Archives: Camps

Are you curious about life on a college campus? This optional add-on experience will further demystify the college experience and boost teens’ confidence for navigating their own unique college pathway. Teens will engage in additional after-hour content related to college life, meet current students, and become more familiar with all aspects of life on any campus.

Important details for parents: The residential add-on option is available only to teens registered in a Teen Research Program STEM track and NOT as a stand-alone experience. Sessions 2 and 3 are open to teens entering grades 7–9 and sessions 5 and 6 are open to teens entering grades 10–12. Please double-check the dates of the Residential Add-on you wish to purchase match the program week for which you have already registered.

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.

How do research psychologists figure out what makes us happy and motivated? In this program, you will explore the science of well being, collecting and analyzing data to generate ideas about what changes could have the most impact. This program is based on and in partnership with the UC Berkeley Big Ideas Course, “Sense and Sensibility and Science,” developed by Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter.

Are you curious how scientists conduct field research and interested in designing your own investigation in the great outdoors? In this residential program, you will step into the shoes of an ecologist and learn how scientists study and protect terrestrial ecosystems in the face of climate change. You will conduct your own research into the local ecosystem, design investigative parameters, collect and analyze data, and present your findings.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a Marine Biologist? In this residential program, you will step into the shoes of a marine biologist and experience firsthand the investigative work, exciting discovery, and fun of ocean science. You will conduct your own research into the local ecosystem, design investigative parameters, collect and analyze data, and present your findings.

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.

Have you noticed how Artificial Intelligence is increasingly impacting our day to day lives in new ways? Curious what makes AI function? In this program, you will explore AI concepts, cutting-edge machine learning technologies, and ethics of this ever expanding field. Learn about ongoing artificial intelligence research from Berkeley scientists and experts. This program is offered in partnership with Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab.

Are you curious how scientists draw inspiration from nature to solve real-world problems? In this program, you’ll dive into the exciting field of biodesign and engineering, discovering how the natural world sparks innovative solutions to human challenges. Together, we’ll investigate the science that lets geckos defy gravity, explore the design and capabilities of bioinspired robots, and create our own prototypes to address real-world needs. The program is based on—and offered in partnership with—Dr. Robert Full’s course in the Integrative Biology department, now available through Berkeley Engineering.

Are you curious how gene editing works and interested in this cutting-edge frontier of science? In this program, you will investigate the exciting field of biotechnology, learn how scientists use CRISPR to edit organisms’ genes accurately and efficiently, and explore the ethics of various applications of gene editing. This program was developed in partnership with the Innovative Genomics Institute, founded by Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna.