Camp Galileo Oakland (Glenview)

Camp Galileo Oakland (Glenview) offers hands-on STEAM projects, collaborative design challenges, crafts, lanyards, and team-building challenges. Campers take part in outdoor play and outdoor games, along with songs, silly songs, skits, cheers, face painting, and pie throwing. Activities include weekly STEAM projects for rising K–1st graders (Nebulas), rising 2nd–3rd graders (Stars), rising 4th–5th graders (Supernovas), and week-long STEAM projects for rising 6th–8th graders (Meteors), all built around specific themes such as Superhero Adventure, Animal Extravaganza, Rail Rides & Road Trips, Amusement Park Party, Coral Reef Quest, Mission to the Moon, Tropical Rainforest Trek, Outer Space Odyssey, Dinosaur Park, Castles & Kingdoms, Inventor’s Garage, Toymaker's Workshop, Dazzling Light Designer, Animal Bot Builder, Mechanical Scene Maker, Treehouse Architect, Super Safecracker, Pinball Whiz-Kid, Escape Room, Remote-Control Robot, and Custom Go Karts. The camp mascot is a rubber chicken.

• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Camp day 9am–3pm, running from June 8 to July 17, with optional AM care 8–9am and optional PM care 3–6pm
• Price: Nebulas: Superhero Adventure $595; Animal Extravaganza $525; Rail Rides & Road Trips $595; Amusement Park Party $525; Coral Reef Quest $595; Mission to the Moon $595. Stars: Tropical Rainforest Trek $575; Outer Space Odyssey $505; Dinosaur Park $575; Castles & Kingdoms $505; Inventor’s Garage $575; Toymaker's Workshop $575. Supernovas: Dazzling Light Designer $575; Animal Bot Builder $505; Mechanical Scene Maker $575; Treehouse Architect $505; Super Safecracker $575; Pinball Whiz-Kid $575. Meteors: Escape Room $575 and $505; Remote-Control Robot $505 and $575; Custom Go Karts $675.

Camp Galileo began in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002 and now operates award-winning summer camps and expanded learning programs at over 60 locations in Northern and Southern California, Chicagoland, Denver, and Seattle. Campers have a nut-free snack break during the camp day. Camp Galileo has served over 570,000 campers and awarded more than 49,000 scholarships. A Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that Galileo kids internalize collaboration, persistence, and resilience skills learned at camp and apply them to other aspects of their lives. Camp Galileo states that summer is a time for joyful, friend-filled fun and a time to learn, and that every hands-on project and outdoor game K–10th graders take on at Camp Galileo is both fun and an opportunity to build creative problem solving and collaboration skills.

Camp Galileo reports that it consistently earns “Best Camp” community awards and works with like-minded organizations across its communities to enhance and extend opportunities for innovation education. Parent feedback from 2023 and 2024 describes kids enjoying building projects, songs, games, activities, making new friends, and returning to camp in future summers.

Last updated March 16, 2026.