Academic & special-interest camps
Alaska Conservation Camp-Advanced Camp
Description
The Alaska Conservation Camp-Advanced Camp is a day camp program designed to promote understanding of Alaska's natural resources and conservation, and to give youth hands-on experience in hunting, fishing, and related outdoor skills. Advanced Camp activities may include firearms safety, shotgun or muzzleloader rifle shooting, archery, wildlife identification, fly fishing, fly tying, GPS and outdoor navigation, canoeing, outdoor survival, shelter building, camping and field cooking skills and more. Advanced Camp offers more in-depth and advanced activities than the ACC - Basic Camp. Campers who complete the camp may earn First Steps Shotgun Certification from the National Rifle Association of America. The camp includes a hike and overnight camping trip. The Alaska Conservation Camp is headquartered at the ADF&G Hunter Education Indoor Shooting Range at 1501 College Road and camp activities are conducted at the range, at Creamer's Field and Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, and at various locations near Fairbanks.
Drop-off times are between 7 and 8 a.m. and pick-up times are between 5 and 6 p.m. A camp BBQ and graduation for campers and their families is on Friday, from around 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Camper registration forms are available online, at the Fish & Game Range, and at the Fish & Game Regional Headquarters information counter.
Alaska Conservation Camp-Basic Camp
Description
The Alaska Conservation Camp-Basic Camp is a day camp program designed to promote understanding of Alaska's natural resources and conservation, and to give youth hands-on experience in hunting, fishing, and related outdoor skills. Basic Camp activities include the Alaska Basic Hunter Education course, firearms safety, shooting, wildlife identification, fishing, map & compass, outdoor survival, basic camping skills and more. The Alaska Conservation Camp is headquartered at the ADF&G Hunter Education Indoor Shooting Range, 1501 College Road, and camp activities are conducted at the range, at Creamer's Field and Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, and at various locations near Fairbanks.
Campers who complete the camp may earn Basic Hunter Education Certification from the State of Alaska Department of Fish & Game. (Registered campers must complete the workbook PRIOR to camp start). The camp includes an overnight camping trip. Drop-off times are between 7 and 8 a.m. and pick-up times are between 5 and 6 p.m. A camp BBQ and graduation for campers and their families the last day of each session.
Camper registration forms are available online, at the Fish & Game Range, and at the Fish & Game Regional Headquarters information counter.
Alaska Summer Research Academy
Description
The Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) is a fun two week academic experience offered by the College of Natural Science and Mathematics in cooperation with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and industry partners. ASRA provides an opportunity for students in grades 8-12 to live on the UAF campus and work with university faculty, staff, and industry professionals.
Students choose one module (or course) and are immersed in a single subject for two weeks. Each module has an average of 8 students and two instructors. The approach is hands-on minds-on rather than lecture and worksheets. While there are no tests or homework, students learn with the ceiling removed, and instructors often fit nearly a semester's worth of content into two weeks. One college credit is given upon completion.
Camp Invention
Description
Created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, Camp Invention is a week-long nonprofit summer enrichment program that fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive-thinking skills and science literacy for children entering grades 1 through 6. Designed to meet the needs of varying age groups, kids can participate in five thematic modules.
Denali Science Camp
Description
Denali Science Camp is a week-long hands-on science experience for youth, grades 1-6. Students are grouped into study groups by topic for mornings of enrichment, study and discovery. Afternoons are filled with experiments, dissections, field trips, observations, guest presenters, and other high interest activities. Campers overnight one evening, tents and meals are provided. Morning group topics this year are: Weird Science-Participate in ooey, gooey science experiments; Planet Earth-Explore the world around you. Find ways to protect and help the environment; Sports Science-Learn how anatomy, physiology, and nutrition can work to make you healthier and a better athlete; Discover and Design- Explore new design challenges and engineering solutions with cars, watercraft, flight, simple machines, and rocketry; Skateboard Science-Discover the physics of skateboard parks and design your own; Outdoor Adventures-Become an outdoor explorer by mapping, using a gps, marked hiking trails and making shelters; Wild Alaska-Learn interesting facts about animals and plants of Alaska.
Georgeson Botanical Garden Junior Master Gardener 4-H club
Description
Youth will learn about all aspects of gardening. They will grow a community garden, harvest what they grow and enter it in the Tanana Valley Fair.
Introduction to Small Engines
Description
Learn about small engines by completely disassembling, reassembling, and running an overhead cam single cylinder engine.
Mad Scientist Day Camp
Description
Mad Scientist Day Camps offer exciting, hands-on, learning programs that focus on central science themes such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Space and Robotics, and are tied to Alaska State Standards. Students participate in whole-group activities, as well as "electives" in which they choose areas of study that most interest them.
Mediation: Alternative Conflict Resolution
Description
"No need to fight, no need to yell; Mediate to make it well." Learn to resolve conflict in a positive way and improve your communication skills with this interactive mediation training.Enrollment is limited, so call for an application today. Successful completion will qualify participants for membership in the Youth Mediator Corps which meets monthly and accepts referrals for victim-offender, parent-teen and peer mediations from the community.
North Star Youth Court Attorney Training
Description
North Star Youth Court trains youth to represent and judge their peers in actual criminal cases. Fairbanks area youth serve as judges, prosecuting and defense attorneys, jurors, and court clerks.
Juveniles charged with misdemeanor offenses are referred to Youth Court through the traditional juvenile justice system.
In preparation, youth volunteers receive 20 hours of training taught by local adult attorneys and judges. Youth Court training covers jurisdiction, procedure, evidence, advocacy, and case preparation.
UAF Business & Finance Academy-High School
Description
BA 195 - "Financial Management and Investing for High School Students" will teach the students basic financial management concepts from money management, credit management, how to make purchasing decisions, and how to start investing for the future. By the end of the course students should be able to make better financial decisions and understand the impact of improper financial decisions.
UAF Business & Finance Academy-Middle School
Description
BA 049 - "Financial Management and Investing for Middle School Students" will teach the students basic financial management concepts from money management, credit management, how to make purchasing decisions, and how to start investing for the future. By the end of the course students should be able to make better financial decisions and understand the impact of improper financial decisions. The course will not go into as much detail or be as advanced as the high school course, but will give the students a great foundation for future and continuing learning on the subject.
UAF-Shelton Leadership Institute
Description
The Shelton Leadership Institute is a one-week residential summer experience designed to develop leadership skills for students finishing grades 9-12. The curriculum focuses on leadership roles and accountability, team building, leadership styles and situations, motivating others, citizen responsibility, integrity as a leader, public speaking, changing behaviors, and goal setting.
Wild Rose Summer Camp
Description
Wild Rose Summr Camp is an outdoor educational camp providing children with an enthusiastic experience of nature coupled with a creative art program. Children will participate in many art activities including felting with wool fiber, batiking, plant dyeing on natural fibers, string games, papermaking from plants, t-shirt tie-dyeing, block printing, copper foil embossing, candle dipping, book binding, marbling, and pottery.
Afternoons are filled with games, hiking, nature study, plant and bird identification, insect and garden study, beekeeping, puppetry, and storytelling. Children will also participate in building, cooking and firing pottery in an outdoor mud oven. Space is limited, apply early.
Young Inventors Workshop
Description
Expand your skills for building your inventions by using hand tools to work with wood, metal, plastics, and paper. Learn to cut, glue, rivet, solder, and more.
Young Learner's Summer Day Camps
Description
A unique and exciting week of adventure awaits curious minds at Young Learner's summer day camps. Each week campers will explore a new theme with games, literature, art, music and projects designed to inspire children. Students will have the opportunity to grow intellectually, physically, creatively and socially.