Summer Camps 2025
CITY OF OTTAWA
Summer Camps are now viewable online at ottawa.ca
Registration for 2025 Summer Camps begins on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 9 pm at ottawa.ca.
To Register: Click on the barcode links below to access the correct page in the City registration system.
Tip: If you are searching for our programs and camps at ottawa.ca, use "Orange" or "STEM" as the key word to find all our programs. Use "Virtual" to find our online camps.
Note: All our City of Ottawa programs and camps now contain Orange STEM Education in the title.
LEGO® Powered Up and Robotics - Orange STEM Education
Learn Technic building skills, engineering principles, teamwork and organization. Hands-on projects bring machines to life using motors and gears. Introduction to building LEGO SPIKE Prime machines.
Fisher Park Community Centre Ages 7-8
July 21-25, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #121481
Fisher Park Community Centre Ages 9-12
July 21-25, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #121482
Nepean Sportsplex Ages 7-8
July 28-August 1, 2025 8 am- 5 pm #118980
Nepean Sportsplex Ages 9-12
July 28-August 1, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #118981
Fallingbrook Elementary School Ages 7-8
August 11-15, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #127809
Fallingbrook Elementary School Ages 9-12
August 11-15, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #127813
Sandy Hill Community Centre Ages 8-12
August 25-29, 2025 8 am - 5 pm #132447
LEGO® STEM Adventures - Virtual - Orange STEM Education
Build real and virtual LEGO projects at home using the new LEGO Technic set provided and your computer. Learn LEGO building techniques as you construct several mechanical Technic projects. Develop your own Technic project. Learn to use LEGO Studio 2.0, a LEGO CAD program, as you build a variety of virtual engineering and architecture projects. Build a virtual LEGO Minecraft project. Create online instructions for your own Technic build. Render your virtual LEGO projects to look incredibly real. Virtually build a Mindstorms® EV3 or NXT robot. Learn to code and simulate robot sounds and movements online. Perform maze navigation as well as object and colour detection challenges. Learn about electronic concepts, components and circuits, and breadboard in a safe virtual environment.
You will need a PC or Mac, laptop or desktop computer (not a Chromebook) to run Studio 2.0 and connect to Zoom, and you will need to download and install Studio 2.0 prior to the first class. More information provided upon registration. Includes your own LEGO® Technic set - available for pickup before the start of camp.
August 11-15, 2025 10:30 am - 12:30 pm #123960
MEREDITH CENTRE CHELSEA, QUEBEC
LEGO® STEM Camps
In partnership with Orange STEM Education, Ottawa's leader in LEGO education, this camp offers hands-on LEGO Engineering and Robotics projects created by Ian Dudley, "the LEGO guy" using the newest LEGO technologies including Powered Up and SPIKE Prime Robotics. Campers will share in Orange STEM's enthusiasm for engineering and creativity as they build unique LEGO machines and robots.
Campers will work with a partner, learn LEGO Technic building skills and engineering principles along with teamwork and organization. Unique hands-on projects bring machines to life using gears and LEGO Powered Up motors.
Build LEGO machines and robots with motors and sensors with instructions from Orange STEM Education, Ottawa's leader in LEGO Engineering and Robotics for over twenty years.
June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025 Ages 7-8 9 am - 4 pm
June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025 Ages 9-12 9 am - 4 pm
To register visit centremeredith.ca or contact camps@centremeredith.ca
OSCA AT THE OLD OTTAWA SOUTH FIREHALL
LEGO® Robotics & Coding
With a partner, build a selection of LEGO® SPIKE Prime machines and robots. Using tablets, program your sensor-driven robots to line-follow, navigate mazes and perform daily challenges. Camp activities in the other half of the day with OSCA.
July 21-25, 2025 Ages 9-12
August 18-22, 2025 Ages 7-8
August 25-29, 2025 Ages 9-12
LEGO® Engineering
With a partner, learn Technic building skills, engineering principles and design methods. Hands-on projects bring machines to life using gears and LEGO® Powered Up motors. Camp activities in the other half of the day with OSCA.
