Summer Camps 2026
Kids don’t just sit through our camps – they build robots, code games, print 3D creations, save virtual worlds, design roller coasters, construct bridges, program games, and solve real engineering puzzles that make their brains fizz with excitement.
Why Kids LOVE Our Camps
Our hands-on camps turn curious kids into problem-solving wizards who can’t wait to show off their latest creations. While they’re having a blast launching rockets or programming battle bots, they’re actually picking up serious skills:
- They team up with fellow young inventors to tackle challenges that would stump most adults
- They discover the thrill of pushing through tough spots to achieve “I MADE THIS!” moments
- They make real choices that impact their projects, building decision muscles they’ll use forever
- They try wild new things that might just spark their future career path
Camp Options That Fit YOUR Family
- Pick your season: spring, winter, or summer sessions
- Choose your schedule: half-day or full-day formats
- Cover those tricky breaks: holiday camps when school’s out
- Never worry about teacher workdays: we’ve got you covered
Engineering Magic Happens Here in 2026
Looking for the perfect spot to drop off your future engineer? We’ve got locations throughout Greater Nashville for maximum convenience. Our 2026 camps include recreation centers across the area, putting STEM adventures right in your neighborhood.
No matter where you live in the Nashville metro area, we’ve got an awesome camp location near you. From Franklin to Nolensville, Fairview to Brentwood, your kids can join other young inventors without you having to drive across town during rush hour.
Spring 2026
Pre-K STEM Class
The Pre-K Engineering classes introduce our youngest engineers to fundamental concepts of Engineering and what Engineers are all about. During this session, students will use the engineering design process to undertake several engineering projects from disciplines like Civil engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering and more.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Complex
- Day: Friday
- Date: March 27, April 10, 17th, 24
- Time: 9:30AM – 11:00AM
- Ages: Pre-K
- Cost: $135.00 for 4 weeks
- Registration open date: now
Jr. Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest disciplines of engineering. To this day, many of the inventions from Ancient Greece, China, and the Middle East continue to be used today with few modifications. In the Junior Mechanical Engineering: Let’s Make Toys classes, our youngest engineers will be introduced to fundamental concepts of energy, materials, and movement. Students will explore and construct six different toys throughout this unit, including spinners, magical boomerang cans, wind-up whirligigs, and more.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Complex
- Day: Monday
- Date: March 30th, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4
- Time: 5:30PM – 6:30PM
- Ages: K-2nd grade
- Cost: $160.00 for 6 weeks
- Registration open date: now
Jr. Civil Engineering Class
Get ready to raise the skyline as we learn all about the exciting field of civil engineering. This class will teach students the foundations of civil engineering as they explore concepts, such as tension and compression, structurally strong geometric shapes, and the importance of a strong foundation and core. Each week students will use the EFK Engineering Design Process to take on captivating challenges that lay the groundwork for understanding the essential principles of structural design and construction. This class is sure to tower above the rest and inspire the next generation of civil engineers.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Complex
- Day: Tuesday
- Date: March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5
- Time: 5:30PM – 6:30PM
- Ages: K-2nd grade
- Cost: $160.00 for 6 weeks
- Registration open date: now
Apprentice Mechanical Engineering Class
Gear up for an exciting week of mechanical engineering! In this camp, students will explore several of the mechanical forces that create movement in various machines. Students will work as mechanical engineers using EFK’s Engineering Design Process to create exciting, hands-on projects that spin, cascade, launch, pivot, dig, and race. These projects will demonstrate fascinating concepts, such as hydraulics, friction, velocity, aerodynamics, acceleration, and mechanical advantage.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Complex
- Day: Wednesday
- Date: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6
- Time: 5:30PM – 7:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grade
- Cost: $190.00 for 6 weeks
- Registration open date: now
Apprentice Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is one of the widest-reaching disciplines in the engineering field. Civil engineers must work cooperatively with architects, local governments, citizens, and other engineers to successfully build large- and small-scale projects. During the Civil Engineering classes, students use the Engineering Design Process to design, create, test, and refine a balsawood bridge designed to withstand the greatest force. They examine several different types of bridge designs and discover how the forces of tension, compression, bending, torsion, and shear are distributed throughout their structures.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Complex
- Day: Thursdays
- Date: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7
- Time: 5:30PM – 7:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grade
- Cost: $190.00 for 6 weeks
- Registration open date: now
2026 SUMMER CAMPS FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY RECREATIONAL CENTERS
Electronic Game Design – Invader Defense – Alien Invasion STEM Camp
Video games are everywhere and in almost every form you can imagine. In the Electronic Game Design: Invader Defense class, we will create our own version of an invader defense game where we will defend against an invasion. We will use the Engineering Design Process to create a storyboard to outline the rules of play and characters for our game. Then, we will use Clickteam Fusion 2.5® to bring our storyboard to life with programming. At the end of the class, everyone takes home a working Windows-compatible game.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 1-5
- Time: 9:AM-12PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Robotics 101 STEM Camp
The Robotics 101 camp, students will learn the basics of designing, programming, and controlling a fully functional robot. Using LEGO® EV3®, mathematical concepts, and engineering principles students will brainstorm, plan, test, and modify sequences of instructions to accomplish a given task. Students will also learn the sequence of communication between the robot and the programmer by collecting and analyzing data using the robot’s sensors.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 1-5
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Jr. Wings, Wheels and Sails STEM Camp
Everyone has to travel, and engineers are involved in all the steps of designing different modes of transportation as well as inventing and designing tools that aid in travel. During this camp students will explore areas of engineering such as mechanical, civil, marine, and aerospace engineering. They will explore the thought process behind road design, construct shapes that make sound bridges and test them, design a boat to float across the ocean, and discover and build designs that let us travel through the air and even into space.
