STEM Camps

STEM Camps includes activities such as building rocket prototypes, exploring distant planets, creating a mini solar system, launching an air-powered rocket, and investigating planets, moons and stars. Campers take part in activities like uncovering earth processes that create fossils, rocks and minerals, investigating earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and other natural phenomena, and exploring bugs, rocks and the wild, with an optional bug-tasting activity. Other sessions include designing and building castles, vehicles, bridges and flying contraptions, exploring ocean mysteries such as glowing creatures and underwater volcanoes, investigating the biology, geology and chemistry of the sea, experimenting and engineering inspired by scientists, growing microbes, dissecting a squid and other organisms, building a terrarium, exploring cells, humans and animals, exploring human anatomy including the brain and circulatory system, journeying through forests, oceans, deserts and mountains to meet animals, exploring how creatures swim, crawl, soar and scamper, engineering big builds, unique toys and clever contraptions with simple materials, and building and programming battle robots to navigate mazes, battle and dance.

• Ages: 4–13 years old
• Schedule: Individual camp sessions run on specific dates in 2026, either Monday–Thursday or Monday–Friday, with daily options of 9am–4pm or 9am–12pm.
• Price: 3, 2, 1 Blast Off! (Grade 1 - Grade 2): Members: $280 | General: $340. Space Explorer (TK - K): Members: $160 | General: $180. Extreme Earth (Grade 3 - Grade 4): Members: $280 | General: $340. Bugs, Rocks and the Wild (Grade 1 - Grade 2): Members: $350 | General: $425. Fairy Tale Engineering (TK - K): Members: $200 | General: $225. Deep Sea Discoveries (Grade 3 - Grade 4): Members: $350 | General: $425. Curious Minds: Scientists in Action (Grade 5 - Grade 6): Members: $350 | General: $425. Bio, Bio, Everywhere! (Grade 3 - Grade 4): Members: $350 | General: $425. Bountiful Biology (Grade 5 - Grade 6): Members: $350 | General: $425. Biolo-Gee Whiz (Grade 6 - Grade 8): Members: $350 | General: $425. Habitat Heroes (Grade 1 - Grade 2): Members: $350 | General: $425. Build It! (Grade 3 - Grade 4): Members: $350 | General: $425. RoboQuest! Mazes & Battles (Grade 6 - Grade 8): Members: $350 | General: $425.

The STEM Camps are offered by the Fleet Science Center, which includes more than 100 interactive exhibits and the Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Giant Dome Theater. The Fleet Science Center states a mission to realize a San Diego where everyone is connected by the power of science to create a better future. The Fleet Science Center collaborates with educators, scientific organizations, community leaders and communities through Neighborhood Networks, and engages the San Diego community in the wonders of science throughout San Diego County.

Last updated June 15, 2026.