NSLC Environmental Science & Sustainability
Nine-day residential pre-college program at UC Berkeley from the National Student Leadership Conference, combining water and soil analysis, green building design, and renewable energy labs with a leadership curriculum.
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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.
Ecology Project International (EPI)
Nonprofit that runs 5-14 day field ecology expeditions in biodiverse ecosystems (Yellowstone, Costa Rica, Baja, the Galápagos) where high school students conduct hands-on conservation research alongside professional scientists and local land managers.
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.
Sea Education Association (SEA) High School/Pre-College Programs
Pre-college marine science and oceanography courses offered either on land at SEA's Woods Hole, Massachusetts campus or aboard a tall-ship research vessel at sea, open to current high schoolers and graduating seniors.