Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
A two-week, one-college-credit residential program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for about 50 academically talented students entering junior or senior year, who explore environmental challenges through scientific, social, economic, and ethical lenses while documenting the Adirondack region.
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Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains
Two-week campus-based pre-college program in Vermont where high schoolers study climate science and design real-world climate action projects under Columbia Climate School instructors.
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Residential Marine Science Class
A four-week residential marine science immersion on Alabama's Gulf Coast for rising 9th-12th graders, combining over 160 hours of fieldwork, labs, and lectures in oceanography and marine ecology, with need- and merit-based scholarships available.
Island School Summer Term (Cape Eleuthera Institute)
Six-week residential marine and human ecology program in The Bahamas for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, including PADI scuba certification and field research on mangroves, reefs, and sustainable systems.
Jackson Hole Science Expedition (Teton Science Schools)
A 26-day field ecology expedition for students in grades 10-12 based at Teton Science Schools' Kelly Campus in Grand Teton National Park, combining wildlife and ecosystem study with an independent field research project, a Yellowstone camping trip, and a capstone backcountry backpacking expedition.
Paleontology Academy California (Sternberg Museum)
Paleontology Academy California, run by Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum of Natural History, is a two-week residential program on the Santa Cruz coast where students ages 15-18 study marine paleobiology, comparing living coastal species to their extinct relatives through fossil-site fieldwork and visits to the UC Museum of Paleontology and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Penn State Weather Camp / Advanced Weather Camp
Weeklong residential summer program at Penn State's Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. Weather Camp (students entering grades 8-10) and Advanced Weather Camp (students entering grades 11-12) teach forecasting, severe weather, and research through hands-on instruction from Penn State faculty and current meteorology students.