WINTER SATURDAY CLUBS
Saturday Clubs are weekly sessions all about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). In our 2023/24 Kelowna Saturday Clubs, we invite students in Grades 1-10 in the 2023-2024 school year to join us in exciting themes including Maker and STEAM! These weekly ten-session programs are led by two passionate undergraduate staff and are sure to excite anyone with a passion for STEM.
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What are Saturday Clubs?
Our 10-week Saturday clubs take place on campus at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan in Kelowna. Clubs are themed to different STEAM topics and feature inquiry-based curriculum, engineering design challenges, and various hands-on activities. Our clubs are led by passionate university student instructors who create a fun learning environment and a positive campus experience for all participants.
Grade Levels: Grades 1-10 (varies by Club Theme)
Program Pricing: $240 for 10 club sessions
We believe that every person should be able to participate in our programs, and so we are working hard to bring you programming. As such, please see our bursary information at the bottom of the page if you require financial assistance to participate.
Registration Deadline: Registration for Kelowna Saturday In-Person Clubs (Winter Session) closes on Thursday January 18th, 2024
SESSION DATES
Clubs will run every Saturday morning from 10AM to 12PM at the UBC Okanagan Campus!
Winter Session Dates (10 sessions)
- January 20, 27
- February* 3, 10, 24
- March* 2, 9, 16, 23
- April 6
* *Please note that there are no clubs on February 17 and March 30.
WINTER CLUB THEMES
MAKER 1/2
This exciting Saturday club series is all about Engineering and letting your imagination run wild! Hands-on challenges will encourage creativity and outside-the-box thinking as we imagine the possibilities of engineering projects for homes, outer space, and deep in the ocean.
Join this club if you love to imagine, invent and create.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 1-2
PRICING: $240 for 10 sessions
STEAM 3/4
Blast into all things Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math in our STEAM 3/4 Saturday club series. In these action-packed programs we will be exploring the world around us through hands-on experiments, design challenges, and fascinating engineering projects. Activities will keep your passion for STEM and your artistic side fully engaged.
Join this club if you love science and art and want to see how they can work together.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 3-4
PRICING: $240 for 10 sessions
STEAM 5/6/7
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math has never been more fun! Through the lens of great topics like forensics, space and music, we will explore all things STEAM. Hands-on activities and experiments will have us seeing and interacting with the world in ways we never have before, and using arts to grow this process. Get ready for tons of hands-on excitement.
Join this club if you love to see STEAM in all things.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 5-7
PRICING: $240 for 10 sessions
Engineering Sustainability 8/9/10 (Winter)
Sustainability is not just a buzz word, it’s the way of the future, and Engineers are creating the coolest sustainable projects around. Together we will imagine, dream, and prototype a brighter future by utilizing different Engineering disciplines.
Join this club if you love imagining solutions on how to make the world a better place.
GRADE LEVELS: Grades 8-10
PRICING: $240 for 10 sessions
CLUB POLICIES
Please read the information below regarding our policies in place for camps this year.
For in-person clubs, we offer the following cancellation policy:
- $30.00 fee for cancellations made one or more weeks prior to the start of your program
- 50% of program registration fee for cancellations made less than 1 week prior to the start of your program
- No refund can be given after 4:00 PM on the Thursday preceding your club
We want to be as flexible as possible while also keeping programming costs down. When a customer cancels, we lose money in non-refundable credit card and registration fees. We never charge a fee for transferring off the waitlist. We hope this makes it as easy as possible to change your plans.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have regarding our cancellation policy.
You can reach us at kelowna.geeringup@ubc.ca.
