STEM Winter Camp 2026/27 Half day or Full Day (4 days)

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Age Group

4-6, 7-11, 12-14 YEARS

Price

$240-$528

Drop-In's Welcome!

Marine Drive Learning Centre

Description

❄️ Why Choose BrainSTEM Learning Canada Winter Camp?

Because winter break is the perfect time to build, explore, and imagine!

BrainSTEM Learning Canada’s Winter Camp turns chilly days into exciting opportunities for discovery. Instead of just passing the time, kids dive into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through hands-on projects that spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence — all while having a lot of fun!

🧠 Learning Through Fun & Discovery

At BrainSTEM, learning is active and playful. Campers don’t just hear about ideas — they design, build, test, and improve their own creations while tackling exciting challenges.

Through teamwork and the Engineering Design Process, kids will:

  • Explore real-world STEM concepts in a fun, age-appropriate way

  • Use creativity and curiosity to solve problems

  • Discover how math and physics help explain and improve everyday designs

  • Learn resilience by testing ideas and making improvements

  • Build confidence as young innovators and problem-solvers

This kind of applied learning helps kids see how STEM connects to real life — and they love every minute of it!

🎉 A Winter Break They’ll Look Forward To

There are many ways to spend a school vacation, but few experiences combine joy, excitement, and meaningful learning like BrainSTEM Winter Camp. Campers challenge themselves and each other, collaborate with friends, and take pride in what they create — all in a supportive, inspiring environment.

💰 Winter Camp Pricing

Half-Day Camp

  • $240 / week
    (Please bring a snack for the snack break)

  • 4-day holiday weeks: $240 / week

Full-Day Camp

  • $528 / week
    (Please bring food for two snack breaks and lunch)

  • Optional lunch add-on for full-day campers attending both morning and afternoon sessions: $48

  • 4-day holiday weeks: $528 / week

🍎 Breaks & Outdoor Time

  • Half-day campers enjoy one snack break

  • Full-day campers enjoy two snack breaks and a one-hour lunch break

  • Weather permitting, full-day campers may enjoy park time or a nature walk

👉 Please send your child with:

  • Enough food and beverages for the day

  • Sun protection

  • Comfortable footwear for outdoor activities

🚗 Parking Information

  • Two commercial customer parking spots under the Remix building entrance (off 14th St)

  • Two 15-minute loading zone spots in the laneway in front of 730 Marine Dr. (entrance off Bewicke)

    • Driving tip: Since left turns from Marine Dr. onto Bewicke are not permitted, we recommend Fell Ave → Larson → Bewicke Ave → laneway

  • Additional public parking available on 14th St

⏳ Drop-Off & Pick-Up

  • Drop-off and pick-up available within 15 minutes of the scheduled camp time

  • Families with siblings may drop off both children at 9:00 am

    • Younger campers can enjoy open play with STEM toys from 9:00–9:30 am

  • Pick-up window: 3:30–4:00 pm

📞 Need before- or after-care?
Call 604-379-2767 for availability.

BrainSTEM Learning Canada Winter Camp is where winter break becomes a season of creativity, collaboration, and STEM-powered fun! ❄️🔧🧪

Little Brains (4-6 years) Learning Weekly Themes are as follows:

Dec 29 30, 31, Jan 2:

Morning:

9:30-10:30 Robotics Engineering 

  • Robotics Engineering  (New VEX Hardware & Software)
    Ever dreamt of building your own robot? In this exciting Robotics course, you’ll get to design, build, and program your very own robots! Using VEX 123 hardware and GUI programming languages, you’ll explore how robots move, think, and perform tasks. You’ll learn about mechanical design, robotic systems, and even coding, while creating robots that can do everything from solving puzzles to interacting with their environment. Ready to bring your creations to life and solve fun challenges? Let’s get robotic!

snack break,,

11:00-12:00 STEM Engineering

  • STEM 360° Engineering
    Why stick to just one type of engineering when you can try them all? In STEM 360°, you’ll get to explore six different types of engineering: Aerospace, Robotics, Civil, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and more! You’ll design, build, and test your ideas, using your creativity to solve problems from each field of engineering. Whether you’re building bridges, coding robots, or launching rockets, this course gives you a full 360-degree look at how engineers work together to shape the future. It’s the ultimate engineering adventure!

Dec 29, 30, 31,  Jan 2:

Afternoon:

Lunch 12-1pm

1-2pm Mechanical Engineering

  • Ready to build some amazing machines? Mechanical Engineering is all about designing and improving machines, tools, and systems that help us in our everyday lives. From simple machines like pulleys to more complex mechanical systems, you’ll learn how energy, forces, and motion work together to make things move. You’ll get to create prototypes, explore how different materials affect machines, and use STEM principles to solve real-world challenges. Let’s get building and have fun while we do it!

snack break,

2:30-3:30pm Software Engineering

  • Software Engineering (New VEX Hardware & Software)
    Ready to bring computers and robots to life? In Software Engineering, you’ll learn how to code programs that make computers and machines work the way you want! From writing algorithms to creating loops and switches, you’ll explore the building blocks of programming and how to create your own software. Whether you’re designing apps, building robots, or making games, this course lets you unlock the magic of code and create cool projects using your STEM skills. Let’s make computers do awesome things!

