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Have you ever wondered what the future might look like? Engineers and designers all over the world are coming up with creative solutions to real-life problems. In this program, you’ll take on hands-on engineering challenges—from designing structures that can stand up to natural disasters to figuring out how wind and solar energy can power farms. Along the way, you’ll get to know the engineering design process—a cycle of testing and improving ideas—and hear directly from engineers about the exciting, cutting-edge projects they’re working on. New this summer: session 5 is offered in partnership with Berkeley Engineering’s- Girls in Engineering.

Are you curious about why animals behave the way they do? Scientists explore this fascinating field where biology (the study of living things) and psychology (the study of the mind) come together. In this program, you’ll dive into the science of animal behavior and learn how researchers observe, describe, and figure out what drives animal actions in both natural habitats and in environments that have been changed for experiments. You’ll even get to design and carry out your own animal observation study!

What tools and techniques do doctors use to diagnose and treat illnesses? Scientists have developed all sorts of innovations to help people with chronic diseases and other conditions. In this program, you will explore and deepen your knowledge of body systems, investigate how some of these systems may break down, and explore how scientists and engineers work to solve these problems.

Are you interested in how scientists design, build, and program Satellites to explore the deepest reaches of space? In this program, you will investigate an exciting real-world application of computer programming. Learn block-based coding to overcome engineering challenges as you build and program your own model satellite for space exploration. This program also includes a field trip to UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory led by one of the lab’s scientists.