Spring Break Camps

Spring Break Camps are offered at PacSci in Seattle and Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center in Bellevue for grades K-5. Ignite your child’s curiosity at one of our innovative week-long camps from April 10-14, 2023.

All sessions are sold out.

Pacific Science Center Sessions

Biome Bonanza

Grades: K–2
Date & Time: April 10-14, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Price: General Public: $500 | Feature Family & Igniter Members: $470 | Family Memberships: $485

Discover the many ecosystems in our state and learn how creatures like birds and bugs have adapted to them. Become an expert as we dissect owl pellets, build take-home terrariums, and design our own animals!

Messy Science

Grades: 3–5
Date & Time: April 10-14, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Price: General Public: $500 | Feature Family & Igniter Members: $470 | Family Memberships: $485

Prepare yourself for the messiest, stickiest, and slimiest science that you have ever seen! Create fake body fluids, paint with bubbles, and test how far you can toss water balloons without them breaking. If it’s wet, sticky, or slimy, we’ll find an experiment to get you elbow deep in the science of mess!

Mercer Slough Sessions

Birds, Bugs and Bunnies

Grades: K–2
Date & Time: April 10-14, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Price: General Public: $500 | Feature Family & Igniter Members: $470 | Family Memberships: $485

Birds, Bugs, and Bunnies, oh my! Become science besties with our feathery, fuzzy, and furry friends.

Outdoor Survival School

Grades: 3–5
Date & Time: April 10-14, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Price: General Public: $500 | Feature Family & Igniter Members: $470 | Family Memberships: $485

Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? Find out in this all outdoor camp. Learn how to navigate with a compass, practice first aid, filter water, study the cosmos, and put your skills to the test for an end of the week survival challenge.

EXTENDED CARE

PacSci is offering extended care with Spring Break Camps! This add-on is an optional purchase during registration on CampDoc for $52 for a camp session (4 days). Extended care promptly ends at 6 p.m. each day. No 1-day purchases are available. Any unplanned extended care or late pick-up will result in a $10 late fee for every 10 minutes.

MEMBER DISCOUNT

PacSci Family level members receive a $15 discount per camp registration. PacSci Feature Family and Igniter level members receive a $30 discount per camp registration. Membership discount codes will be sent by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13 to the email address associated with the membership account. If you have opted out of PacSci emails or otherwise do not receive your email, please contact us for assistance.

SICK CAMPER POLICY

In order to attend an in-person summer camp, all parents or guardians of campers must review and sign our Sick Camper Policy. The policy includes requirements for a daily health check, as well as procedures for any illnesses that occur during the camp day and for returning to camp after illness. The policy should be reviewed, signed, and submitted electronically in the camper health profile through CampDoc during registration. Download a copy of the Sick Camper Policy.

CANCELLATIONS

Requests for withdrawal from camp must be made at least two weeks prior to the camp start date to receive a full refund, minus the $50 non-refundable deposit. Any registration canceled with less than two weeks notice will forfeit the full cost of the camp
session.

For cancellations, please email Camps with your name, camper name, and registration information.

PacSci and our partners will make every effort to run camp sessions as scheduled, but in the event of extenuating circumstances requiring cancellation—such as a positive COVID-19 diagnosis or extreme weather conditions—one or more days of camp may be canceled without refund.

PICK-UP/DROP-OFF LOCATIONS

Due to COVID safety concerns, parents may be required to find parking for the time it takes to walk to the specified drop-off and pick-up locations. While parents and guardians may enter external spaces during drop-off and pick-up, only campers and staff may enter the buildings.

Download PacSci’s drop-off map

Download Mercer Slough’s drop-off map

CONTACT US

EMAIL

Email is the preferred method of communication. Staff monitor and respond to emails from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday. Response times are dependent on email volume.

• For questions about camps, registration, health and safety, logistics, etc. please email Camps.
• For questions about membership and your member discount code, please email Membership.

PHONE

We will respond to voicemails from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday. Response times are dependent on call volume. Please contact us at (206) 443-2008.

If you leave us a voicemail, please clearly state the following information in your message in order to receive the fastest and most accurate response:

• Your full name (please spell your last name)
• The phone number where we can reach you
• Your general availability for a return phone call
• The nature of your call