Cost

Half day: 1 Week: $240/ 4 day week

Full day: 1 Week:$528/ 4 day week

(Half day: 1 Week: $300 / 5 day week & Full day: 1 Week:$660/ 5 day week)

GST exempt (Childcare tax receipt qualified for next years taxes available to download from account)

Size Group:
Maximum of 12 participants (split between both age groups)

Specialists(7-11 years)/Managers (12-14 years) Learning Weekly Themes are as follows: *(TinkerCAD intro and student choice CAD design process for each challenge):

Morning 9am-12pm:

❄️ Winter STEM Adventures

Where winter fun meets science, creativity, and big ideas!

Winter in Canada is full of excitement — snowball fights, sledding, hockey, skating, and building snow creations like snowmen and igloos. At BrainSTEM Learning, we turn all that winter fun into hands-on STEM adventures that help kids learn how the world works while having an amazing time.

This season gives students the chance to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through playful challenges inspired by real winter activities. From learning the physics behind sledding to designing robots for a hockey match, campers discover how STEM concepts help them solve problems, improve designs, and think like engineers.

🧠 Learning, Teamwork & Real-World Skills

As students build and test their creations, they’ll also:

  • Work together as a team and share ideas

  • Discover their strengths and learn from others

  • Build leadership skills and confidence

  • Make new friendships in a fun, supportive environment

By connecting STEM to everyday life, students begin to understand how engineers and scientists use these skills to make life easier, safer, and often a lot more fun!

🌨️ Morning Winter Camp Program Highlights

🛷 Day 1: Propulsion Sled Challenge

Campers explore pneumatic propulsion, velocity, inertia, and motion by designing and building their own sleds. After testing and racing against others, they’ll refine their designs to see which sled is the fastest — just like real engineers optimizing performance.

🏒 Day 2: Robot Hockey Match

Engineering meets Canada’s favorite sport! Students learn the basics of robotics and programming as they build and code their own robots. Using sensors and motors, teams compete in a robot hockey match, testing strategy, teamwork, and smart design choices.

❄️ Day 3: Catapult Snow Fight

It’s a snowball fight — with engineering! Campers design and build catapults to launch “snow” at opposing teams’ snowmen. Along the way, they learn key physics concepts like tension, potential energy, gravity, force, and trajectorywhile refining their designs for accuracy and power.

🧲 Day 4: Super Sled Upgrade – Magnetic Motion

Students take their sled designs to the next level by learning how magnetic trains reduce friction to move at incredible speeds. Using magnetism, they’ll design and build their own magnetic sleds, discovering how engineers use advanced science to create faster and smoother transportation.

At BrainSTEM Learning, winter becomes a season of invention, collaboration, and STEM-powered fun — where every snowy idea turns into an exciting learning adventure! ❄️🧠🔧

Cost

Half day: 1 Week: $240/ 4 day week

Full day: 1 Week:$528/ 4 day week

GST exempt (Childcare tax receipt qualified for next years taxes available to download from account)

Size Group:
Maximum of 12 participants (split between both age groups)

Afternoon 1-4pm session: The Gift Factory

🎄✨Gift Factory Adventure

Where holiday magic meets engineering, creativity, and learning!

Winter brings one of the most magical celebrations of the year — Christmas. It’s a season filled with kindness, excitement, and a little bit of wonder, especially for kids who dream about Santa Claus, his elves, and the incredible gift factory at the North Pole.

At BrainSTEM Learning, we turn that holiday magic into an exciting STEM learning adventure. Campers will imagine they are engineers working in Santa’s Gift Factory, using creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving to design, build, test, and improve machines that help Santa deliver gifts to children around the world.

🧠 Learning Through Holiday Fun

As students take on festive engineering challenges, they’ll learn:

  • How simple machines and physics help things move, lift, and work more efficiently

  • What engineers do and how they use Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in real life

  • How teamwork, communication, and creativity lead to better designs

  • How testing and improving ideas makes inventions stronger and smarter

All while having fun in a joyful, holiday-themed environment!

🎁 Afternoon Winter Camp Program Highlights

⚙️ Day 1: Simple Machines in Santa’s Workshop

Campers explore the basics of simple machines — pulleys, gears, levers, and inclined planes — and learn how mechanical engineers use them to make work easier. Students will design ways to use these machines inside Santa’s Gift Factory to move toys and materials more efficiently.

🎄 Day 2: The Christmas Tree Engineering Challenge

Using candies and everyday materials, students will design and build Christmas trees while learning about structures, forces, tension, and stability. Teams will compete to create the tallest, strongest, and most creative tree, discovering how engineers balance strength and design.

🎢 Day 3: Roller Coaster Gift Transporter

How do gifts move quickly across a busy factory? Campers will design and build a roller coaster-style transport systemthat carries gifts from one part of the factory to another, ending with a delivery slide. Along the way, they’ll explore physics concepts like gravity, inertia, potential energy, and thrust.

🚀 Day 4: Innovative Gift Delivery Systems

It’s time to deliver gifts to homes! Students will design and build straw rocket delivery systems, using math and measurement to improve accuracy and performance. Creativity and experimentation help them discover which designs fly the farthest and most accurately.

At BrainSTEM Learning, the magic of Christmas becomes a joyful journey of invention — where kids learn how STEM helps bring holiday dreams to life. 🎄🔧🧪✨