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What are you doing this summer?
One way to have fun and find out if engineering might be a good fit for you is to try one of the summer programs offered by the Clark School. You can learn about engineering, participate in hands-on activities, and meet engineering students and professors. The Clark School also offers workshops that give you a chance to explore engineering during a one-day activity.
Engineering Programs for 4th and 5th Grade Students
iEngineer @ UMD
iEngineer at the University of Maryland is a summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) camp for rising 4th and 5th grade students. Piloting in the summer of 2009, this one-week commuter camp is an exciting opportunity for girls and boys to learn more about STEM through a variety of fun, hands-on activities.
Engineering Programs for 6th through 8th Grade Students
Students in the Stepping Stones To Your Future program discuss design strategy for a project at the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility.
See the "A Challenging Eggs-periment" sidebar for more information.
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Stepping Stones to Your Future
Stepping Stones to Your Future is an annual summer engineering camp for rising 7th and 8th graders, offered by the University of Maryland, College Park. This one-week commuter camp is an excellent opportunity for young men and women who are interested in science and engineering to work with current University of Maryland students on a variety of fun and hands-on engineering activities.
Up, Up and Away
Elementary school (rising 4-6 graders)
June 29-July 2, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m)
Middle School (rising 7-9 graders)
July 6-July 17, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Students will learn about the science of flight through exciting hands-on activities, a field trip and guest speakers. Topics discussed will include compression and expansion air, history of flight, flight patterns, and aerodynamic forces. Activities include constructing balsa wood gliders. The program will culminate with an academic fest where family and friends will be invited.
Engineering Programs for 9th through 12th Grade Students
Terp Engineers
This program is an engineering summer camp for students entering the 9 th or 10th grade. This one-week commuter camp is an opportunity for young men and women who are interested in science and engineering to work on a variety of challenging and hands-on engineering activities.
S.P.I.C.E
S.P.I.C.E. Camp is co-sponsored by the Center for Minorities in Science & Engineering and the Women in Engineering Program. This four-day commuter program is for young women who will be entering the 9th and 10th grade and would like to learn more about engineering. Students will be introduced to the world of engineering through projects, tours, and guest speakers. Each activity is intended to highlight the relevance of engineering in our daily life and how engineering can work to improve societal problems. All activities will be supervised by current engineering students.
Discovering Engineering
This program is an engineering summer camp for high school students (rising juniors and seniors). Find out if engineering is for you. Meet faculty, tour one-of-a-kind labs and facilities, and learn about the various engineering disciplines offered at the University of Maryland. You will live on campus and participate in a variety of activities including laboratory work and demonstrations, lectures, discussions, computer instruction and team design projects.
ESTEEM (Engineering Science and Technology to
Energize and Expand Young Minds)
Offered by the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering for rising High School Seniors, ESTEEM is a two-week research methodology seminar with lab demonstrations, lab tours, lab experiments, a computer/internet workshop, and a SAT Workshop. Students who participate in the program will have the opportunity to have an academic year-long independent research project with an engineering faculty member.
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E2@UMD students participate in a variety of activities hosted by the Clark School departments. Here, Dr. Nam Wang, Associate Chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, demonstrates how to extract iron powder from oil.
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Exploring Engineering at the University of Maryland (E2@UMD)
E2@UMD is a one-week summer program for high school women (rising juniors or seniors) who are considering engineering as a possible major and career. You will live on campus for one week and explore the world of engineering through fun hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, informative workshops, team LEGO challenges and seminars with professional engineers.
SAT Strategies Workshop
This program is open to all rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. The focus of this workshop will be on successful test-taking skills and reasoning strategies to help students maximize their score on the SAT. Topics will be presented relevant to the math, verbal and new writing sections of the test. The program provides 40 hours of instruction, a pre-test and a post-test, as well as periodic evaluations to gauge student progress throughout the workshop. Choose from two sessions that will be offered, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Textbooks, supplemental materials and snacks are included.
Young Scholars Program
The Young Scholars Program is for high schools students (rising juniors and seniors). The program lets you experience college life first-hand by choosing one three-credit, college-level course. And you'll continue learning outside the classroom, with evening seminars on college admission and scholarship application strategies, field trips and social events. Three courses of interest to budding engineers are ENES100: Introduction to Engineering Design, ENES140: Discovering New Ventures-Foundations of Entrepreneurship, and ENES 104: Introduction to Materials and their Applications-What Are Things Made From?
WIE LEAD Academies
The Women in Engineering Leadership Enhancement, Application and Design Academies provide students with the opportunity to spend 1-2 days learning and applying principles related to a particular engineering discipline found at the University of Maryland.
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