Discover many incredible STEAM-themed, one-day camps for campers. Our PD Day camps are highly educational and interactive lead by our skilled team of STEAM Facilitators. Our PD Day camps inspire youth with a variety of topics like space, the ocean, superheros and more! With fun, hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and math, your kids will want to keep coming back.
Registration goes live on Thursday, Sept 10 at 10:00 AM
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| AGE RANGES | Junior: Primary-Grade 1
Senior: Grades 2 – 4 |
| TIME | 9am-4pm |
Drop off and Pick up
Please note that parents/guardians must sign-in their children each morning at admissions and sign–out at end of day. If you require an alternate person to pick up your child, please notify Discovery Centre Staff at morning sign-in. All persons picking up camp participants will be required to provide government issued photo ID upon sign–out. Discovery Centre closes at 5:00pm and parents/guardians are required to pick up their children no later than 5:00pm. Late pick up fees take effect at 5:00pm. Drop off and pick up times are subject to change.
What to Bring
Please provide your camper with a big lunch, two snacks, a water bottle, indoor shoes, and a mask.
For the safety of our participants and staff, Discovery Centre camps are a peanut/tree nut-free environment. Please avoid packing lunch and snack items for camp that contain nuts. While Discovery Centre takes precautions to avoid common food allergens in our hands-on science activities, we ask that parents/ guardians please disclose known food allergies while registering their child(ren).
Refund Policy
Cancellations must be received 14 days prior to the start date of the registered camp to receive a refund minus a $20 administration fee per camp, per child. Medical reasons, supported by a doctor’s note, will receive a refund minus a $20 administration fee. Refunds will be processed within 14-21 days.
September 25, 2026 | Junior & Senior
Get ready to uncover the amazing rhythms and patterns that shape our world! Through hands-on experiments, interactive games, and exciting educator-led demonstrations, campers will explore how Earth’s tilt creates the seasons, discover how the Moon helps move the ocean tides, and investigate the fascinating “clocks” inside our own bodies. Come discover the amazing patterns that connect us all and learn how to move through life in harmony with nature’s beat!
October 23, 2026 | Junior & Senior
Become a Discovery Centre Health Hero! Campers will explore the amazing world of microbes and discover how these tiny organisms can help or harm our bodies. Through fun, hands-on science activities, campers will learn how our bodies stay healthy, how germs spread, and what we can do to protect ourselves and others.
November 20, 2026 | Junior & Senior
Get ready for an electrifying day at the Discovery Centre! Come with our science educators as we explore the future of electricity. Where does it come from? How do we use it? What happens to our environment when we need a lot of it? Answer these questions and more as campers become eco-aware electricians for the day. With hands on activities, we investigate what sparks a sustainable future!
December 4, 2026 | Junior & Senior
Welcome to zoology, the study of animals! Through hands-on activities, campers will learn about animal structures and how they fit into their natural environments. To finish off the day, campers will explore the world’s six biomes and their fun animals within!
March 5, 2027 | Junior & Senior
Put on your detective hat, grab your magnifying glass, and prepare to uncover the secrets hidden inside every living thing! Through exciting experiments, hands-on activities, and educator-led demonstrations, campers will explore the incredible world of DNA, the tiny code that makes each of us unique. We’ll discover how DNA stores and passes on genetic information, how it influences our traits, and why no two people are exactly alike. Then, it’s time to put our detective skills to the test as we investigate a mystery and solve a crime using real forensic DNA techniques!
April 2, 2027 | Junior & Senior
Get ready to embark on an exciting journey into the most powerful tool you’ll ever own: your brain! Campers will tackle logic puzzles, sensory challenges, memory games, and teamwork activities as they uncover what makes their minds uniquely their own. We will also learn how people with different thinking styles bring unique talents and perspectives to the world. Together, we’ll celebrate the fact that different minds make our communities stronger, kinder, and more creative!
April 30, 2027 | Junior & Senior
Do you hear that? It’s the Discovery Centre calling, inviting you to join a sound safari. Learn all about the science of sound and music, from how sounds get made to how sound travels. We will even explore how various sounds affect our human bodies! Our educators are ready to get loud and get musical with all campers during this fun–and noisy– day of science exploration.
June 29, 2027 | Junior & Senior
Welcome to the Deep Sea, where campers will act as oceanographers to explore the world’s oceans. Campers will visualize the harm of ocean pollutants through an educator-led demonstration. With this demo, they will learn to become ocean stewards and spot signs of pollution in the oceans in a hands-on activity, and finally, campers will create their own ocean gadgets to view the ocean floor!
