Cornell AAP Urban Studies Summer Programs
Fully online, credit-bearing Cornell courses for high schoolers such as "The Just and Sustainable City" and "Maps, Mapping, and GIS," taught by City and Regional Planning PhD candidates, exploring urban equity, sustainability, and geographic analysis tools.
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Cooper Union: Introduction to Architecture Online
A live-online summer architecture course from Cooper Union's School of Architecture, where high schoolers work through design fundamentals, architectural history, and digital techniques in daily synchronous studio sessions with faculty critique, earning a certificate of completion.
Future City Competition (High School Division)
A national engineering and urban-design competition where teams of grades 9-12 students research, write an essay, and build a physical model of a resilient future city addressing an annual real-world theme, advancing through a virtual qualifying round to finals in Washington, DC.
National Flight Academy
A residential aviation-themed STEM academy aboard a simulated aircraft carrier in Florida, where students in grades 6-12 fly missions in simulators and learn navigation, meteorology, aerodynamics, and leadership skills over multi-day sessions.
UC San Diego: Envisioning and Designing Sustainable Cities of the World
A one-week in-person course at UC San Diego Extended Studies where high schoolers analyze thriving and failed cities worldwide and design their own sustainable city, covering architecture, transportation, waste, and energy systems using mapping software.
AOPA High School Aviation STEM Initiative
A free national aviation membership and curriculum initiative from the AOPA Foundation, giving students ages 13-20 access to a six-course pilot/drone STEM curriculum, scholarships, and a magazine subscription, either through their school or independently.
Build SF Summer Design Institute (AFSF)
A virtual summer design institute from the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco where high schoolers learn architectural sketching, design process, and digital design tools while meeting twice weekly with a professional architect mentor and presenting an original project.