STEM Programs in Seattle, WA

Pinnacle's School Year break camps offer a fun & educational outlet for your budding scientists/naturalists (grades 1-6). Our camps allow kids to continue learning during the days off from school, while having fun, exploring, and designing projects with our dedicated teachers. With lots of time outdoors and hands-on experiments, your children will forget that they're learning. Our COVID protocols include masks, temperature checks, frequent hand washing, social distancing, and frequent sanitizing.

Pinnacle's School Year break camps offer a fun & educational outlet for your budding scientists/naturalists (grades 1-6). With Spring comes new flowers, vibrant colors, and fun new opportunities to get outside and enjoy nature's colorful awakening. As the days begin to get longer and warmer, we will spend our Spring Break camp outside exploring our garden, harvesting produce for "spring" rolls, and creating colorful projects to welcome the warmth back into our lives. Our camps allow kids to continue learning during the days off from school, while having fun, exploring, and designing projects with our dedicated teachers. With lots of time outdoors and hands-on experiments, your children will forget that they're learning.

The theme for Thanksgiving Break is "Gardening, Gathering, and Gratitude." With the cold setting in, campers will harvest our final crops before we winterize the garden and cook with what we've collected. Campers can look forward to cutting kale, digging for potatoes, and Apple Tree Pinata. Any leftovers will go into mini-composting worm bins that campers will make and take home. We'll explore the Arboretum and Mud Park to see how animals are preparing for the winter, before we hunker down with what we've foraged to make centerpieces for the holiday. Time permitting, a nice Fall day wouldn't be complete without hot apple cider and s'mores around a campfire. Additionally with games like Peter Rabbit, Pig Pen, Turkey Hunt, and Fire in the Forest, campers will have a lot to be thankful for this season! Pinnacle's break camp offers a fun & educational outlet for your budding scientists/naturalists (Grades 1-6). Our camps allow kids to continue learning during the days off from school, while having fun, exploring, and designing projects with our dedicated teachers. With lots of time outdoors and hands-on experiments, your children will forget that they're learning.

Pinnacle's School Year break camps offer a fun & educational outlet for your budding scientists/naturalists (grades 1-6). Our camps allow kids to continue learning during the days off from school, while having fun, exploring, and designing projects with our dedicated teachers. With lots of time outdoors and hands-on experiments, your children will forget that they're learning. During Winter Break, campers will help us celebrate the Winter Solstice and the promise of more light and warmth in the coming days. They will have plenty of opportunities to play both indoors and outdoors. Students will learn some basic Winter Survival Skills, including fire making, camp fire cooking, insulation, and shelter making.

Why do salmon swim upriver? Do bridge trolls make good security guards? Does that scruffy man drinking a craft beer work on the shipyard, or in tech? Welcome to life in Seattle. For 3.5 epic hours, we pack in the greatest joys of the Northwest on foot! This tour pays visit to 2 breweries (under 21 allowed), 2 restaurants and 1 cafe inside the National Nordic Museum, all within walking distance from natural wonders, engineering marvels and a city's proud history. Food and Drink are included. Watch Salmon swim upriver to their ancestral spawning grounds with your own eyes! Raise the bridges (and the boats!) as they have for over 100 years. Cheers (Skal!) your new friends and eat fish off a stick like the Viking you always knew you were. Ballard is a short distance from downtown, accessible in 25 min by bus, <15 min by car, or 30 min by scooter/bike share. The tour includes a total of 2.75 miles of walking on mostly flat ground, but there is plenty of time in-between for rest.

Puget Sound was created when the area's glaciers began their retreat about 14,000 years ago, leaving behind intricate patterns of islands, inlets, lakes and shorelines. Enjoy the rich ecosystem of Puget Sound on this two hour kayaking tour. This is a great chance to see seals, sea lions, great herons and more. The route of the tour will vary based on recent sightings of local wildlife. Whether you want to drift among the bull kelp or paddle hard along the shore, this tour is for you. Meet at our docks in Shilshole Marina 20 minutes prior to tour departure Family Friendly Beginner paddlers welcome What to bring: Warm clothes, preferably non-cotton Water-appropriate shoes A water-proof, wind-proof layer Water bottle Sunglasses and/or a sun hat Please note that if your booking is for an odd number of people, the odd person might be paired up with a new friend or guide in a tandem kayak.

