Maker 2/3: Tinkerers

Are you someone who loves to build things, take them apart, or come up with creative solutions to everyday problems? If so, then this camp is for you! There’s no better way to experience life as an engineer than by engaging in a creativity-filled week of hands-on project-making. Discover innovative solutions to modern-day problems through play and first-hand experimentation. Grab your hard hats and let’s get to problem solving!

Join this camp if you are looking for a space to explore your hands-on problem solving and creative thinking skills! Our Maker camps feature a number of group design challenges to foster collaboration and teamwork.

This program is intended for participants entering Grades 2 and 3 in September 2026.

Camp Hours: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Recess & Lunch: Campers will go outside for a 30-minute recess and a one-hour long lunch each day.

Activities: In our camps we will have a variety of activities including engineering building challenges, experiments, creative design projects, and more.

Before & After Care: Geering Up offers supervision for campers who need to be dropped off before camp or picked up after camp ends. We offer before care from 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Monday through Friday. We offer standard after care from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM or the extended after care from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. We offer both after care programs Monday through Friday. If provincial health restrictions due to COVID-19 change and Geering Up must cancel Before and After Care, participants will be contacted with advanced notice and refunded for this service in full.
*Only our UBC Vancouver and UBCO Kelowna locations offer Before & After Care.

Lunch Program:

• UBC Vancouver: the lunch program is an optional purchase when registering for your programs. Participants receive a main course, side, and drink for their lunch each day. The lunch program costs are for each day of the camp week.
• South Surrey: the lunch program is included in your registration, new for 2026! Participants receive a main course and side for their lunch each day.
  *Only our UBC Vancouver and South Surrey Camps offer a lunch program.