Summer Camps and Academies

Summer science opportunities

• SSTP through the University of Iowa

  • • https://belinblank.education.uiowa.edu/students/sstp/

    • The kids do a 6 week long intensive research thing at Iowa. Its really cool. I used to work for the program and I was always really impressed with the work the students got to do. It is kind of expensive, though.

• Fermilab Particle Physics High School Internships

• National Weather Service Internships

• Summer Science Program

• Pre-engineering at UIowa

  • • https://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/future-students/k-12-outreach/pre-engineering-camps

    • Some of my previous AP Physics students have attended this pre-engineering camp at Iowa – I’ve heard good reviews

• American Astronomical Society

  • • https://aas.org/jobs/summer-opportunities

• NASA Astronomy Camp

  • • https://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/education/students/astrocamp.html

• Arizona Astronomy Camp

  • • https://www.astronomycamp.org/register.html

• General link

  • • https://www.findstemiowa.org/resource-tags/camps?page=0

    • Include this disclaimer with the link: I always caution parents that they should Google the programs to read reviews. I am simply presenting these as merely options that they can look into, and that we are not recommending any particular program.

• Teen Life

  • • https://www.teenlife.com/

• STEM in Turkey

  • • Mrs. Christman, one of our previous hs counselors, was also previously involved in a STEM program in Turkey (the country). If you are interested in that, let me I can send some information about that. However, she wanted me to say, “The programs are really, really expensive.”

• University or Northern Iowa

  • • https://stemed.uni.edu/k12

• University of Iowa

  • • https://admissions.uiowa.edu/future-students/high-school-programs

• Coe College Talented and Gifted Summer Academy

  • • https://www.coe.edu/admission/first-year-students/coe-tag-summer-academy