Camp Galileo
Palo Alto Summer Camp (location TBD), 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
About
Camp Galileo offers hands-on STEAM projects, collaborative design challenges, and building projects along with outdoor play and outdoor games. Campers take part in activities like engineering launchers and golf-courses, mini Olympics, Water Day stations, team-building challenges, silly songs, skits, cheers, flash mobs, lanyards, crafts, face painting, and pie throwing. Campers also have a nut-free snack break during the camp day.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Weekly sessions from June 22 to July 24, with camp days running 9am–3pm and optional extended care from 8–9am and 3–6pm
• Price: Week Jun 22–26 Open Rail Rides & Road Trips $619; Week Jun 29–Jul 2 Amusement Park Party $549; Week Jul 6–10 Coral Reef Quest $619; Week Jul 13–17 Mission to the Moon $619
Camp Galileo’s curriculum is created by a year-round team of teachers, artists, makers, and engineers and combines STEAM exploration and outdoor fun for campers in grades K–10. Nebula campers (Kinder–1st) and Star campers (2nd–3rd) work on 1–2 day, age-appropriate projects individually and in small groups, while Supernova campers (4th–5th) complete small group challenges and longer individual projects. Middle school Meteors (6th–8th) focus on one individual project throughout the week and collaborate with others, and Counselors in Training (CITs) engage in leadership development activities and own projects within a camp aspect of their choosing. Extended Care includes additional activities such as outdoor time, lanyards, and crafts, and the camp mascot is a rubber chicken.
Camp Galileo began in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002 and operates over 60 camps across five regions, including Northern and Southern California, Chicagoland, Denver, and Seattle. Since 2002, Galileo has served over 600,000 campers across the country, engaging K–10th graders in hands-on learning and fun, and has awarded more than 49,000 scholarships. Galileo consistently earns “Best Camp” community awards, and a Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that Galileo kids internalize collaboration, persistence, and resilience skills and apply them to other aspects of their lives. The organization also works with like-minded community organizations to enhance and extend opportunities for innovation education.
Parents describe Camp Galileo as joyful and fun, highlighting projects, games, and the camp community. One 2024 parent from Laguna Niguel reports that their kids “come home thinking more independently and deeply than before,” and a 2024 Sunnyvale parent notes that their child “loves the counselors, projects, and all the games and activities.” Other parents mention that their children enjoyed building projects, making new friends, singing camp songs, and participating in an “exciting educational experience with a lot of engagement and learning,” and a 2023 parent calls it a “fun, inclusive environment” where kids came home “happy and chanting camp cheers.”
Last updated March 22, 2026.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Weekly sessions from June 22 to July 24, with camp days running 9am–3pm and optional extended care from 8–9am and 3–6pm
• Price: Week Jun 22–26 Open Rail Rides & Road Trips $619; Week Jun 29–Jul 2 Amusement Park Party $549; Week Jul 6–10 Coral Reef Quest $619; Week Jul 13–17 Mission to the Moon $619
Camp Galileo’s curriculum is created by a year-round team of teachers, artists, makers, and engineers and combines STEAM exploration and outdoor fun for campers in grades K–10. Nebula campers (Kinder–1st) and Star campers (2nd–3rd) work on 1–2 day, age-appropriate projects individually and in small groups, while Supernova campers (4th–5th) complete small group challenges and longer individual projects. Middle school Meteors (6th–8th) focus on one individual project throughout the week and collaborate with others, and Counselors in Training (CITs) engage in leadership development activities and own projects within a camp aspect of their choosing. Extended Care includes additional activities such as outdoor time, lanyards, and crafts, and the camp mascot is a rubber chicken.
Camp Galileo began in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002 and operates over 60 camps across five regions, including Northern and Southern California, Chicagoland, Denver, and Seattle. Since 2002, Galileo has served over 600,000 campers across the country, engaging K–10th graders in hands-on learning and fun, and has awarded more than 49,000 scholarships. Galileo consistently earns “Best Camp” community awards, and a Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that Galileo kids internalize collaboration, persistence, and resilience skills and apply them to other aspects of their lives. The organization also works with like-minded community organizations to enhance and extend opportunities for innovation education.
Parents describe Camp Galileo as joyful and fun, highlighting projects, games, and the camp community. One 2024 parent from Laguna Niguel reports that their kids “come home thinking more independently and deeply than before,” and a 2024 Sunnyvale parent notes that their child “loves the counselors, projects, and all the games and activities.” Other parents mention that their children enjoyed building projects, making new friends, singing camp songs, and participating in an “exciting educational experience with a lot of engagement and learning,” and a 2023 parent calls it a “fun, inclusive environment” where kids came home “happy and chanting camp cheers.”
Last updated March 22, 2026.
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