Summer Camp registration is OPEN NOW
Campers should be registered based on the grade they completed in the 2022-2023 school year.
SCHEDULE: Camp Challenger is from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day with extended care available. High School Camp runs from 10am-2pm each day.
COST: Day camps are $55 per camper. Weeklong camps are $250 per camper. AM Extended Care and PM Extended Care are each $5 per day.
LUNCH: Lunch is not included in the cost of weeklong camps. Campers will have the option to prepay for one week of lunches. Prepaid lunch options may include: OG Subs, Brooklyn Pizza, Veggie Nuggets, etc. If this option is not selected students will be required to bring their own lunch each day. We do not provide refrigeration or a microwave for lunches. Lunch will be provided for Day Camps.
ADDITIONAL FEES: Some camps will indicate additional fees for field tips, guest visits, special technology, and other unique amenities.
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
May 25th – Escape the Lab: Chaotic Chemistry
Activities may include creating acid-base volcanoes, learning the science of bath bombs, building film canister rockets, a chemistry-themed scavenger hunt, and more.
May 26th – Maker Mania
Activities may include creating a custom t-shirt, sculpting with clay, designing a spacecraft, building with Legos, and more.
Week 1 (May 30th to June 2nd) – Astronaut Training
Activities may include Astronaut Boot Camp, watching Hubble 3D in IMAX and Secrets of a Cardboard Rocket in the Digital Dome, flying a mission on the Space Mission Simulator, training in a Barany chair, learning to maneuver with astronaut gloves, and more.
Week 2 (June 5th to June 9th) – All About Animals *$20 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to the Tallahassee Museum, learning about food webs, exploring keystone species, watching Born to Be Wild in IMAX, building your own mini ecosystem, and more.
Week 3 (June 12th to June 16th) – Mission Minecraft *$30 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include coding with Bee Bots, exploring far off environments in Minecraft, flying a Mission to Mars in the Space Mission Simulator, watching Into America’s Wild in IMAX, building a Mars Colony, and more.
Week 4 (June 19th to June 23rd) – Into the Ocean *$20 Guest Visit Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a hands-on visit from the FSU Marine Lab, making Angler Fish headbands, explore ocean themed sensory bins, watching Under the Sea in IMAX, and more.
Week 5 (June 26th to June 30th) – The Wizarding Week of Science
Activities may include getting sorted into your STEAM house, making your own wand, creating potions, learning astronomy, competing in magical games, and more.
Week 6 (July 10th to July 14th) – Storytime Science
Activities may include germinating beanstalks, building a swamp for Shrek, engineering a protective suit for Humpty Dumpty, performing scenes from Reader’s Theatre, creating your own ultraviolet rainbow fish, and more.
Week 7 (July 17th to July 21st) – LEGO Engineers
Activities may include building a city, learning place values with LEGOs, exploring the difference between 2D and 3D, tinker toy challenges, and more.
Week 8 (July 24th to July 28th) – The Science of Sound & Music *$20 Field Day Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include learning the difference between natural and manmade sound, finding natural quiet spaces, exploring soundwaves with water, watching Fantastic Fractals in the planetarium, Field Day Friday, and more.
Week 9 (July 31st to Aug 4th) – Young Innovators
Activities may include exploring the science of innovation, designing a product, making prototypes with LEGOs, pitching your product, creating a brand, and more.
Aug 7th – Animal Behavior Science
Activities may include designing a zoo in minecraft, learning about different primates, watching Lemurs of Madagascar in IMAX, and more.
Aug 8th – Chaos Engineering
Activities may include engineering challenges, building a bridge, creating art using the engineering design process, and more.
Aug 9th – Solar System Science
Activities may include exploring the phases of the moon, watching Secrets of a Cardboard Rocker in the Digital Dome, flying a mission in the Space Mission Simulator, and more.
2nd & 3rd Grade
May 25th – Escape the Lab: Chaotic Chemistry
Activities may include creating acid-base volcanoes, learning the science of lava lamps, building vinegar rockets, a chemistry-themed Escape Room, and more.
May 26th – Maker Mania
Activities may include making a custom t-shirt, creating your own Rube Goldberg Machine, designing a 3D model in Tinkercad, and more.
