PD Day Camps

Step into the webbed world of spiders! In this creepy-crawly camp, your young explorer will discover how spiders spin webs, build their homes, and play a vital role in nature!

Campers will create their own sticky webs and craft a DIY arachnid to take home, all while uncovering how these tiny creatures are master engineers. It’s the perfect mix of Halloween fun and real-life science.

Science gets magical in this bubbling, fizzing, spell-casting camp! Your curious camper will step into the role of a potion master, mixing up strange and exciting brews with real chemistry at work!

From elephant toothpaste explosions to magical memory potions and floating dry ice bubbles, every project will feel like science straight out of a spellbook. This camp is sure to spark wonder and a love for the science behind the magic!

Enter the lab where science comes alive! In this electrifying camp, your young scientist will experiment with energy, creation, and invention!

They’ll power up a Jell-O fuel cell battery, then bring their own monster-inspired stuffie to life with DIY design and creativity. By blending spooky themes with real engineering and science, campers will discover just how fun it is to be a modern-day Frankenstein.

Get ready to chomp, stomp, and roar your way into the prehistoric world! In Jurassic Juniors, young paleontologists will discover what made dinosaurs such incredible creatures through hands-on experiments, creative building, and plenty of messy fun!

Campers will design their own dinosaurs and investigate some of the less glamorous evidence dinosaurs left behind by making their own edible “poop” cookies. With big imaginations and even bigger dinosaurs, this camp is the perfect introduction to prehistoric science.

Grab your brushes and get ready to dig into the past! Fossil Finders gives campers an entire day to step into the role of paleontologists as they excavate, investigate, and piece together clues from a prehistoric world.

As they work together to Crack the Cretaceous Case campers will discover how fossils form, what they can tell us about ancient creatures, and even create a fossil of their own to take home! It’s a hands-on adventure where patience, observation, and a little bit of digging can uncover a whole lot of history.

What really happened to the dinosaurs? In Meteor Mayhem, campers will investigate the events that brought the age of the dinosaurs to an end. They’ll explore the science behind meteor impacts, investigate how sudden changes to Earth’s environment can affect living things, and tackle challenges inspired by the struggle to survive in a changing world.

From creating their own meteor impacts to rescuing dinosaurs trapped in ice, campers will examine evidence, test ideas, and consider the many factors that can contribute to extinction. Get ready to dig into one of the greatest mysteries in prehistoric history!

Campers will take a leaf out of a bug’s book and learn the amazing environmental ingenuity behind some of the smallest insects. They will build a model of a fuzzy bee and take it on a mini pollination challenge.    

Plus, campers will learn about how spiders construct their homes and practice weaving their own spider web, just like our eight-legged friends.  

Beavers are nature's ultimate architects. Some of their dams can even be seen from space! Using natural materials, campers will construct their own mini beaver dam that can hold back or change the flow of water. And learn how a beaver dam can support whole ecosystems.

Beavers are nature's ultimate architects. Some of their dams can even be seen from space! Using natural materials, campers will construct their own mini beaver dam that can hold back or change the flow of water. And learn how a beaver dam can support whole ecosystems.

FEB 11: The Pattern Patch!
Patterns are everywhere—from the shapes we build to the colours we sort! In this camp, your young mathematician will cut shapes, stack triangle towers, and sort candy to uncover the building blocks of math!

Through playful activities and creative design, campers will see how math shapes the world all around us.

FEB 12: Shape Shifters
Shapes are everywhere, but what can you do with them? In Shape Shifters, young mathematicians will discover the playful side of geometry through building, creating, and experimenting. Campers will construct 3D shapes using marshmallows and explore lines, patterns, and geometric designs through colourful art.

Along the way, they'll discover how shapes can be combined, transformed, and arranged to create something entirely new.

FEB 11: Cipher Circus!
Step right up to a circus of puzzles, riddles, and mind-bending fun! In this camp, your camper will explore math through hands-on brain teasers, topology games, and DIY puzzle-making.

By the end, they'll discover that problem-solving can be just as exciting as a day at the carnival!

FEB 12: Metric Mission

Your mission: measure, estimate, and investigate! In Metric Mission, campers will put their math skills to work throughout the Science Centre, making predictions and testing just how accurate their estimates can be. They'll measure distances, compare sizes, estimate quantities, and take on challenges that put their mathematical thinking to the test.

With the Science Centre as their measuring ground, campers will discover that math can be a powerful tool for exploring the world around them.

FEB 11: The Finantific Formula!

From finances to fine arts, math is the formula behind the modern world! In this camp, your camper will explore the real-world applications of numbers by designing and shopping at their own Spark Market, and learn to apply patterns to a rhythm in a Math in Motion Show.

