Online Python Summer Camp
July 29–August 2, 2024
Monday-Thursday: 9 am - 4 pm | Friday: 9 am - 12 pm

This virtual summer camp combines the fun of summer activities with online coding lessons tailored for 6th-12th grade students. Participants will learn the fundamentals of software programs and their applications to creative personal projects and career pathways. Our small group classes enable students to develop serious coding skills in Python, with sessions that are highly interactive and taught by expert, friendly instructors.

Join our Python Summer Camp, designed for beginners with no prior experience as well as students with 1-2 years of programming knowledge. This course covers essential concepts for new programmers and introduces intermediate and advanced Python exercises for those with some coding experience. From artificial intelligence, video games, and robotics to data analytics and visualization—coding powers the world!

Participants will:

  • Learn current in-demand skills by creating fun games, AI algorithms, and more.
  • Gain hands-on experience with Python, utilizing in-demand applications and libraries.
  • Acquire real-world knowledge through an introduction to computational thinking.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Python Coding Academy
June 26-30, 2023
Monday-Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm | Friday: 9 am - 12 pm

This virtual summer camp combines the summer camp fun with online coding lessons for high schoolers. Students can learn the fundamentals of software programs and their applications to daily life activities at this camp. Our small group summer classes for programming enable students to pick up serious coding skills in Python! Classes are highly interactive, and taught by expert, friendly instructors.

From smartphone apps, video games, robots, and small to big businesses - the code runs the world!

Participants will:

  • Have the opportunity to learn the current in-demand skills while creating fun games, apps, and more.
  • Get hands-on experience with a course in Python, with relevant in-demand applications.
  • Get real-world experience with an introduction to computational thinking.

Registration Fee

A registration fee of $200 is required for each student accepted into the program (paid on-line) as a commitment to attend the program.
*Students from economically disadvantaged families can request a waiver of registration fee, with statements/notes from their counselors.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Python Coding Academy
June 27–July 1, 2022
Monday-Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm | Friday: 9 am - 12 pm

This virtual summer camp combines the summer camp fun with online coding lessons for high schoolers. Students can learn the fundamentals of software programs and their applications to daily life activities at this camp. Our small group summer classes for programming enable students to pick up serious coding skills in Python! Classes are highly interactive, and taught by expert, friendly instructors.

From smartphone apps, video games, robots, and small to big businesses - the code runs the world!

Participants will:

  • Have the opportunity to learn the current in-demand skills while creating fun games, apps, and more.
  • Get hands-on experience with a course in Python, with relevant in-demand applications.
  • Get real-world experience with an introduction to computational thinking.

Registration Fee

A registration fee of $200 is required for each student accepted into the program (paid on-line) as a commitment to attend the program.
*Students from economically disadvantaged families can request a waiver of registration fee, with statements/notes from their counselors.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Python Coding Academy: Intermediate Level Python
July 26-30, 2021 | 8 am - 4 pm

Once the students have the basics down, we go further in this virtual summer camp to see how the coding knowledge applies to real-time data such as that received by NASA, daily weather data, and satellite imagery. This camp lets students put their creative hats on and explore creating more advanced Python programs with graphics.

Algebra and some coding experience is preferred.

Participants will:

  • Learn Data Science with more advanced coding content with real NASA data.
  • Become familiar with the Python's latest advanced features in analyzing and graphing data.
  • Develop analytical skills through interactive and hands-on coding sessions.

Application

Enrollment is limited. Evaluation of completed applications and acceptance to the program will begin on April 15, 2021. The deadline to submit an application is May 15, 2021 or until camp space is full.

Registration Fee

A registration fee of $175 is required for each student accepted into the program (paid on-line) as a commitment to attend the program.
*Students from economically disadvantaged families can request a waiver of registration fee, with statements/notes from their counselors.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Python Coding Academy: Introduction to Python
July 12-16, 2021 | 8 am - 4 pm

This virtual summer camp combines the summer camp fun with online coding lessons for high schoolers. Students can learn the fundamentals of software programs and their applications to daily life activities at this camp. Our small group summer classes for programming enable students to pick up serious coding skills in Python! Classes are highly interactive, and taught by expert, friendly instructors.

From smartphone apps, video games, robots, and small to big businesses - the code runs the world!

Participants will:

  • Have the opportunity to learn the current in-demand skills while creating fun games, apps, and more.
  • Get hands-on experience with a course in Python, with relevant in-demand applications.
  • Get real-world experience with an introduction to computational thinking.

