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The University of Maryland offers a summer bounty of camps for children of all ages, ranging from six weeks of campus adventures for your youngest tots to research-based programs for aspiring scientists and engineers. Whether your kid loves playing music, creating code or challenging a massive climbing wall and ropes course, you’ll find great options at UMD.

Some popular camps fill up fast, so mark them down for next year. And check back in the coming months as new options are added.

Advanced Physics Summer Program
Students entering grades 9-12
July 28-Aug. 8, weekdays
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
$375
This two-week program is filled with hands-on lab activities, visits to cutting-edge research labs, discussions with professors and graduate students who conduct physics research and a project to make the discussions tangible. The program includes fun physics demonstrations and experiments, soldering, coding, robotics, learning about cool research areas and career options, and more. From Einstein's thought experiments to current code-breaking applications, students are introduced to topics not typically offered in high school.

Check out all available camps here.