8 Best STEM Camps for Kids in the US (2026 Parent Guide)

The 8 best STEM camps for kids in the US for 2026 — museum & science-center programs (Perot Museum Dallas, Space Center Houston inside NASA, Frost Museum Miami with aquarium + planetarium, Discovery Place Science Charlotte, OMSI Portland with Camp Hancock fossil expeditions), residential marine science (Acadia Institute of Oceanography Maine), and small independent STEM nonprofits (Kids Explore Robotics Indiana, Experiment PDX Portland). Ages Pre-K through 18. Museum-based, university-adjacent, robotics + coding, marine biology, engineering & physics.