Camps
Spring Break Camps
Registration is now open.
Quest Club Camp: Sensational Science
Ages: 4-6
Half Day: 9am-12pm
Price: $250/ child
April 6 – 10 Register Here
April 13 – 17 Register Here
Get goopy as we play with polymers, paint with rockets, and engineer robots that wiggle, jiggle, and draw. Become a tiny scientist as we use heat to manipulate materials and create concoctions using chemical reactions.
Quest Club Camp: Space Engineering
Ages: 7-10
Half Day: 9am-12pm
Price: $250/child
April 6 – 10 Register Here
April 13 – 17 Register Here
Head into orbit as we explore extra-terrestrial terrain with robots; learn to launch rockets, and use hydraulics to build machines that get our astronauts to safety. Discover the science behind the orbital rotation of planets as we become space engineers.
Summer Camps
KidsQuest Summer Camps offer fun and learning through science experiments, arts and crafts, collaboration and exploration! In 2020 camps will be held at KidsQuest Children’s Museum and at Bear Creek School’s Valley Campus.
Please contact the museum if your child has any physical or learning disabilities that we should know about, so we may better accommodate your camper. Scholarships are available.
2020 STEAM Camps @ Bear Creek School Valley Campus
Register Here
KidsQuest STEAM Camp is taking over the playground, the art studio, the science lab….the entire Bear Creek School’s Valley Campus! Each week we’ll explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through fun, hands-on activities. We’ll develop 21st century skills as we learn through play like only KidsQuest Children’s Museum knows how!
Half Day: 9am-12pm
Ages: 4 years old – 3rd grade
Location: Bear Creek School Valley Campus- 19315 NE 95th St, Redmond WA
Price for One Week: $250
Full Day: 9am-4pm*
*Sliding pick up between 3:30 and 4pm
Ages: Grades K-3
Location: Bear Creek School Valley Campus- 19315 NE 95th St, Redmond WA
Price for One Week: $425
*Campers provide their own sack lunch and a small snack, as well as a reusable water bottle
Kooky Concoctions: July 6-10
Get your lab coat ready as we become mad scientists! Discover the chemistry behind ooey gooey polymers and glowing phosphors. Tinker with tools as we take apart common household electronics and then use the pieces to create unique artwork.
Nuts About Nature: July 13–17
Calling all budding Zoologists. Join us as we explore the microscopic world of plants, learn about the animals of the Pacific Northwest, and become an eco-engineer as we build wind powered cars and recycled structures.
Engineering Adventures: July 20–24
Get creative as we design for the future. We’ll hone our engineering minds as we develop safe transportation for eggs, explore coding with drawing robots, sculpt with circuits, and learn to lift and push with hydraulic machines.
Fun with Forces: July 27–31
Science goes for a spin in this physics fun-filled week. Learn to construct a robot that wiggles, jiggles, and draws. Explore creating art with a spinning Spirograph and harness the force of centrifuge to paint in a large scale. Become and engineer as you design and build contraptions to test flight in the KidsQuest wind tubes.
2020 Explorer Camps- Register Here
Ages: 3-5* years
Half Day: 9am-12pm
Location: KidsQuest Children’s Museum
Price for One Week: $250
Members receive one-week early registration.
*Campers must be able to use the restroom independently
Science Explorers I: June 22-26
Science Explorers II: August 3-7
Get ready to experiment! Join your fellow budding scientists as we become junior biologists, chemists, physicists, paleontologists, and geologists.
New experiments each session.
Art Explorers I: July 13- 17
Art Explorers II: August 10- 14
It’s time to get creative and embrace the mess! We’ll create our own masterpieces while getting hands-on experience with lots of fun tools and materials. Experiment with clay, paint, wire, and more!
Nature Explorers I: July 27-31
Nature Explorers II: August 24-28
Learn about the amazing wonders that can be found in our own backyard. We will become nature detectives as we uncover the secrets of plants, animals, water, trees, and bugs.
Engineering Explorers I: June 29-July 3
Engineering Explores II: August 17-21 SOLD OUT
Build it big, roll it fast, and create beautiful design! Can you construct the tallest doll house? Will your car win the race? We’ll experiment with serious scientific concepts while having serious fun!
2020 Adventure Camps @ KidsQuest Children’s Museum
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Grades: Entering 1st – 3rd grade
Full Day: 9am-4pm
Location: KidsQuest Children’s Museum
Price for One Week: $425
Members receive one-week early registration.
Clay & Crafts with Bellevue Arts Museum: July 6-10
SOLD OUT
Kitchen Science with Seattle Cucina Cooking School: July 20-24
SOLD OUT
Photography and Physics with The Sprouting Image: Aug 3-7
SOLD OUT
Tinkering with Tinkerbell: August 10-14
SOLD OUT
Code and Create: Aug 17-21
SOLD OUT
Registration Details
Pre-registration required. Please contact the museum if your child has any physical or learning disabilities that we should know about, so we may better accommodate your camper. There will be a $50 cancellation fee for all refunds before June 1. No refunds will be given after June 1. No refunds will be awarded to campers who are “no shows” (do not attend camp and do not notify the camp office of their cancellation prior to June 1). Refunds are not issued if a child is dismissed due to disciplinary action. KidsQuest Children’s Museum and The Bear Creek School reserve the right to cancel programs or sessions based on insufficient enrollment. In this event, a full refund for the specific camp will be issued.
Campers are expected to be picked up on time every day. All late pickups will be charged a fee of $1/per minute.
Scholarships
Priority for 2020 summer camps will be given to applications submitted by May 1, 2020.
2020 Camp Scholarship Application