Whether it's science, language, computers, or environmental/nature studies; academic summer camps provide an environment conducive to learning across various subject matter or disciplines. Some academic camps provide a fixed location and concentrate on a single field of study, while other summer programs cover a more diverse range of study topics and may travel or embark upon relevant field trips.
Find A Camp: Specialties: Academic Camps: AZ Total: 8
1. iD Tech Summer Computer Camps for Kids and Teens - Love gaming, programming, or filming? Over 130,000 students ages 7-17 have created iPhone apps, programs, video games, websites, movies, 3D models & robots. Weeklong, day & O/N programs at 60 universities nationwide.
Camp Video For iD Tech Summer Computer Camps for Kids and Teens
Resident Camp
Day Camp
Coed
Summer Camps in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Fort Collins, Middletown, Fairfield, Mi, Arizona
CA: Sacramento, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, San Jose, Moraga, Berkeley, Stanford, Palo Alto, San Francisco
CA: Thousand Oaks, Orange County, Irvine, Los Angeles, LA, La Jolla, San Diego, Santa Barbara
CO: Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Boulder
CT: Middletown, Fairfield, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury
FL: Orlando, Winter Park, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville. Fort Lauderdale
GA: Atlanta, Augusta, Sandy Springs, Macon, Marietta

Since 1999 over 130,000 students worldwide have immersed in hands-on learning to create iPhone apps, programs with C++ and Java, video games, websites, movies, 3D models, ad designs, robots, films, and photos. Beginner to advanced students ages 7-17 enroll in these fun and challenging, weeklong, day and overnight summer camps held at 60 prestigious universities nationwide (see below).

Small class sizes (max 8:1) are guaranteed and taught by adult-only instructors, with Teens, pre-Teens, and younger students separated into different classes. Students learn personalized curriculum with a small group of peers, allowing them to optimize learning and social experiences. iD Tech Camps has been at the forefront of technology learning since 1999, and there’s never been a better or more important time to engage in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. Accredited Continuing Education Units from Stanford or Villanova are also available to help build a portfolio for college.

COURSES
•Video Game Design – Game Development
•Programming & Robotics
•App Development
•3D Game Modding – 3D Modeling
•Web & Graphic Design
•Photography & Video Editing

HELD AT 60 PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES
Summer programs are held at Stanford, Emory, Princeton, Columbia and other universities in 27 states nationwide. Check www.internalDrive.com for a complete list of summer programs.

YEAR-ROUND LEARNING
New for 2012, students can complement their summer experience by subscribing to iDTech365.com – a new online learning community that offers exclusive tutorials, forums, and video lessons. And don’t forget about the FREE monthly online workshops taught by live instructors, available to iD alumni and students registered for the 2012 season.

TEEN-ONLY PROGRAMS
Also, ages 13-18 immerse in 2-week specialized, pre-college, overnight summer programs at iD Gaming Academy, iD Programming Academy, and iD Visual Arts Academy (filmmaking and photography). Visit www.iDTeenAcademies.com for courses and university locations.

WHY iD?
Visit www.internalDrive.com for more information and to register online (check real-time-up-to-the-minute-availability). Or call 1-888-709-TECH (8324) to speak to a Program Advisor who can recommend a customized summer schedule to develop a student’s interest.

iD TECH CAMPS LOCATIONS
Arizona: held at Arizona State University
California: held at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Cal Lutheran University, and UC Irvine
Colorado: held at the University of Denver and Colorado State University: Fort Collins
Connecticut: held at Sacred Heart University and Wesleyan
Florida: held at the University of Miami and Rollins College
Georgia: held at Emory University
Illinois: held at Northwestern University and Lake Forest College
Indiana: held at Purdue University
Maryland: held at Towson University
Massachusetts: held at MIT, Merrimack, Amherst, and Bentley
Michigan: held at the University of Michigan
Minnesota: held at Macalester College
Missouri: held at Washington University (St. Louis)
Nevada: held at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (UNLV)
New Jersey: held at Princeton and Seton Hall
New Mexico: held at the University of New Mexico
New York: held at Columbia, NYU, Pace, RPI, NYIT, Vassar, and Adelphi
North Carolina: held at UNC-Chapel Hill
Ohio: held at Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve
Pennsylvania: held at Villanova and Carnegie Mellon
Rhode Island: held at Brown University
Tennessee: held at Vanderbilt University
Texas: held at Trinity University, St. Edward’s University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Houston
Virginia: held at the College of William and Mary
Washington: held at the University of Washington
Washington D.C.: held at American University
Wisconsin: held at the University of Wisconsin

2. International School of Tucson - Full-day Language Immersion (ages 3 - 5) Half-day Language Immersion (ages 6 - 11) Half-day activities
Day Camp
Coed
Tucson, Arizona

Full- and half-day Language Immersion (ages 3 - 5) and Half-day AM Language Immersion (ages 6 - 11). Half-day PM (ages 6 - 11) Chess, Dance, Drumming, Mathematics, Puppetry, Science, Yoga and Creative Writing. Half-day programs may be combined to make full-day. Additional programs may be offered. Please contact the School for details.

