Engineering & Science Summer Camps
Make their summer vacation one to remember.
Unlock your child’s ingenuity and creativity this summer at local STEM-powered summer camps hosted by the UND College of Engineering & Mines.
Why it’s never too early to start nurturing your child’s interest in STEM activities:
- Inspire career aspirations: Just imagine the future your child will have a career in. Early exposure to STEM skills gives them an edge in the classroom and the years beyond.
- Spark life-long passions: Engineering and science is fun! Our summer camps are an exciting and hands-on way for kids to explore the spectrum of topics like robotics, coding, rocketry, and more.
- Foster teamwork and collaboration: Mirroring real-world teamwork dynamics, we teach kids how to work effectively with others, share ideas, and collaborate to achieve common goals.
- Build confidence and resilience: Our camps give kids a safe space to experience trial and error, develop perseverance, and build confidence in their abilities to tackle complex problems.
- Nurture problem-solving skills: Hands-on projects require kids to analyze situations, troubleshoot issues, and think creatively--skills vital for future success no matter what career they pursue.
Camp Information & Registration
- Ages 9-14
- Cost: $125
Dates/Times:
- June 3-5, 2025, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- June 10-12, 2025, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Students will be introduced to the wonderful world of programming with Python using the massively popular game of Minecraft! That’s right, learn to program AND play with Minecraft, can it get any better than that? At the beginning of this camp, students will learn the basics of computer programming using Python then use their new skills to modify Minecraft to produce instant and totally awesome results. Students will use Python IDLE, an Integrated Development and Learning Environment that comes free with Python to easily create, modify, and run their Python programs. By the end of the camp, students will know the basics of programming (variable, conditional statements, loops, and more) as well as how to use Python to do all kinds of amazing things in Minecraft!
- Ages 9-14
- Cost: $125
Dates/Times:
- June 3-5, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m.
- July 8-10, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m.
The Intro to LEGO Spike Prime Robotics camp (for ages 9 - 14) teaches students the fundamentals of building and designing a robot. By the end of the camp, students will have programmed, designed, and built a LEGO Spike Prime Robot to run missions on the 2023-2024 FIRST LEGO LEAGUE mission board.
- Ages 9-14
- Cost: $125
Dates/Times:
- June 10-12, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m.
- July 15-17, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m.
The Robotics Camp for Advanced LEGO Spike Prime Enthusiasts (ages 9 - 14) immerses students in the essential principles of robotic construction and design. Over the course, participants will engage in programming, conceptualization, and hands-on building to craft a sophisticated LEGO Spike Prime Robot. Equipped with advanced skills, campers will culminate their experience by orchestrating missions on the intricate FIRST LEGO LEAGUE mission board.
- Ages 9-14
- Cost: $125
Dates/Times:
- July 8-10, 2025, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.
- July 15-17, 2025, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.
The Rocketry Camp, tailored for aspiring space explorers aged 9 to 14, delves into the intricacies of crafting, engineering, and experimenting with rockets for interstellar voyages within Kerbal Space Program. Through immersive learning experiences, participants will grasp the complexities inherent in launching rockets into the cosmos, emerging with a heightened comprehension of spacefaring challenges. By the program's conclusion, campers will possess the skills to architect rockets capable of embarking on missions to distant celestial bodies, navigating the cosmos with confidence and ingenuity.
Grades 6-8
Cost
- $50 for a single day
- $80 for both days
Registration fee includes all class and/or lab activities, a T-shirt, notebook, pen, lunch, transportation to/from tours, prizes, etc.
Dates/Times
- Day 1: August 19, 2025, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Would you like to learn more about the process behind the material, modeling, and testing for concrete 3D printing? We will cover concrete ingredients, mix design, checking extrudability with a hand extruder, and rheometer testing; demonstrating Robotic Arm Tracing 3DP Path, including the real-time process of model creation, slicing, coding, and pathing; and destructive testing of existing specimens. Applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), connected and automated vehicles, and artificial intelligence will be demonstrated using videos or live. In the afternoon, students will tour a concrete ready-mix plant and a construction site.
- Day 2: August 20, 2025, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Are you interested in learning what environmental engineers do to create sustainable futures? During the camp, students will learn about water treatment systems and water analysis using real-time sensors. They will also be introduced to standard technologies used in the Environmental Engineering laboratory. Students will team up in groups to do water treatment challenges to learn treatment concepts in a fun and hands-on way, and they will visit a state-of-the-art water treatment facility in Grand Forks.
Register for Sustainable Concrete Camp
Cancellation deadline: July 31
- Grades 1-8
- Cost: $125
July 29-31, 2025
- Grades 5-8: 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.
- Grades 1-4: 1-4 p.m.
Youth Scientists & Engineers Academy is a program hosted by UND College of Engineering and Mines, along with partnerships with others, including Dakota Science Center, UND Biology, UND Chemistry, UND Aerospace, and John Deere Corp. Three days of STEM-related activities to expand the minds of campers and help them grow. The morning sessions are for students entering grades 5-8, and the afternoon sessions are for students entering grades 1-4.
REGISTER for Youth Science and Engineering
John Deere Contributor
- Audience: Scouts
- Cost: $20
- Friday, May 30, 2025
If you are a Scout interested in rocks, fossils, or mining, then we welcome you to come earn your Geology Merit Badge through this new one-day workshop offered by UND School of Geology and Geological Engineering! Through participating in hands-on activities examining rocks and real fossils from North Dakota and beyond, and through discussions with professional geologists and paleontologists, Scouts will learn about: the dinosaurs, ice-age mammals, and other extinct lifeforms that once called North Dakota home; how oil reservoirs form and how geologists find them to provide energy for the nation; and how natural processes such as plate tectonics, fossilization, and extinction operate both today and in the past. Scouts will also tour the Harold Hamm Geology and Geological Engineering Museum in Leonard Hall and the new fossil preparation lab in the North Dakota Geological Survey Core Library, where a duckbilled dinosaur skeleton is currently being cleaned and stabilized for research. Sign up today!
REGISTER for Geology Merit Badge Workshop
Geology Merit Badge
Boys Scouts
Sponsor
Science and Engineering Camps at UND are sponsored by Emerson.
Contact
For more information, contact Gwen Klawon gwendolyn.klawon@UND.edu or UND CEM Outreach UND.cemoutreach@UND.edu