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EagletsPrograms
Students assemble a robot, program it, and work through engineering challenges taught by student instructors. Every program below states its registration status, dates, cost, and what is provided.
Right now
These are the programs currently accepting students or collecting interest.
Eaglets expects to run Camp Code again across Texas, with the same focus on communities that have the least access. Dates and locations are not set yet, so the interest list is how families hear first.
Reading a program
Every program carries exactly one status, and each status has one next step. No guessing whether something is still open.
In the room
Sessions are quieter than you might expect, and messier. Students work in pairs or small clusters, instructors move between them, and most of the noise comes from something not working yet.
The instructors are high school students, a few years older than the campers. That gap turns out to matter: a nine-year-old watching somebody closer to their own age debug a circuit reaches "I could do that" much faster than they would watching an adult do it perfectly.
Formats
Format depends on what a host site can support and how much time students have.
A single session. Students meet the robot, wire a basic circuit, and get something moving before they leave.
Several days or several Saturdays. Students build the full robot, learn to program it, and work through a sequence of challenges.
Runs inside a school day with a teacher, spread across weeks.
For STEM nights and community events. Shorter, higher throughput, less depth.
Not every format is available in every season. Talk to us about hosting and we will tell you what is realistic for your dates.
Curriculum
Programs cover the same ground at different depths depending on length and grade level.
Questions
Eaglets programs are built for students in grades 3 through 8. Some programs are open to anyone; others are limited to a particular school or district because of how the host runs registration. Every program page states its own grade range and any eligibility limit.
No. Programs are designed for students who have never built or programmed anything before, and campers start by assembling the robot from parts. If a specific program does expect prior experience, its page says so.
It depends on the program. Every program page lists each session date individually rather than a vague range, and states whether registration covers the full series. For multi-session camps each session builds on the last, so attending all of them matters.
We provide the kit, and the student keeps it. That is the point of the design. The robot goes home so the learning can continue after the camp ends, and we publish a manual with further projects and troubleshooting for exactly that reason. Every kit and every material is included; families are never asked to buy anything.
No. We provide a laptop for each student during the session. Bring nothing. The tools, parts, and printed materials are all supplied.
Camps hosted in partner communities are free for the students who attend, which is what the grant funding is for. Our sessions at the Allen ISD STEAM Center have carried a $50 enrolment fee covering the robot kit and every supply used. The exact cost is stated on each program page, and where there is no fee the page says so plainly rather than leaving the field blank.
Then ask, and we will waive it. Fee waivers are available for families who need them, and we do not require documentation of need on a public form. Cost is not going to be the reason a student misses out. That is the whole premise of the organization, and it would be strange to apply it everywhere except our own registration.
Yes, and the earlier the better. Write to us before you register and we will plan for it. You never need to share a diagnosis or medical records; tell us what support would help and we will arrange it, working with you and with certified teachers where that is useful. The curriculum is hands-on, visual, and instructor-guided by design, which makes most accommodations straightforward to put in place.
Eaglets instructors are students. Adult supervision is provided by the school or organization hosting the program, under their own safety and emergency procedures. Each program page names the host and the adult lead for that program.
You will get a confirmation from the program contact with location details and anything to bring. Submitting a registration form does not by itself guarantee a place, and if a program is at capacity we will tell you and offer the waitlist.
More questions on the full FAQ.
Archive
What Eaglets has actually delivered, kept online as a record rather than removed.
A past program. Eaglets students helped bring student-built robot kits and hands-on instruction to participating Texas communities through a Texas Workforce Commission-funded initiative with BEST of Texas Robotics.
Four Saturday mornings at the Allen ISD STEAM Center, where students in grades 3 through 8 built a robot kit and programmed it to drive, draw, and solve a maze.
A seven-week camp that introduced the second kit iteration, adding sensors so students could navigate an obstacle course.
A free three-day camp at a Native American reservation in New Mexico, where more than 30 students learned the basics of programming and engineering.
Eaglets' first in-person camp, introducing 4th through 6th graders to robotics with custom 3D-printed Arduino kits.
A five-day online camp where rising 5th and 6th graders built and programmed custom 3D-printed Arduino robot kits from home.
Eaglets works with schools, libraries, youth programs, and community organizations to bring hands-on robotics to students where they are.