Include most highlights of Olympic National Park during this full-day guided tour from Seattle, with comfortable vehicle transfers and a ferry ride over Puget Sound. Discover the park's diverse ecosystems as you explore varied terrains and landscapes. Enjoy the beauty of the great outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. Itineraries vary, but include Hurricane Ridge, Crescent Lake, and Merrymere Fall. Take the Washington State ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island, then drive to Olympic National Park learning about the community's unique history along the way. During winter months, trek through beautiful forests with snowshoes. Lunch, water, and a snack are provided. Capture photos with the park's prettiest natural features in one day. Round-trip transfers from a variety of Seattle neighborhoods or the airport are included. Explore the park's best spots by hiking or snowshoeing, depending on the season.

Explore the stunning landscapes of Washington State on a day trip from Seattle to Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier National Park. Discover the volcanic history of Mount St. Helens, known for its dramatic 1980 eruption, and enjoy panoramic views of the surrounding wilderness. Traverse the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, filled with towering Douglas firs and crystal-clear rivers. Experience the majestic beauty of Mount Rainier, with its glaciers and alpine meadows, perfect for photography and nature walks. This full-day adventure is ideal for nature enthusiasts and provides expert insights into the region’s unique ecosystems. - Discover volcanic history and breathtaking views at Mount St. Helens - Explore Gifford Pinchot National Forest’s serene landscapes - Experience the stunning scenery of Mount Rainier National Park - Ideal for nature lovers and photographers alike

“Just magical. So awestruck and inspired.” Acclaimed artist Christopher Marley transforms nature's wonders—from colorful insects to fossils to sea life—into a stunning, immersive art, nature and science exhibit. It's beautiful, unforgettable, and uniquely curated for wonder. A stunning exhibit of thousands of ethically sourced specimens presented as breathtaking works of art.

Olympic National Park is well known for having several different ecosystems to explore: subalpine forest, wildflower meadows, temperate rain-forest, and the rugged Pacific Shore. This twelve hour tour allows you to sample each of these systems with the added advantage of having an experienced guide to answer any questions that may arise. Come explore tide pools along the coastal beaches, roam among old-growth forest, trek atop mountain ridges with breathtaking vistas and stand by glacier-birthed rivers and lakes. The tour begins on a leisurely ferry boat ride over the Puget Sound to the Olympic Peninsula. The exact itinerary will be curated by the tour guide however our first stop will usually find us at Hurricane Ridge where you will hike to an incredible view of the valley below and the snow-capped mountains in the distance. We will move on to Crescent Lake and the seasonally Sol Duc Valley, and a sandy beach along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Please plan on walking six miles.

Most city tours put guests behind glass. Let's Go Seattle puts you in the middle of the city. Your distinctive open-air sightseeing vans give guests panoramic, unobstructed views as we travel from downtown Seattle to Lake Union, Fremont and Ballard. Feel the city around you, look up at the Space Needle instead of through a bus window, and enjoy incredible opportunities for photos and video throughout the journey. And while the vehicle is open, you won't miss the story. The premium onboard sound system is designed so guests can clearly hear their guide throughout the experience, combining the excitement of open-air sightseeing with engaging live narration, music and storytelling. That's not just transportation.

Discover Ballard, the Seattle neighborhood where maritime grit, Scandinavian heritage, & modern urban energy collide. This 2-hour walking tour brings the past to life as you explore preserved 1890s–1910s architecture, hear stories of mill workers, fishermen, & immigrant communities, and see how Ballard grew from an industrial boomtown into one of Seattle’s most vibrant districts. Walk historic Ballard Avenue—once the commercial core of an independent city—and visit landmarks like the Cors & Wegener Building & the Romanesque Sanborn Block while learning how Scandinavian settlers shaped its fishing culture. Then experience modern Ballard’s breweries, cafés, & public art before finishing at the Ballard Locks, where boats rise and fall, salmon climb the fish ladder, and Seattle’s engineering history comes alive. This tour blends architecture, maritime heritage, culture, & waterfront scenery into one memorable walk through a neighborhood that never stops reinventing itself. Rain or shine.