This no-cost camp provides a unique opportunity for high school students to gain hands-on AI and robotics experience with university affiliation and near-peer mentorship.
George Mason University's ACCESS Academy AI Summer Camp offers high school students an immersive, hands-on experience in artificial intelligence and robotics. Participants engage in problem-based learning, tackling real-world challenges by programming micro:bit robots and utilizing Python for functional code development. The curriculum focuses on developing foundational skills in machine learning through practical projects and beginner-friendly tech tools. Students will enhance their creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration abilities as they work in teams to prototype and present original ideas. The camp aims to prepare students for technology-sector careers by exposing them to cutting-edge fields and fostering essential problem-solving and ethical reasoning skills.
Students huddle around laptops, inspecting code for their micro:bit three-wheeled robots, working on assembly and programming to make them perform basic tasks and then trying to innovate new functions.
The ideal student is a rising 9th-12th grader in the Commonwealth of Virginia interested in exploring AI and robotics and developing critical technology skills.
Mason Square, Arlington, VA
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