2025 San Francisco Summer Resource Fair Exhibitors: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)

The Summer Resource Fair is a free event featuring representatives from 100 summer programs, camps, and services for youth in grades K-8. The Summer Resource Fair has been hosted by the SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families, the SF Recreation & Parks Department, and the SF Public Library for over 20 years.

Is your child into robotics, 3D printing, gaming, zoology, or a little bit of all of them? Our STEM exhibitors have something for every budding scientist, techie, engineer, and mathematician!

Here is a list of the summer programs and camps offering STEM programming that will attend the Summer Resource Fair:

• 49ers EDU
• APA Family Support Services
• Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco
• Brick Tech
• California Academy of Sciences
• ClassUp Education
• Community Education Partnerships
• Culinary Artistas
• Family Connections Centers
• Firecracker Math
• Golden Bridges School in Partnership with Hawk Creek Farm
• Golden Gate District Scouting
• Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)
• Katherine Michiels School
• NatureBridge Coastal Camp
• Robotics Tech Club
• ROV Tour: Underwater Robotics Adventure
• San Francisco Maritime National Park Association
• San Francisco Math Circle
• SMART ( Schools, Mentoring, and Resource Team)
• Steve & Kate’s Camp
• Tree Frog Treks
• YMCA of Greater San Francisco
• YouthSF

Read on to learn more about the STEM camps and programs you can meet with at the Summer Resource Fair, and click on their names to visit their websites.

49ers EDU

49ers EDU harnesses the game of football as a platform to expose students at an early age to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) concepts and careers, creating excitement and engagement around learning. As the first professional sports organization to embrace the STEAM learning concepts for youth and provide onsite free programming, 49ers EDU constantly evolves to educate and empower Bay Area youth.

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco

Join Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco for summer 2025! Each summer the Boys & Girls Clubs in San Francisco are proud to provide a range of high-quality wraparound services that support all youth. Programs include field trips, sports & fitness (including athletic leagues and Junior Giants), creative arts, swimming, performing arts, special teen programming including internships and career exposure, and more!

Brick Tech

Brick Tech wants to inspire and captivate the imagination of every child in their program. They utilize LEGO® to explain STEM and robotics concepts. This is achieved through a combination of guided LEGO® projects and structured play time in a safe and fun learning environment. Brick Tech believes the best way to learn is by doing, and they fully embrace the Learning Through Play initiative put forth by the LEGO Foundation.

California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. Based in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it is home to a world-class aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum, as well as innovative programs in biodiversity science, environmental learning, and collaborative engagement — all under one living roof.

ClassUp Education

ClassUpis a leading educational platform dedicated to providing personalized academic support for K-12 students. Their team of experienced educators works closely with each student to develop a customized learning plan tailored to their unique strengths, challenges, and goals in math.

Community Education Partnerships

For 14 years, Community Education Partnerships has served the Bay’s students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. CEP provides McKinney-Vento students in grades 6–12 free one-on-one tutoring in all subjects that follows the student wherever they prefer to meet (whether in-person or virtual), school supplies (available year-round), weekly homework clubs and Summer of STEAM activities, and enrollment and administrative assistance.

Culinary Artistas

Culinary Artistas’ summer camp is based on a simple tenet: food is a language that connects us to each other and the environment. Campers create wholesome, multicultural recipes, explore flavors, and see STEAM principles come to life. Through intuitive cooking, creating, and creative problem-solving, kids build confidence in and out of the kitchen, gaining life skills that enhance their connection to health, creativity, and culture.

Family Connections Centers

Family Connections Centers is a family resource center that provides multilingual, community-based programs that foster new skills and growth. Summer Academic Enrichment offers kindergarten through fifth graders hands-on learning and excitement with activities in technology, math, cooking, science, engineering, and the arts. Kids read daily and take weekly library visits and field trips across the Bay, sparking curiosity and a love for learning.

Firecracker Math

Firecracker Math Camp ignites young minds with engaging half-day math instruction plus afternoon activities. Students ages 6–16 explore number theory, algebra, geometry, and more through games, magic tricks, and friendly competitions. Morning sessions boost STEM skills while afternoons feature chess, art, and science. Let us spark math fun and build confidence in your curious learners!

Golden Bridges School in Partnership with Hawk Creek Farm

Farm Camp at Hawk Creek Farm is run from a 1-acre school farm in the Mission Terrace neighborhood. Farm Camp provides an opportunity for children to connect with nature while directly participating in the daily rhythms of farm life. Their day camp is designed to inspire a connection with and love of the natural world, and also a chance to get hands dirty in fun and educational ways. Activities include animal care for our chickens, weeding, watering, mulching, harvesting, compost care, nature inspired arts and crafts, and loads of time for free play. Children should bring snacks and lunch and come prepared to get dirty!

