Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes
Bishop Diego School, 434 Nogal Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
About
Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes offers hands-on summer camps and classes where kids do experiments, team activities, and inquiry-based learning in areas such as art, science, engineering, and technology. Camp days include courtyard games, a daily science demonstration, specific camp projects like building and programming robots, designing and innovating, and learning new technologies, along with outdoor snack and lunch breaks. Aftercare includes outside game time, inside creative projects, reading time, and the option to watch a child-appropriate movie.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp runs June 15–July 24, 2026, with arrival from 8:30–8:50am, camp day from 9:00am–3:30pm, camper pick-up from 3:30–3:45pm, and optional aftercare Monday–Friday from 3:30–5:30pm
• Price: Aftercare daily fee of $20, with late fees of $1.00 per minute past 5:30pm
Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes includes more than 60 hands-on summer camps for rising K–7th graders, along with inquiry-based after school classes and camps and full programs in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Specific topics include engineering, art, robotics, chemistry, rocketry, environmental science, veterinary medicine, forensics, video game creation, food science, technology, paleontology, biology, astronomy, oceanography, medicine, and special effects. Daily activities also include Tribes Activities, an anti-bullying program that focuses on helping children learn about each other and make new friends, and a Parent/Child “Campus Walk About” on Tuesdays at 3:30pm. Campers are asked to bring a healthy snack, lunch, and water bottle, avoid sodas, high sugar desserts, candy, nuts, and peanut butter sandwiches, wear play clothes and closed-toe shoes, and leave cell phones and toys at home; all supplies are provided, and a t-shirt is available for optional purchase.
Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes is locally owned and reports over 25 years of teaching experience, curriculum development, and running after school programs and camps, with a stated reputation for quality, reliability, and sustainability. The program serves Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, and Carpinteria, and currently serves the Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito Union, Cold Spring, and Carpinteria School Districts. Summer camps have a ratio of 1–9 students per teacher, and all programs are described as “kid-tested.” The staff includes a team of professionals and college counselors from the fields of education, engineering, science, psychology, art, and technology, and each instructor receives full background checks and certifications and is fingerprinted and cleared through the California Department of Justice. Terrific Scientific states that its mission is to spark the excitement of youth and teens through hands-on, minds-on, challenging STEAM projects and activities, with the belief that each child is a scientist and the goal of making them a better scientist.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp runs June 15–July 24, 2026, with arrival from 8:30–8:50am, camp day from 9:00am–3:30pm, camper pick-up from 3:30–3:45pm, and optional aftercare Monday–Friday from 3:30–5:30pm
• Price: Aftercare daily fee of $20, with late fees of $1.00 per minute past 5:30pm
Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes includes more than 60 hands-on summer camps for rising K–7th graders, along with inquiry-based after school classes and camps and full programs in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Specific topics include engineering, art, robotics, chemistry, rocketry, environmental science, veterinary medicine, forensics, video game creation, food science, technology, paleontology, biology, astronomy, oceanography, medicine, and special effects. Daily activities also include Tribes Activities, an anti-bullying program that focuses on helping children learn about each other and make new friends, and a Parent/Child “Campus Walk About” on Tuesdays at 3:30pm. Campers are asked to bring a healthy snack, lunch, and water bottle, avoid sodas, high sugar desserts, candy, nuts, and peanut butter sandwiches, wear play clothes and closed-toe shoes, and leave cell phones and toys at home; all supplies are provided, and a t-shirt is available for optional purchase.
Terrific Scientific Camps and Classes is locally owned and reports over 25 years of teaching experience, curriculum development, and running after school programs and camps, with a stated reputation for quality, reliability, and sustainability. The program serves Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, and Carpinteria, and currently serves the Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito Union, Cold Spring, and Carpinteria School Districts. Summer camps have a ratio of 1–9 students per teacher, and all programs are described as “kid-tested.” The staff includes a team of professionals and college counselors from the fields of education, engineering, science, psychology, art, and technology, and each instructor receives full background checks and certifications and is fingerprinted and cleared through the California Department of Justice. Terrific Scientific states that its mission is to spark the excitement of youth and teens through hands-on, minds-on, challenging STEAM projects and activities, with the belief that each child is a scientist and the goal of making them a better scientist.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
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