With summer break is just a few weeks old, UTSA is offering summer camps of all kinds.
One in particular called ITEC -- Interactive Technology Experience Center -- is engaging kids in the world of engineering and robotics.
"We're building robots," said an excited, soon-to-be fourth-grader Suran Somawardana.
Many of the students who attended have a passion for engineering and technology.
Hailey Saenz, 8, helped design a robot with several of the fellow campers.
"Really, you're just building robots and I think, engineering, (which) is kind of cool," said Saenz. "My dad's an engineer and he's always telling me that engineering is a good job to have."
It is predicted that proficiencies in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics -- or STEM -- are the future when it comes to employment.
"We need more people to program our computers and work in the medical field," said UTSA's Nicole Silva-Juarez, who runs the camp.
The ITEC camp is open to all ages.
On Tuesday, kindergartners through second-graders had fun exploring forensic science, while third through fourth-graders worked on robotics.
High school students are involved too, with a camp that focuses on designing robots, writing computer programs, and problem-solving.
For high school student Devin Delarosa, who hopes to be a computer scientist, the camp was a perfect fit.
"All the programming, seeing the robot move, knowing that I and my team did that was exciting to see," said Delarosa.
If science and engineering are not what your kids are looking for, UTSA offers camps of all kind all summer long. For more information, visit www.utsa.edu/summercamps.
The costs for the camps vary.
For the ITEC camps, K-Grade 2 costs $115 for one week. Grades 2-5, and 6-8 cost anywhere from $200-$250, while the high school level is part of what is called the Governor Summer Merit Robotics Program. The program is free of charge, but requires an application.