With a blend of technology, creativity, and math, this camp will show how numbers fuel innovation!

FEB 12: Calculated Creations

What happens when creativity meets calculation? In Calculated Creations, campers will use mathematical thinking to design, build, and create. They'll put their engineering skills to the test by constructing bridges and exploring how measurement, geometry, balance, and structure work together. Then they'll turn mathematical patterns into colourful tie-dye designs, experimenting with symmetry, repetition, and ratios.

From sturdy structures to striking artwork, campers will discover that some of the best creations start with a little bit of math.

Campers will learn about pulleys and friction to make an anti-gravity Robot Glider.
Then, campers will assemble a Scribble-Bot and work with it to create a piece of art.

Before robots there were simple machines! During this camp, kids will learn about simple machines and mechanical pieces like gears, cams, axles and cranks.

Just as Spark's robot RO5iE is inspired by biomechanics, campers will get inspired to learn the basics of robotic movement by using their own bodies.

Campers will explore how centres of mass, torque, elasticity, and power conservation can influence movement, both biologically and mechanically. Plus, they will learn how to build and code a tech-infused fitness ring to track their movements during a 30-min workout class.

Exercise clothes and non-slip shoes are recommended.

Eight legs, incredible silk, and webs that look like works of art—spiders are full of surprises! In Web of Wonders, young scientists will get up close with the fascinating world of spiders as they investigate how these tiny architects build their intricate webs. Campers will discover what makes spider silk so special, how different web designs work, and how spiders use their webs to survive.

Through hands-on experiments and creative challenges, they'll uncover some of nature's most remarkable "superpowers" and discover that the real world can be even more amazing than fiction.

Every animal has secrets. Your mission is to uncover them! In Classified Creatures, junior agents will investigate the remarkable adaptations that help animals survive, from camouflage and unusual senses to incredible speed, strength, and defense mechanisms. Campers will then crack genetic codes to uncover the connection between DNA and the traits that make each creature unique.

Packed with biological mysteries, secret files, and hands-on challenges, this camp reveals that some of the coolest superpowers on Earth belong to animals.

Every living thing has a blueprint, and its name is DNA. In Bio Blueprint, campers will dive into the fascinating world of genetics to uncover how DNA stores the instructions that help build and maintain living things. They'll construct a large-scale origami DNA model while investigating the structure of the double helix, the role of base pairs, and how genetic information is organized.

Through hands-on investigations and problem-solving challenges, campers will discover how tiny pieces of biological information can influence the traits that make every organism unique.

How does light travel and how can it be guided to a specific spot? In this camp, campers will learn about how waves travel and build their own mini laser maze.

Then campers will learn how to create and manipulate shadows and conclude by creating their own shadow puppet plays.

Campers will learn how rainbows are created and how the human eye perceives colour and movement. Then, they will test their perception of sight by building a kaleidoscope and creating their very own working thaumatrope.

Look closer at Earth and observe the manipulative forces at play. In this camp, campers will harness the power of surface tension to build a working model of a water strider.

Then they will accelerate the application of energy to learn about the relationship between magnets and electricity by building their very own mini-electromagnet.

How does light travel and how can it be guided to a specific spot? In this camp, campers will learn about how waves travel and build their own mini laser maze.

Then campers will learn how to create and manipulate shadows and conclude by creating their own shadow puppet plays.

Campers will learn how rainbows are created and how the human eye perceives colour and movement. Then, they will test their perception of sight by building a kaleidoscope and creating their very own working thaumatrope.

Look closer at Earth and observe the manipulative forces at play. In this camp, campers will harness the power of surface tension to build a working model of a water strider.

Then they will accelerate the application of energy to learn about the relationship between magnets and electricity by building their very own mini-electromagnet.

What makes a drum go boom? In Mini Music Makers, young inventors will discover how the materials, shape, and design of an instrument can change the sounds it makes. Campers will build and compare two different drums before designing their own musical instrument, such as a kazoo or harmonica.

With plenty of experimenting, creating, and making music, campers will discover that even the simplest materials can become something spectacularly noisy!

From the forest to the farm, animals have some fascinating ways of making themselves heard! In Beasts and Beats, campers will explore the science of sound by building their own membranophones and investigating how vibrations create different noises.

Then they'll put their creations, and their vocal skills, to the test by learning how animals like moose, ducks, and chickens communicate. Get ready to experiment, imitate, and make some wonderfully wild sounds!

What makes a string sing? In String Theory, campers will discover the science behind one of the world's most versatile families of instruments while getting hands-on experience with the ukulele. They'll investigate how string length, tension, vibration, and resonance work together to create different pitches, then put the science into practice as they learn basic chords, rhythms, and playing techniques. By the end, campers will combine science and musical creativity to make some music of their own.