2024 Summer STEM Camps
Space Explorers Camp
- Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day June 10-14.
- Cost: $300. All supplies, snacks and lunches included in the cost.
- Register at: The APSU Marketplace Page
- Offered by: APSU's Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy.
Austin Peay State University's Space Explorer Camp is back for another session in Summer 2024, running from June 10-14.
The camp, designed for students from 10-14 years old, will be a full-day, weeklong day camp focused on space exploration and astronomy.
The camp will provide campers with the opportunity to learn about planets, stars and what is up in the sky while also engaging in fun and exciting activities such as building telescopes, making craters and launching water bottle rockets.
Students will:
- Spend a full day at the APSU Observatory learning about telescopes. Students will build their own telescopes and use telescopes to safely view the sun.
- Explore the night sky using the school’s 20-inch professional telescope and other smaller telescopes. The specific night will depend on sky conditions.
- Build and launch water bottle rockets and learn the basics of rocketry.
- Use computer-based activities and the Robert Sears Planetarium to learn about basic motions in the sky and constellations.
- Spend a full day exploring the planets of our solar system, learning about their size, characteristics, compositions and distance from the sun.
- Learn how craters are made and make craters themselves in simulated planetary bombardments.
- Handle meteorites from space!
- Build a 3D-printed model of the James Webb Space Telescope and learn about other NASA space observatories.
Lab Explorer Camp
- Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day June 24-28.
- Cost: $300. All supplies, t-shirts, snacks and lunches included in the cost.
- Register at: The APSU Marketplace page
- Offered by: A combined effort from APSU's Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry.
Lab Explorer Camp will take the best of Austin Peay's biology and chemistry departments and mold them into a one-of-a-kind experience for aspiring scientists entering sixth and seventh grade in the Fall 2024 semester!
Students will engage in a series of daily lab sessions that promise an exhilarating exploration of scientific wonders. Delve into the fundamentals of real chemistry as you learn about the periodic table and construct models of atoms and molecules and immerse yourself in hands-on experiments exploring Polymer Chemistry, focusing on polymers and the importance of recycling plastics. The Biology Extravaganza offers a comprehensive journey into the human body, featuring models and DNA extractions. The last day of the camp will be a grand finale, allowing students to showcase their presentations and provide a platform to enhance scientific communication skills.
The camp activities include:
- Experience the thrill of Acid-Base Reactions through cool and exciting experiments
- Observe captivating chemistry magic shows
- Construct models for Atoms and Molecules
- Take a comprehensive journey into the human body, featuring models, DNA extractions, and the opportunity to utilize advanced microscopes
Summer Coding Camps
- Dates: Several dates throughout the summer.
- Cost: $139 or $149. Snacks and drinks provided.
- Register at: The APSU Summer Coding Camps web page.
- Offered by: APSU's Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.
Austin Peay offers 11 summer coding camps opened to students in third-grade to those entering their first year of college. The camps are half a day over five days, and all equipment is provided in the university's state-of-the-art PC labs.
Camps include:
- Minecraft.
- Roblox.
- Website-building.
- Programs and games from scratch.
- 3D videogame development.