July 21-25, 2025 Ages 7-8
August 18-22, 2025 Ages 9-12
LEGO® Electronics
LEGO engineering with a focus on electronics! Learn about electronics concepts, components and systems. Use a modular circuit building tool to create circuits that will power LEGO machines and projects.
August 25-29, 2025 Ages 7-8
Visit https://oldottawasouth.ca/ to register. Registration is ongoing.
SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE
LEGO® Mechanical Engineering & Robotics Ages 9-13 (born 2012-2016)
This STEM camp offers hands-on LEGO engineering and robotics projects based on the newest LEGO® technologies including Powered Up and SPIKE Prime. Projects and instructors are from Orange STEM Education, owned by Ian Dudley, Ottawa’s “LEGO® guy”. Learn LEGO® Technic building skills, engineering principles, teamwork and organization as well as strong and stable structures, gearing and drive systems. With a partner, build unique hands-on projects that bring machines to life using gears and LEGO® Powered Up motors, and build LEGO® SPIKE Prime projects with motors and sensors. A variety of camp games, activities with other campers in the afternoon and a daily swim complete the week.
July 14-18, 2025
August 18-22, 2025
$415 Members • $465 Non-Members
Visit https://www.jccottawa.com/sjcc-summer-camps/ to register.
DOVERCOURT COMMUNITY CENTRE
LEGO® Powered Up & Robotics with Orange STEM
In partnership with Orange STEM Education, Ottawa’s leader in LEGO education, this camp offers hands-on LEGO Engineering and Robotics projects created by Ian Dudley, “the LEGO guy” using the newest LEGO technologies including Powered Up and SPIKE Prime robotics. Students will share in Orange STEM’s enthusiasm for engineering and creativity as they build unique LEGO machines and robots. Campers will work with a partner, learn LEGO Technic building skills and engineering principles along with teamwork and organization. Unique hands-on projects bring machines to life using gears and LEGO Powered Up motors. Build LEGO SPIKE Prime machines and robots with motors and sensors. Instructors from Orange STEM Education, Ottawa’s leader in LEGO Engineering and Robotics for over twenty years.
July 2-4, 2025 (3 days) Ages 7-8 FULL
July 2-4, 2025 (3 days) Ages 9-11 FULL
July 14-18, 2025 Ages 7-8 FULL
July 14-18, 2025 Ages 9-11 FULL
July 28-August 1, 2025 Ages 7-8 FULL
July 28-August 1, 2025 Ages 9-11 FULL
August 11-15, 2025 Ages 7-8 FULL
August 11-15, 2025 Ages 9-11 FULL
Register at dovercourt.org
Original Summer Camps
For reference, these are our original Summer and March Break Camps:
LEGO® Junior Robotics & Coding (Ages 7-8)
With a partner, build smart Power Functions machines, and Ian's unique Mindstorms® EV3 robots. Solve challenges using tablet-based coding; program your robot's sounds, lights, screen images, and movements.
LEGO® Electronics (Ages 7-8 OR Ages 9-14)
LEGO engineering with a focus on electronics! Learn about electronics concepts, components and systems. Use a modular circuit building tool to create circuits that will power LEGO machines and projects.
LEGO® Powered Up & Robotics (Ages 7-8 OR Ages 9-14)
Learn Technic building skills, engineering principles, teamwork and organization. Hands-on projects bring machines to life using motors and gears. Introduction to building pre-programmed Mindstorms® robots and performing challenges.
LEGO® EV3 Robotics (Ages 9-14)
Build a selection of EV3 robots, with legs, wheels and treads, and their task-related attachments. With tablets, program sensor-driven robots to line-follow, navigate mazes and perform daily challenges.
To learn more about the mix of programming upcoming for Summer 2025, contact: ian@orangestem.ca
Updated: February 26, 2025