These camps were voted the Best Science & Technology Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Oakland Zoo. At Zoo Camp, campers and staff develop and practice skills of communication, compassion, teamwork and scientific thinking. Oakland. oaklandzoo.org.
Silver: TechKnowHow. Multiple locations. techknowhowkids.com.
Bronze: The Code Ninjas. Multiple locations. codeninjas.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Hiller Aviation Camp. This museum at San Carlos Airport offers aviation-focused summer camps. San Carlos. hiller.org.
Silver: TechKnowHow. Multiple locations. techknowhowkids.com.
Bronze: TechRocks! San Mateo. techrocks.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: TechKnowHow. Offers LEGO, Minecraft and coding camps during winter and summer months. Multiple locations in San Francisco. techknowhowkids.com.
Silver: San Francisco Zoo Camp. San Francisco. sfzoo.org.
Bronze: The Coder School. Two locations in San Francisco. thecoderschool.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Resource Area For Teaching – RAFT San Jose. Campers learn and innovate through hands-on STEAM activities. Multiple locations. raft.net/steam-dream-camp.
Silver: Silver Creek Academy. San Jose. scaasanjose.com/summer-academic-camps.
Bronze: TechKnowHow. Multiple locations. techknowhowkids.com.
