Summer Camps

Ages 10-11 Full Day Camps

Cost: $225 members / $250 non-members per session
(Camps with field trips or extra supplies are subject to additional costs listed in descriptions.)

Full-day camps run from 9 am – 3 pm
Campers must bring their lunches

* No camp on July 4. Reduced price for four-day camp: $180 members / $200 non-members.

NOTE: For sold out camps, please call to have your camper added to the wait list.

Please check the website often. As camps fill up, additional sessions may be added.

Design Challenge: Mission to Mars

Help your fellow astronauts survive a mission to Mars by engineering everything you need to stay alive! Make a water filter, design a greenhouse, and create vehicles to explore the planet.

Aug. 14 – 18 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Kennywood Camp

$300 members / $325 non-members (Field trip and materials fees included in price.)

A long-time favorite! Explore the science of amusement parks as you discover the physics of your favorite rides, the math behind carnival games, and the sweet chemistry of cotton candy! Put that knowledge to good use as you conclude the week with a field trip to Kennywood.

July 31 – Aug. 4 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Awesome Astronomy

The sky's the limit to what you'll discover as you travel to distant galaxies and beyond! Learn about deep space, black holes, dark matter, supernovas, stars, and planetary collisions. It's out of this world!

Aug. 7 – 11 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

NEW! All-Access Pass

Can't get enough of the tons of exhibits and shows at Carnegie Science Center? Delve even deeper into your favorite place as you go behind the scenes in every area of the museum. Explore exhibits up close, discover how we project stars, and see electrifying demonstrations come to life. At the end of the week you will be a certified CSC expert!

NEW! Games of Science

What is the best way to learn? By having fun of course! Master science topics by playing entertaining science board and card games. Design space shuttles with Xtronaut, build chemical compounds with Science Ninjas, and even discover ocean food chains with Killer Snails! Then apply what you learn in hands-on activities and try your hand at making your own games.

River Camp

*No camp on July 4. Reduced price for premium four-day camp:  $255 members/ $275 non-members. (Field trip and materials fees included in price.)

Hoist your sail for science and explore life on Pittsburgh's three rivers. Get your bearings with a Just Ducky boat trip, and examine the rivers close up on a kayak. Study the life in and around the rivers, from microscopic plankton to majestic birds.

Create-A-Bot

*No camp on July 4. Reduced price for premium four-day camp: $210 members/ $230 non-members.

Technology and imagination unite as you combine craft materials and robotic components to build and animate robotic creations. Using visual programming software and Hummingbird Robotics Kits, campers will engage in the artistic side of robotics.

Explore Pittsburgh

$300 members / $325 non-members (Field trip and materials fees included in price.)

Learn about our beautiful city through a series of activities and trips. Visit Heinz Field and the National Aviary as you take a look at the science of football and the power of flight. Discover Pittsburgh's history at the Fort Pitt Museum, and explore the iconic three rivers from a kayak!

NEW! Robotics Space Challenge

$255 members / $280 non-members (materials fee included in price)

Join our crew as we train for a robotic journey to Mars. You will work with your mission crew to design your Lego Mindstorm EV3 rover, then investigate, observe, calculate, and apply your knowledge to solve specific tasks. Once your training missions are complete your crew will be transported to our Martian landscape where you must work together using everything you've learned to complete a series of mission objectives. Do you have what it takes to complete the Space Challenge?

Aug. 7 – 11 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Build It: Videogame Arcade*

$255 members / $280 non-members (materials fee included in price)

Learn about game development and get creative with your own games. Use Scratch programming language and the MaKey MaKey board to design your own video game and handheld controller. Transform the Fab Lab into an arcade as you share your game with other campers on the final day.

Medical Mysteries

Don your scrubs and become a doctor for a week as you uncover the mysteries of the human body. Explore the various body systems, learn about cutting edge surgical techniques, and diagnose some common and not so common ailments.

Build It: Girls Maker Camp*

In this maker camp designed especially for girls, experience 3D printing, laser cutting and etching, and vinyl cutting in a friendly and fun atmosphere! Fab Lab educators work with campers to create daily projects to take home.

Aug. 7 – 11 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Extreme Minecraft

$255 members / $280 non-members (materials fee included in price)

Explore and build in our cooperative Minecraft server with your fellow campers. Learn about 3D modeling and watch a 3D printer in action. Bring the virtual world into the real world as you learn about geography, ecology, chemistry while performing hands on experiments. Learn how to program as you direct virtual turtles within the Minecraft world.

NEW! Coding with Arduino

$255 members / $280 non-members (materials fee included in price)

Combine coding, engineering, and innovation as you use littleBits™ Arduino Kits to make awesome inventions. Turn your computer into an Etch-A-Sketch™, make an automated catapult, or create your own contraption. You'll use easy to use color-coded electronic components and simple code to customize your creation!

July 31 – Aug. 4 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Build It: Maker Camp*

Experience first-hand all the new technologies Fab Lab Carnegie Science Center has to offer: 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and more CNC machines. Learn the design software for both 2D and 3D machines and make daily projects to take home.

Aug. 7 – 11 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

Build It: Quadcopter Challenge*

$300 members / $325 non-members (Materials fees included in price.)

Experiment with the science behind quadcopter flight as you assemble and build your own mini indoor drone. Using the Fab Lab's 3D printer and laser cutter, design and test your drone chassis. Challenge other drones in an indoor obstacle course the final day of camp.

July 31 – Aug. 4 Buy

Members get discount rates on select camps!
Non-members can add camps to your cart and buy a membership at checkout!

*Build It Camps are held in Fab Lab Carnegie Science Center, a digital maker space with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC vinyl cutters, and other rapid prototyping machinery. Basic computer and mouse skills are necessary to attend these camps and space is limited.