Application

Enrollment is limited. Evaluation of completed applications and acceptance to the program will begin on April 15, 2021. The deadline to submit an application is May 15, 2021 or until camp space is full.

Registration Fee

A registration fee of $175 is required for each student accepted into the program (paid on-line) as a commitment to attend the program.
*Students from economically disadvantaged families can request a waiver of registration fee, with statements/notes from their counselors.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 ROADS on Mars Student Challenge has been cancelled.

ROADS on Mars Student Challenge
June 15-19, 2020

The ROADS on Mars Student Challenge gives teams of students in grades 9–12 a chance to tackle a mission to Mars, following in the path of the next rover – Mars 2020. Just like NASA's rover, teams will face challenges including engineering and programming, analysis of biological signatures and geologic features, not to mention flying to Mars and successfully landing.

ROADS is not just a robotic competition. It's an interdisciplinary enterprise that helps develop student expertise in biology, environmental sciences, social media, engineering design, robotics, programming, drones, and aviation.

The challenge consists of three parts: Landscape Morphology, Search for (Terrestrial) Life, and Robotic Exploration.

PART I – Landscape Morphology

Study how environments are modified by the action of water which may form alluvial fans and the effect of high-velocity impacts which may have produced the cratering in the vicinity of the Jerezo crater. This component, called Landscape Morphology, is particularly relevant today where regions are being impacted by record breaking storms each year.

PART II – Search for (Terrestrial) Life

Search for signs of small, unseen life — which we are abbreviating as "the search for life." Mars 2020 is searching for signs of past life that are invisible to the naked eye. This part of the ROADS challenge seeks to provide a similar experience by the detection of an invisible gas called methane. On Earth, methane is typically produced by inorganic geological processes sometimes associated with volcanic or geothermal processes, or by organic processes associated with the decay of organic material, such as human activity, livestock farming, rich agricultural fields, swampy areas, and even home gardens or compost heaps. After detecting regions of high methane, the task is to do sampling using a microscope to see if there are any micro invertebrates (small animals with no backbones) in the area.

PART III – Robotic Exploration

Develop a rover and drone system to perform the required tasks on the official Mars challenge mat, which includes carrying a model lander to the surface of Mars, landing in the designated area, programming a LEGO Mindstorms robot to traverse the course, avoiding craters and mountains, picking up model surface samples, and testing for the relative abundance of idealized samples for the potential for life. Attempt to fly a mini-drone from the rover into the heart of a crater to take a picture of the crater wall.

camp hosted by CAMEE and UTSA College of Engineering

SEES Mosquito Mapper High School Summer Internship
June 1–July 31, 2020

The STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Mosquito Mapper Summer Internship is a nine-week experience where participants work with their peers and NASA scientists to complete a series of STEM explorations that culminate in a final research project contributing to the scientific understanding of mosquito vectors on the landscape. Research will be presented at a virtual science symposium at the end of the summer.

Interns will:

  • Obtain up to four SEES certificates: Climate Science Background and Exploring the Earth (required); Space Exploration, Science and Engineering, Mars and Beyond (optional).
  • Participate in a series of guided explorations, building science skills and knowledge that enable analysis of mosquito and land cover data.
  • Have access to 1:1 mentoring during weekly scientist office hours.
  • Participate in weekly group data blitzes led by Nelson and Low.
  • Complete a science research project, demonstrating successful completion of the internship.
  • Obtain feedback from the NASA science team, which be used to improve the project so that it can be submitted competitively to a local, regional, or national science fair competition in the upcoming school year.
  • Receive a certificate of participation in the NASA SEES Summer High School Internship program, certifying 120 hours of science research experience supporting NASA Earth system science.
  • Interested interns will be offered opportunity to coauthor a crowdsourced science paper by Nelson, Low, et al.

Requirements

Participants must:

  • Have access to a mobile device (smart phone or tablet) to download the GLOBE Observer mobile app, and a computer and internet access to interact with the SEES cohort and upload data at regular intervals.
  • Be interested in participating in weekly data explorations, developing and implementing a research design and sampling strategy, and collaborating with NASA Science Matter Experts (SMEs)
  • Be able to devote at least 12-15 hours a week to the project over the summer.

camp hosted by CAMEE and Texas Space Grant Consortium