Name | Description | Ages | Location | Day or Residential | Website |
Astro Camp | Astronomy, space exploration, rocketry, robotics, Mars wall, mission lab, digital photography, summer fun. | 8-15 | Idyllwild, California | Residential | |
Catalina Sea Camp | Scuba certifications, snorkeling, marine biology labs, sailing, board sailing, catamarans, underwater video and photography, island exploring, mountain biking. | 8-17 | Catalina Island, California | Residential | |
Summer Institute for the Gifted | Three week summer sessions. Variety of courses offered. Combines academics with social, cultural and recreational opportunities. | Residential and commuter programs are open to students who have completed grades 4-11. Day programs are available for students who have completed grades K-8. | Amherst College, Bryn Mawr College, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Princeton University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, Vassar College | Day or Residential | |
University of Arizona Honors College | Earn 6 transferable college credits in 5 weeks. Experience living away from home in a residence hall. Participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities. Learn strategies for a successful transition to college life. Meet new friends from Arizona and all over the country. | Tucson, Arizona |
| Residential | |
Central Arizona Writing Project Young Writers’ Institute | Designed to offer young writers a non-evaluative environment in which to explore the power of writing. Sessions include guest presenters, daily writing workshops, activities to promote creativity, writing marathons, illuminated texts, craft secrets, nature/science observation, and more. | Tempe, Arizona | Middle and high school students | Day | |
Michigan State University | Variety of programs | East Lansing, Michigan, also several programs in Japan, China, and Africa | Grades 7-12 | Day and Residential | |
Purdue University | Variety of programs | West Lafayette, IN | Students who have completed grades 5 - 12 | Day and residential | |
Northwestern University Center for Talent Development | Variety of programs | Evanston, Glen Ellyn, Palatine, Chicago, and the North Shore, Illinois | PreK through grade 12 | Day and residential | |
Duke TIP | At Duke TIP, students can investigate law as a career path, complete their own independent film, study in the rainforests of Costa Rica, or conduct research in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains. Opportunities to develop leadership abilities, be immersed in the culture of a foreign country such as Belize, Peru, Italy or China, or examine the complexities of green architecture, futurism or chaos theory. | Durham, North Carolina, and other field study locations | Students who have completed grades 9 – 12. | Residential | |
Tech Camps | A collegiate experience at one of over 60 prestigious university campuses in North America, including Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Emory, McGill and UCLA. Topics include video game design, game modding, web and graphic design, video editing, digital photography, programming, and robotics. Average only 6 students per instructor for unparalleled customized instruction. | 60 prestigious universities | Ages 7 - 18 | Day and residential | www.internalDrive.com |
University of California, Berkeley Science Camps | Environmental science camp, backpacking science camp, marine biology research camp, and wildlife biology research camp. | California | Ages 8-16 | Residential | |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Choose from aerospace engineering, flight exploration, and computer engineering—all utilize state-of-the art facilities. Participate in classes and labs taught by faculty who are renown in their industries. | Prescott, Arizona campus | High school students ages 14 - 18 | Residential | |
ASU Summer Engineering Experience | Offers an immersion into the world of engineering for motivated rising high school seniors. Designed to excite high school students about the engineering profession and to introduce them to the Fulton Schools of engineering. The program will also introduce participants to the academic expectations of college, university life and the opportunities of being a Fulton Schools of engineering student. Students will gain an appreciation of how engineers are addressing the challenges facing our society and how they can make a difference. Participants will be provided with real-world context to the study of engineering through practical, meaningful, applied and hands-on problem solving and design-oriented projects. | Tempe, Arizona | Entering senior year of high school in the fall of 2010 | Residential | |
ASU Robotics Camps | 7UP Robotics Camp will cover Alice 3D movie/game programming, NXT robot construction, NXT programming, and a robotics competition. 9UP Robotics Camp will cover Microsoft Robotics Studio, robot construction, VPL programming, C# programming, Web programming in Service-Oriented Computing, and a robotics competition. | Tempe, Arizona | Students entering grades 7 - 12 | Day only (8:30-4:30) |