Up
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