Fall clubs for kids

Carleton’s Virtual Ventures program is running three great clubs for students from Grades 3 to 10 this fall. Register today–clubs start soon!

Girls@VV Club (girls Grades 4-8):  The girls@VV club gives girls hands on experience with engineering and technology. The club will be doing both computer related activities – such as designing websites, and animation or graphic design– and engaging engineering projects. The Club meets from 1 – 4 pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 21.

Lego Robotics Club Junior (Grades 3-6): The Lego Club at VV gives all Lego enthusiasts a chance to learn about Lego robotics. At VV we have LEGO NXT, Mindstorms for club participants to use to learn about gears, engineering design and robotics while building their own Lego robots. The Lego Robotics Junior Club meets 9:30am – 12:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 21.

Game Design Junior (for Beginners in Grades 4-8) and Senior (Intermediate level for Grades 5-10): The Game Design club covers topics on how to design a computer game – from game planning, to character design and programming. It gives participants the opportunity to design their own computer games from scratch. The junior club is for participants who are new to game design. The senior club (Intermediate) is for participants with some knowledge of game development.

• The Game Design Junior (Beginners level) Club meets from: 9:30am – 12:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 14
• The Game Design Senior (Intermediate level) Club meets from: 1:00pm – 4:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 14