On-site Half Day Camp
Ages 4-6
Looking for a unique and fun learning and socialization experience for your 4-6 year old? Try our half-day camps! Kids will do experiments, make arts & crafts, learn to work as a team, cooperate and share in an informal, yet structured environment (1:5 ratio). Activities may include Storytime, snack time, arts, science activity stations, music and movement, guided imagining and free play in the Museum.
Under the Sea
March 15 – 19 (am) SPRING BREAK
June 28 – July 2 (am)
August 9 – 13 (am)
We’ll explore waves, bubbles, properties of water, sand, shells, whales, turtles, and sharks through imaginative math, science, literature, and drama activities. Discover what sinks and floats, learn how sand is made, make shark tooth necklaces, and try out Japanese fish printing with real fish! Grab a wetsuit and dive into the fun! Register now
Crazy For Critters
June 1 – June 4 (pm) (pro-rated price for 4-day week)
July 12 – 16 (am)
August 23 – 27 (am)
Explore the extraordinary world of animals as you learn about fearsome predators, crafty camouflagers, tender parents, and mammals that defy gravity! We’ll dance and sing, hear stories, meet some live animals, make snacks, work puzzles and do science and math activities while we investigate what makes these critters so amazing. Don’t miss out on all the furry, scaly, slimy fun! Register now
Inventioneers
June 1 – June 4 (am) (pro-rated price for 4-day week)
July 5 – 9 (am)
August 16 – 20 (am)
Cultivate your natural creative problem-solving talents in this fun camp! We’ll take on bridge and tower building challenges, use levers to design moveable puppets and construct fantastic paper structures. Explore different materials, springs, pulleys, wheels, simple machines, and tools. We’ll read classic stories about innovative characters for inspiration. Register now
Young Scientists
June 7 – 11 (am)
July 19 – 23 (am) GIRLS ONLY!
Make fantastic fizzes and slimy surprises, mix your own colors, build mini rockets and cook up biotic treats! Shaping young scientific thinkers means teaching kids to ask lots of questions and experiment. You'll love making sticky slimes, discovering scale, playing with magnets and magnifying glasses and more, while learning about your world. Register now
Cooking with Math
June 14 – 18 (am)
July 26 – 30 (am) FULL
August 23 – 27 (pm)
Everything kitchen helpers need to hone their cooking AND math skills! Enjoy cutting, rolling, spreading, stirring, mashing, kneading, mixing, measuring, sorting, shaping, classifying and more, as you practice being a chef. All recipes are single servings, so every child will make each of the two daily recipes from start to finish! Allergy note: Nuts and obvious nut products will not knowingly be used in any of our activities/recipes. Register now
Dino Mania
June 21 – 25 (am)
August 2 – 6 (am)
Designed for the aspiring paleontologist with tons of activities, stories, songs, skill-builders and games centered on the ancient reptiles you love! Make dino arts and crafts, learn the names of favorite dinos, make dino tooth necklaces, play dino concentration, make a hatching dino baby in an egg, excavate tiny dinos and more! Register now
On-site Full Day Camp
Ages 7-10
Kids will look forward to field trips* to exciting places, experiencing innovative hands-on activities, eating lunch in the park, watching a topical educational video and playing in the Museum! Our teachers will keep your kids engaged and safe, with a 1:6 ratio, while they explore and learn. *Field trip destinations are subject to availability. In the event a field trip is cancelled it will be replaced with a similiar trip.
Eco Explorers
March 15 - 19 SPRING BREAK
Keep Austin green! We’ll explore things kids can do to make an impact. Field trips will take us to the Botanical Gardens, the Austin Zoo and Whole Foods where we’ll learn about sustainable farming! Back at ACM we’ll do our part to help the planet by making a mechanical trash grabber, a homemade water filter and art from recycled materials! Go green with ACM! Register now
Girls Explore Science
July 5 – 9
August 16 – 20
*all new activities!
Girls rule the Museum this week! Experience different science careers in our hands-on camp. Field trips will take you to meet inspiring role models at UT labs and in the Austin science community. Then we’ll head back to ACM to try all the science out for ourselves by inventing contraptions to help the planet, designing a hidden alarm and making a mood reader! Register now
Engineer It!
June 14 – 18
July 26 – 30 FULL
*all new activities!
Design, invent, and build! Field trips will include UT, where we may visit the Chemical Engineering lab, the Nanoscience Center and the Aerospace Engineering department. Back at ACM we’ll design a confetti launcher, build a shelter that can survive a storm, use a zip line to hit a target, and much more! We’ll work in teams to take on real-world challenges, all while honing creative problem solving skills. Register now
Incredible Creature Features
June 7 – 11
July 19 – 23
Explore the amazing world of animal adaptations! Uncover intriguing feats of camouflage, see spectacular predator defenses and investigate mass extinctions all while learning about your favorite animals, past and present. Field trips may include guided fossil hunts, visits to the Austin Nature and Science Center and the Austin Zoo. Register now
Cooking and Baking Science
June 28 – July 2
August 9 - 13 FULL
We let the young chefs out of the kitchen and take them on field trips to discover the exciting world of food chemistry! Cook your very own example of the featured food every day after investigating the science behind it. Field trips may include Amy's Ice Cream, Brick Oven and Whole Foods. Add some tasty science to your summer and let us kick it up a notch. Bam! Allergy note: Nuts and obvious nut products will not knowingly be used in any of our activities/recipes. Register now
Get a Clue!
June 21 – 25
August 2 – 6
Growing gumshoes will love discovering the mystery behind science, and the science behind mystery! We’ll sharpen our logic and detective skills by starting each day with a riddle. Field trips may include the Driskill Hotel where we’ll investigate its haunting history, and AMOA where we’ll learn some of art’s best kept secrets. Back at ACM we’ll refine our problem solving skills by cracking codes, finding fingerprints, exploring optical illusions and more! We’ll wrap up our week by working together to collect clues and solve a real mystery! Register now
On the Move
July 12 - 16
Discover all the commotion behind motion! Learn all about how things move, and where they get their energy. We’ll play with pulleys to make a table top elevator, try to slow down a marble with friction and learn about animation by making our own zoetropes! Field trips may include exploring energy at City Hall, discovering how bacteria move at the UT Biology Lab and performing speed experiments on the rides at Kiddie Acres. Register now