Best STEM Summer Camps In Reno

Reno is a popular city for corporate development and education. This makes it a lively area as a center for technology and innovation where students with STEM skills can significantly benefit.

With some of Nevada’s best educational facilities, museums, and learning centers, the city promotes robust STEM programs for Reno-area children and teens. If your child is excited about anything tech, ecological, scientific, or nature-related, you’ll find many after-school and camp options throughout the school year.

Whether they’re intrigued by coding a virtual world of enchantment, love playing in tinker labs, or are eager to spend time in the wilderness, Reno is a place where kids can choose from many different STEM camps.

PBSReno’s Camp Curiosity offers immersive, free virtual programs for Washoe County children from Pre-K through 12th grade. These downloadable or streamed learn-at-home video camps allow children to participate in STEM activities during the summer.

Younger kids can make a Cat-In-The-Hat-themed drawbridge or design a paper rocket using household materials. Curious George camps help Pre-K – 5th Graders explore STEM concepts by building a wall, rocket,...

  • Ages 5-7

  • Pricing: $150

Computational Thinking Practices form the cornerstone of the language of innovation, and will drive all future STEM discoveries.

* Edison Robots I & II — Ages 5-7: Students learn the basic concepts of controlling machines via simple programming interface that consists of drag and drop icons. The classroom activities allowed the students to progress at their own rates. Simple concepts building into more complex operations...

  • Ages 12-14

  • Pricing: $50 - $450

Our on-campus summer engineering camps are interactive, social programs that will fuel your child's passion for engineering. Campers will explore the engineering design process and sharpen new math and science skills. The high-quality curriculum is delivered by University of Nevada, Reno engineering faculty, students and engineering professionals from the community in a fun, engaging environment.

What our camps offer:

* Focused-learning time: Eight hours of...

Camp Discovery was made for the curious. That's why we offer a huge catalog of unique, themed camp experiences all year long. So, whether your camper wants to code video games, fend off a zombie invasion, or experiment with rockets and robots, we've got a camp just for them.

Camps are thoughtfully designed for students in kindergarten through 7th grade and are available during the...

  • Reno, NV

We immerse students in multi-day overnight science camps and day field studies in spectacular natural settings on the shore of Lake Tahoe and other local sites.

Students hike, snowshoe, learn local ecology, and more with hands-on, standards-based activities, and volunteer on conservation projects. With community support, Great Basin Outdoor School opens doors to lifelong outdoor learning for children in need. Lessons build healthy habits, social...

  • Reno, NV

  • Ages 6-16

  • Pricing: $795 - $965

Our focus is child driven rather than program driven. Our staff works hard to make sure each child is successfully challenged and experiences the joy associated with pushing oneself just a little further than they thought they could go. We strive to strike a nice balance between leadership, responsibility, friendship and fun.

Project Discovery Camps are intentionally small with a high staff to camper ratio...

  • Ages 5-14

  • Pricing: $60 - $250

Code Ninjas is a coding center where kids 5 to 14 can learn basic and advanced coding in a fun place. Your children can enjoy forging ahead with their favorite techie topics in the company of their peers.

These action-packed learning “Dojos” offer after-school, weekend, and summer camps. Kids play and build games while they learn the basics of coding with tools like Unity, Makecode...

  • Ages 8-12

  • Pricing: $50 - $175

Are you looking for exciting camps for special interest? Check out the Club's array of summer specialty camps! These camps run in addition to and in conjunction with the traditional day camp program, so campers can enjoy their specialty camp and then rejoin the day camp program before or after their assigned specialty camp time. Specialty Camp fees include the weekly Day Camp fee of...