Week 1 (May 30th to June 2nd) – STEAM History
Activities may include exploring the history of space travel, learning about forgotten superheroes of science, watching Apollo 11 and Hubble 3D in IMAX, flying a mission on the Space Mission Simulator, and more.
Week 2 (June 5th to June 9th) – Nature Investigators *$20 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include field trips to the Tallahassee Museum and the FSU Marine Lab, learning about food webs, exploring keystone species, an ecological scavenger hunt, and more.
Week 3 (June 12th to June 16th) – Rockets & Robotics *$30 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include learning about robots that go to space, designing stomp rockets, Dash Robot challenges, building and launching model rockets, and more.
Week 4 (June 19th to June 23rd) – Minecraft Engineers *$20 Guest Visit Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include building bridges, STEM Olympics, designing a snack delivery system, Minecraft challenges, making a real Minecraft torch, and more.
Week 5 (June 26th to June 30th) – The Wizarding Week of Science
Activities may include getting sorted into your STEAM house, making your own wand, creating potions, learning astronomy, studying botany, and more.
Week 6 (July 10th to July 14th) – Astronaut Training
Activities may include Astronaut Boot Camp, making a Riley Rover with LEGOs, learning to maneuver with astronaut gloves, training in a Barany chair, and more.
Week 7 (July 17th to July 21st) – Environmental Science Minecraft *$40 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to Maclay Gardens State Park, exploring the Save the Bees map in Minecraft, simulating an oil spill, building renewable energy with snap circuits, conducting an environmental survey, Jr. Park Ranger training, and more.
Week 8 (July 24th to July 28th) – The Science of Movement *$40 Field Trip Fee & $20 Field Day Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to The Rez, activities at Tom Brown Park, learning how bones connect to one another, exploring the mechanics of muscle movements, water balloon dodgeball, Field Day Friday, and more.
Week 9 (July 31st to Aug 4th) – Myth Testers
Activities may include learning how gravity effects everyday objects, testing the limits of inertia and friction, tackling common myths and misconceptions that you see online, participating in physics demonstrations, and more.
Aug 7th – Animal Behavior Science
Activities may include designing a bird nest, dissecting owl pellets, watching Born to be Wild in IMAX, and more.
Aug 8th – Chaos Engineering
Activities may include learning the process of Chaos Engineering through design challenges, building a maze using chaos engineering resources, create jellybean structures to mimic chaotic engineering situations, and more.
Aug 9th – Solar System Science
Activities may include building rockets with LEGOs, watching Apollo 11 in IMAX, flying a mission in the Space Mission Simulator, and more.
4th & 5th Grade
May 25th – Escape the Lab: Chaotic Chemistry
Activities may include creating pH indicators, learning the basics of forensic science, building batteries out of fruit, a chemistry-themed Escape Room, and more.
May 26th – Maker Mania
Activities may include making a custom t-shirt, creating toys with snap circuits, designing a 3D model in Tinkercad, and more.
Week 1 (May 30th to June 2nd) – Earth Science Explorers *$40 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to the FSU Marine Lab, exploring minerals in Minecraft, watching The Last Glaciers in IMAX and Extreme Weather in the Digital Dome, experiencing an earthquake simulator, creating your own seismic activity tracker, and more.
Week 2 (June 5th to June 9th) – Becoming Animators
Activities may include learning the history of animation, creating a storyboard, learning stop-motion animation, animating your own characters using Scratch, making flipbooks, and more.
Week 3 (June 12th to June 16th) – Fun with Physics *$20 Field Trip Fee & $30 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include exploring the physics of roller coasters, building an electromagnet, watching Black Holes in the Digital Dome, completing a buoyancy challenge, learning the relationship between optics and light, and more.
Week 4 (June 19th to June 23rd) – Wildlife Week *$100 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to Florida Caverns State Park, learning about food webs, creating your own trading cards, Jr. Park Ranger training, building an animal habitat, and more.
Week 5 (June 26th to June 30th) – Wizarding Week of Science *$20 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include getting sorted into your STEAM house, making your own wand, creating potions, learning astronomy, a field trip to Tallahassee Nurseries to study botany, and more.
