Abaco Future Ready Academy — STEM & AI Camp
A week-long camp in Abaco delivered with Happy Human volunteers and instructors
Program Overview
Learn → Build → Reflect → Share
The Future Ready Academy exposes young people in Abaco to the technologies shaping their future while building confidence through creating technology, not just consuming it. Across the week, students became designers, programmers, engineers, and innovators — every activity ended with a tangible outcome: a Scratch game, a CAD model, an Arduino circuit, a VR experience, an AI-generated design, a pitch.
Happy Human designed the curriculum and onboarded the volunteer and instructor team with a facilitator handbook, a six-module learning journey, and a daily structure that protects three hours of hands-on build time every day.
When
August 2026 · 5-day program
Daily Structure
6 hours · welcome, learn, guided build, independent build, extend, showcase, reflect
Location
Abaco, Bahamas
Participants
Ages 10–17 · Junior STEM Innovators and AI Foundations tracks
Weekly Learning Journey
Module 1
Foundations of Coding
Computational thinking
Interactive programs in Scratch, with HTML/CSS/JS and Swift Playgrounds for advanced students.
Module 2
CAD & Manufacturing
Product design
A 3D-printed object designed in Tinkercad — keychains, fidgets, phone stands, hurricane-resilience brackets.
Module 3
Programmable Electronics
Programming hardware
A working Arduino project: blink an LED, read a push button, build a traffic light or temperature sensor.
Module 4
Virtual & Augmented Reality
Emerging technology
Immersive experiences — ocean and space exploration, human anatomy, historical recreations.
Module 5
AI & Digital Safety
Future skills
AI-assisted posters, websites, games, and business ideas — always paired with the student's own thinking.
Module 6
Final Showcase
Entrepreneurship
A Shark Tank pitch: the problem, the solution, the CAD model, the prototype, and the AI tools used.
Camp Highlights
Volunteer Best Practices
Encourage experimentation.
Celebrate mistakes.
Ask before answering.
Never take the mouse.
Keep students building.
Progress, not perfection.