Golden Gate District Scouting

Scouting offers leadership and outdoor programs for boys and girls of all ages! Cub Scouts (ages 6–10) participate in hands-on interactive activities. Troop members (10–18) go camping, hiking, and explore special interests through merit badge programs. Sea Scouts (14–21) sail, row, and explore other maritime activities on the Bay! All programs offer summer experiences including day and overnight activities.

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)

Summer Camp at the JCCSF is where kids shine bright! They offer a wide variety of unique camp options that will appeal to kids of all ages, abilities and aspirations.

Katherine Michiels School

Unlock Your POWERS at KMS Summer Camp! Dive into a summer of discovery and fun where kids explore the individual Power of Me and the collective Powers of We! Campers explore their POWERS — observation, curiosity, creativity, storytelling, problem-solving, kindness, and mindfulness. From gardening, art making, science experiments, cooking, games, to tinkering in the workshop, each day is packed with hands-on topics of discovery motivated by the curiosities and interests of the kids.

NatureBridge Coastal Camp

Coastal Camp is an outdoor summer day camp located just north of San Francisco in the beautiful Marin Headlands. Each day at Coastal Camp provides hands-on activities in subjects such as Marine Biology, Coastal Ecology, Conservation, and Nature Study. Coastal Camp’s focus on Social Emotional Learning through experiential education, self discovery, and play allows children to grow as individuals, community members, and environmental stewards.

Robotics Tech Club

Robotics Tech Club’s Robotics Summer Camps for kids (K-5th grade) offer hands-on fun with Dash and Dot, Lego WeDo, Mindstorms robots, drones, game design, and more. Campers explore engineering through interactive activities, learning to build, program, and control robots. They’ll create games, develop coding skills, and discover how technology shapes the world. Join them for a week of creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork!

ROV Tour: Underwater Robotics Adventure

ROV Tour wants to give kids the ability to explore all bodies of water with DIY educational underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) robots/drones technology to enhance their STEM education and also bring awareness to keeping our oceans, lakes and rivers clean.

San Francisco Maritime National Park Association Summer Camp

At the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association Summer Camp, campers spend every day exploring the best the waterfront offers–both by land and sea! Each day is split: half the time is spent on the water learning to row and sail a fleet of small craft, and the other half is spent on a field trip to one of the many adventurous and educational locations nearby. Campers explore the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, visit the World War II submarine USS Pampanito at historic Pier 45, sail the bay, and explore Aquatic Park Cove’s marine environment tide pools. Campers and families love the diverse, adventurous, educational experience and come back year after year.

San Francisco Math Circle

San Francisco Math Circle is an extracurricular math enrichment program affiliated with San Francisco State University that supports students from diverse backgrounds in developing their identities as capable, confident problem solvers. In their after-school classes and camps, San Francisco Math Circle provides a supportive, collaborative, and fun environment where students explore engaging, hands-on puzzles and games that involve both creativity and critical thinking.

SMART ( Schools, Mentoring, and Resource Team)

SMART’s 12-year continuum of comprehensive support starts in 4th grade and continues through college. A six-week summer program for rising 5th graders prevents summer learning loss through engaging academic curriculum, enrichment activities, and STEAM-based field trips. Their summer program is part of their application process to join SMART, and the application is open now!

Steve & Kate’s Camp

When you trust kids, they trust themselves. Since 1980 Steve & Kate’s Camp has trusted kids to choose their own activities and plan their own days in real-time. Whether campers are designing, building, coding, creating, baking, dancing, playing, eating, sewing, skipping — it’s all on their own schedule. Because when you empower children to make their own choices and be their own bosses, the children discover new reserves of confidence, resiliency, and creativity–all while learning to make course corrections and trust themselves as they go.

Tree Frog Treks

Started by “Mr. Science” out of his Green Machine truck in 1999, Tree Frog Treks has grown to be one of the leading science and outdoor education companies in the Bay Area, known for their awesome Animal Ambassadors & their fun, hands-on approach to teaching, aka “Wild Science”! By taking students out of the conventional classroom and bringing them into contact with the nature in their own back yard, Tree Frog Treks creates a lasting connection between students and the natural world & seeks to engender a life-long passion for science and curiosity.

YMCA of Greater San Francisco

YMCA Greater San Francisco offers Bay Area camps! Choose from day camps or overnight adventures at Camp Jones Gulch. Explore STEAM, art, nature & more! Camps foster social & physical well-being for all ages.

YouthSF

YouthSF’s innovative program is internationally recognized and highly acclaimed, but what they are most proud of is that students LOVE their activities!YouthSF is best known for their STEM/Media & Maker Arts projects, but they also have a unique multi-sport program for students of all ability levels as well as many other engaging activities. YouthSF is part maker-space, science lab, gym, toy store, playground and ALL FUN!