Week 6 (July 10th to July 14th) – Board Game Builders
Activities may include learning the basics of statistics and game theory, creating your own board game, building a Rube Goldberg Machine, 3D print game pieces, and more.
Week 7 (July 17th to July 21st) – Multimedia Journalism *$20 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include learning stop-motion animation, coding robots to create art, designing collages, painting landscapes inspired by Bob Ross, and more.
Week 8 (July 24th to July 28th) – Video Game Science *$20 Field Day Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include designing your own video game character, coding in Minecraft, building a Nintendo Labo kit, an Among Us engineering challenge, Field Day Friday, and more.
Week 9 (July 31st to Aug 4th) – Astronaut Training
Activities may include Astronaut Boot Camp, making a Riley Rover with LEGOs, learning to maneuver with astronaut gloves, training in a Barany chair, and more.
Aug 7th – Animal Behavior Science
Activities may include learning about prehistoric animals and the fossil record, matching animals to their sounds and environments, watching Born to be Wild in IMAX, and more.
Aug 8th – Chaos Engineering
Activities may include learning the process of Chaos Engineering through design challenges, modeling a lunar lander and landing site using chaos engineering strategies, and more.
Aug 9th – Solar System Science
Activities may include designing your own space mission, watching Apollo 11 in IMAX, flying a mission in the Space Mission Simulator, and more.
6th, 7th & 8th Grade
Week 1 (May 30th to June 2nd) – Innovation Camp *$15 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include creating a podcast, writing and filming a skit, coding robots to create art, designing a game, making robots out of LEGOs, and more.
Week 2 (June 5th to June 9th) – Video Game Science *$15 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include designing your own game with Bloxels, coding in Minecraft, building a Nintendo Labo kit, competing in a Nintendo Switch tournament, and more.
Week 3 (June 12th to June 16th) – Citizen Science *$30 Field Trip Fee & $45 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Learn how your everyday activities can help contribute to scientific advances. Activities may include building your own telescope, learning environmental surveying techniques, proving newton’s laws, and more.
Week 4 (June 19th to June 23rd) – Aeronautic Engineers *$220 Field Trip Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include an overnight trip to Kennedy Space Center, building and launching model rockets, learning to fly drones, a flight simulator, and more.
Week 5 (June 26th to June 30th) – Wizarding Week of Science
Activities may include getting sorted into your STEAM house, making your own wand, creating potions, learning astronomy, a field trip to Tallahassee Nurseries to study botany, and more.
Week 6 (July 10th to July 14th) – Underwater Robotics *$175 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Students will design and assemble fully functioning submarine robots before traveling to the FSU pool to complete an underwater obstacle course.
Week 7 (July 17th to July 21st) – Tech- Tastic! *$15 Field Trip Fee & $15 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to Making Awesome, creating custom 3D objects with 3D printers and carvers, programing innovative solutions with EV3 Mindstorms, and more.
Option 1: Week 8 (July 24th to July 28th) – Movie Magic *$20 Field Trip Fee & $20 Field Day Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include a field trip to WFSU, writing a script, recording and editing a short film, learning the science of green screens and CGI, Field Day Friday, and more.
Option 2: Week 8 (July 24th to July 28th) – Cyber Security Camp *$20 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Join Dr. Li at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering for a hands-on cyber security camp designed to inspire the next generation of cyber security professionals. Topics may include cyber security principles, ethics, risk management, game theory, computer networking, and more.
Week 9 (July 31st to Aug 4th) – Dream Big
Activities may include learning how to make circuits, building robotic arm, designing a city, testing water quality, building a structure to withstand an earthquake, and more.
9th & 10th Grade
High School Camp runs from 10am-2pm each day.
June 5th to June 9th – Pre-Med Camp *$50 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Activities may include creating an EKG caliper, building a model of the nervous system with 3D pens, practicing suturing techniques on a banana, Q&A with medical professionals, making lung and heart models, designing and presenting a health infographic, and more.
June 19th to June 23rd – Underwater Robot League *$175 Special Tech Fee added to this camp*
Students will design and assemble fully functioning submarine robots before traveling to the FSU pool to complete an underwater obstacle course.