- Location: Longview Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 8-12
- Time: 9:AM-12PM
- Ages: K-2nd grades
- Cost: $250
Wreck-it-Week STEM Camp
Smash! Crash! BOOM! Students in this camp will join Wrecking Companies for the week and will attempt to work their way up the ranks of their company from Intern to President. They will compete against other wrecking companies in various engineering-related challenges, such as building a bridge from balsawood and constructing safety mechanisms to protect a raw egg from impact. Put on your hard hats and safety goggles and join the fun!
- Location: Longview Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 8-12
- Time: 1PM-4PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Jr. Digging for Dinos STEM Camp
There has been an amazing discovery! Paleontologists have just uncovered a million-year-old dig site that is full of fossils! These fossils include dinosaur bones, imprints, eggs, and more! Your child’s help is needed to excavate these fossils and move them to museums for kids all over the world to learn about. In these lessons, students will learn about engineering, mathematics, dinosaurs, and fossils, while advancing their literacy skills through a variety of read alouds. They will work as paleontologists and engineers while using the EFK Engineering Design Process to design and build solutions to a variety of engineering challenges.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 15-19
- Time: 9:AM-12PM
- Ages: K-2nd grades
- Cost: $250
3D Printing STEM Camp
3D printing and Minecraft both represent boundless opportunity for creating even our wildest of ideas! In 3D Printing: Minecraft Creations, students will explore the basic concepts of 3D printing and computer-aided design, or CAD, to bring their most awesome Minecraft creation to life! Students will take their Minecraft design out of the world of Minecraft and learn how to extrude it into a 3D model that can then be modified to be printed in 3D. 3D printing is a boundless new realm for engineers in every possible discipline, and we are excited to begin this journey with our students!
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 15-19
- Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Momentum Madness STEM Camp
During the Momentum Madness camp, students will explore four fields of engineering: industrial, electrical, mechanical, and aerospace. They will design and construct vehicles and safety mechanisms that will achieve the fastest speeds while still maintaining safe racing conditions. Zero to sixty in two seconds?! How fast can an object go without compromising safety? Students in this camp will work with their Pit Crew to design and build vehicles, such as dragsters and hovering levitrons, which should be able to withstand astonishing speeds. Fasten your seat belt, the race has begun!
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 15-19
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Jr. Robotics Lab STEM Camp
The goal of this class is to introduce the students to the concept of what robotics is as well as give the students a chance to build and program their own robots. This class is a perfect mixture of fun and learning, using LEGO® WeDo™ education set. Students will build a variety of robots like an airplane rescue, a giant escape, and a sailboat storm. Students will also learn how to program and operate their creations using a laptop computer.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 22-26
- Time: 9:AM-12PM
- Ages: K-2nd grades
- Cost: $250
Out of this World Engineering STEM Camp
During Out of this World camp, students will explore three fields of engineering: aerospace, civil, and chemical. Collaborating with their Space State teams, they will design and construct a variety of projects that will enable mankind to safely inhabit the moon.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 22-26
- Time: 9:AM-12PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Robotics – Robo Battles STEM Camp
Robo Battles curriculum is designed to introduce students to the world of not only building, but also programming basic robots. The challenge facing robotics engineers is that the robot knows only what is written into the program. The design of the robot must also be capable of performing the task at hand. In this unit, students will experience both the designing and programming roles of being a robotics engineer. The students will explore different ways in which a robot could be utilized to engage in various battle challenges in a less competitive environment. Lessons include tug of war, sumo bots, tanks and more.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: June 22-26
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Jr. Engineers Under Construction STEM Camp
Put on your hard hats engineers and join us for our Engineers Under Construction! In this camp, students work hard to apply their knowledge of construction to save the beach from erosion and build their very own city from the ground up. From roads and tunnels to buildings and skyscrapers, students discover that no job’s too tough for an Engineering for Kids engineer!
- Location: Longview Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: July 6-10
- Time: 9AM-12PM
- Ages: K-2nd grades
- Cost: $250
Robotics 101 STEM Camp
The Robotics 101 camp, students will learn the basics of designing, programming, and controlling a fully functional robot. Using LEGO® EV3®, mathematical concepts, and engineering principles students will brainstorm, plan, test, and modify sequences of instructions to accomplish a given task. Students will also learn the sequence of communication between the robot and the programmer by collecting and analyzing data using the robot’s sensors.
- Location: Longview Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: July 6-10
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
World Games Engineering STEM Camp
Engineering for Kids: World Games Engineering STEM: The competition is heating up with the Engineering For Kids World Games! In this program, students will compete for the gold as they take on exciting engineering challenges related to the greatest athletic competitions.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: July 27-31
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Robotics – Olympics STEM Camp
A robot is a device that is designed and programmed to perform a task either autonomously or with human input. Students will experience both designing and programming roles of robotics engineering.
- Location: Nolensville Recreational Center
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: July 27-31
- Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Jr. Scratch Pioneers Camp
Embark on fun journey to space with Scratch! Send an astronaut to the moon and defend your moon base from space rocks. Learn how to use Scratch to create and program sprites, backdrops and basic scripts. Create a new program each day, leave with evidence of your wild space adventure, and be inspired to explore the universe of programming as a Space Pioneer.
- Location: Franklin Recreational Complex
- Day: Monday – Friday
- Date: July 20-24
- Time: 9AM-12PM
- Ages: 3-8 grades
- Cost: $250
Ready to give your child the summer they’ll still be talking about years later? Contact our office to snag your spot before they’re gone.
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