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Rocks and Robots

Camp Name: Rocks and Robots
Camp Focus: Adventure Challenge and Technology Challenge
Owner: George Albercook
Director: George Albercook
Locations: Ann Arbor , MI; Bloomfield Hills , MI; Commerce Twp., MI; Dearborn Heights , MI
Phone Number: (734) 645-0211
Email: Camp@RocksAndRobots.com
Website: http://www.rocksandrobots.com/
Camp Type: Day Camp
Camp Season: June -Aug
Gender: Boys and Girls
Camp Capacity: 25/week
Pricing: $479/week
Notes: We teach teamwork through hands-on minds-on activities throughout both the technology and the adventure components
Slogan: The Ultimate Science & Adventure camp in Southeast Michigan
The Adventure Challenge

* Team challenges, problem solving

* Rock climbing, learning knot tying, belaying, and climbing technique

* Orienteering, map and compass and GPS

* High ropes course

* Starting a fire with a bow drill

* Canoeing, focusing on water safety and paddle strokes

* Volunteering, helping preserve and restore natural environments

The Technology Challenge

* Making animatronic robots out of junk

* Sumo Battle Bots - Making and programming Robots that try to push each other out of a ring

* Search and Rescue - Making Robots that enter a model of a collapsed building to find and save survivors

* Navigation - Make and program robots to solve a maze

* Fire Fighting - Make and program robots to find a candle in a model building and put it out