HANDS-ON! STEAM Camps
Limited to 5 campers (children of essential workers, please)! Campers make and learn through hands-on chemistry experiments, art projects, and engineering to experience the joy of STEAM. Daily visits to the Alice Waters' Edible School Yard will enrich our understanding that science is everywhere.
Grades: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Integem Holographic AR Programming & Design Camp
8 students per class. Future-forward programming and design camp lets campers build skills in Holographic AR coding, digital art, game design, 3D modeling, and AI. Students aged 5-18 with all level of computer skills enjoy small classes. Locations in Berkeley, Fremont, and San Ramon.
Grades: preschool (ages 4+), K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th
Save 5% with code AR510. Earlybird Discount Available at the website.
KidzToPros Summer Camps
KidzToPros Socially-distanced on-site summer camps provide a great opportunity to gain valuable skills and make friendships, while staying safe and healthy. From Play It All! Sports and basketball to art skills, film studio, robotics, web design and more, KidzToPros STEM, Arts & Sports Camps will help ignite your child’s creativity and passion. Live online summer camps for K-12 also available.
Grades: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Explorers Camp at Chabot Space and Science Center
June camps cancelled. July camps being planned. Calling all young engineers, astronauts, explorers, makers, and problem solvers. Young explorers, ages 6-11, will investigate the Earth, outer space, and beyond through hands-on science, art, and play. Campers examine the universe, conduct experiments, and adventure outdoors.
Grades: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Su Yun's Chinese Learning Center Summer Camp
Updated cleaning routines, smaller group sizes, physical distancing strategies, and health screenings in place. Su Yun's provides fun and engaging hands-on summer camps that blend STEM topics, Mandarin language, and outdoor activities. Themes include LEGO, food science, engineering, cooking, makerspace, arts & crafts, etc. No prior language experience required.
Grades: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Play-Well: STEM using LEGO
Online camps plus in-person in El Cerrito in July. Dream it, build it, wreck it, and repeat in LEGO-inspired engineering Summer camps. Engineer interesting projects, think critically, and work collaboratively while learning STEM concepts. Camps include over 20,000 LEGO pieces including Star Wars, Minecraft, and Robotics.
Grades: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
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Bay Area BMXers will be holding two camps this year, June 15-19, June 22-26 https://www.bayareabmxers.org/
ANTS Sports will be hosting 4 weeks of youth tennis camps at Montclair Park in Oakland starting July 13th. All skill levels are welcome and group sizes are limited to 8.
http://www.antssports.com
The Berkeley Chess School offers in-person chess camps for children! Sessions are three weeks long with a stable group of twelve children, all public health orders strictly followed! Mornings with plenty of outdoor sports, games, and art activities, afternoons include engaging chess lecture, chess puzzles, Q & A, games with classmates and post game analysis, recess and sometimes a movie! Beginning, intermediate and advanced sections. The spatial reasoning skill chess teaches is the greatest predictor of success in STEM fields. For more information or to enroll, visit http://www.berkeleychessschool.org/
Capoeira camp at Axé Oakland in West Oakland. They’ll have arts and crafts, physical fitness and some Spanish language practice.