3. NAU Centennial Forest Environmental Education Programs - The Northern Arizona University Centennial Forest Environmental Education Programs houses one-week camp sessions at our Education and Research Field Campus in the ponderosa pine forest of Flagstaff, AZ.
Resident Camp
Coed
Flagstaff, Arizona

The Junior & Senior Forestry Academies are equipped to teach kids about wildlife, forest habitat, land ethics and more through hands-on activities. The Outdoor Leadership Academy is a program teaching kids to be leaders through survival skills, wilderness, land ethics and more through a group-activity based curriculum. Our brand new program, the Climate Change Challenge, is for our older students to create realistic solutions to global climate change. Campers will be introduced to numerous environmental career fields which will provide the necessary tools to make recommendations toward this global issue.

4. Orme Ranch Camp - Do you want to learn to ride....learn to ride well? Orme is first and foremost a riding camp, and all campers are required to ride once a day. We have begining and advanced classes!
Resident Camp
Coed
Mayer, Arizona

The Orme Ranch Camp is a place where you
will be able to learn to ride a horse, make a
leather belt, improve your tennis game, and
sleep out under the stars of the Wild West.
You will make friends from all over the
country, hang out with our awesome camp
counselors, and do things that you may
never have done before. You will have the
fun of living with other campers and a
counselor in one of our dorms or cabins.
Orme Camp has its own Western and English
riding arenas, indoor basketball gym,
weight room, outdoor swimming pool,
baseball, softball and soccer fields. We also
have archery and rifelry ranges, as well as
several arts and crafts rooms complete
with leather tools, pottery wheels, and a
theater. All of this is located on 26,000
acres of Arizona range land where you will
go horseback riding, hiking, and watch the
sun set over the beautiful open desert.
Whether you like to ride horses, play
sports, make friends, perform in plays, or
shoot a bow and arrow, The Orme Ranch
Camp is the place for you!!!!
CAMP AGE GROUPS
Campers are divided into
three age groups.
1. Youngers (7-9)
2. Intermediates (10-12)
3. Olders (13-16)
Block Days VS. Special Days
Block Days: These are
“regular” camp days. You
will sign up for activities
for each camp session
and attend these same
activities on every “block
day” of that session.
Special Days: These days
are a break from the
‘block days”. You can have
the chance to sample new
activities, and
participate in all camp
activities such as a swim
meet, or a trip to
Prescott to be in the 4th
of July Parade and
attend the countries
oldest rodeo, the
Prescott Frontier Days
Rodeo!

5. Tucson Chess Centre - Coaching, strategies, tournament preparation
Day Camp
Coed
Tucson, Arizona

Conducted by professional Chess Coaches from the Tucson region, the Tucson Chess Centre's annual camps cover tactics, strategies, playing styles, and much more. Games, mini-tournaments, developing individual styles. Multiple week-long half-day mini-camps over the Summer period. Contact us for specific dates and camp details.

6. Science, Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Kids - Fusing science and entrepreneurship to develop games/toys and a business around it.
Day Camp
Coed
Phoenix, Arizona

The Science, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Advanced Summer Workshop brings the world of
science and business together with an emphasis on innovating new products. Kids, ages 8 to 12, will explore the science of plastic to create their own toys or games that can eventually be taken to the marketplace. Kids will learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and develop a business plan around their new product while incorporating the latest technology to create their advertising collateral.

The Advanced Workshop includes all science materials for the kids to develop their prototypes along with their own patent-pending Biz in a Boxx.

7. Science Adventures - Campers in grades 1-6 can explore science in a fun, interactive way. Our quality hands-on experiments, innovative curriculum and professional instructors bring your child’s understanding of science to the next level.
Day Camp
Coed
Multiple Locations across the US, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA, WI

Campers in grades 1-6 can explore science in a fun, interactive way. Our quality hands-on experiments, innovative curriculum and professional instructors bring your child’s understanding of science to the next level. Campers will compete in extreme sports challenges; build a detective kit and use cutting edge forensics science; thrill to building racers, planes and a gigantic roller coaster and launch the High Flyer rocket into the stratosphere. Each topic runs for five days. Full-day and half-day options available. Multi-topic discount if two or more Camps are purchased together. Visit the Science Adventures website or call 1.888.458.1812 to enroll!

8. SummerTech Computer Camp - SummerTech Computer Camps. The very best in high-tech education and entertainment. Have Fun, Learn Something!
Resident Camp
Day Camp
Coed
Various Cities, AZ, NY, OH, IN

Choose as many weeks as you like and never repeat our large curriculum. You can learn Computer Programming, Web Page Design, 3D Game Design, and you can also take place in our nightly Network Game Tournaments! Our staff comes from the best universites in the country and will show you the latest and greatest in computing using our state of the art equipment. This is our 11th summer and we have something very special going on. Have Fun, Learn Something!






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