Summer programs and extracurricular activities for girls

• Multiple programs

  • Expanding Your Horizons conferences show career applications of math and science, bringing female role models together with students in hands-on workshops.
    
  • GAMES (Girls' Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science) at UIUC
       
  • GirlStart is a non-profit organization created to empower girls to excel in math, science, and technology.
     
  • Math and Science Camp for Girls
     
  • GISE@UM (Girls in Science and Engineering): A summer program for middle school students that focuses on hands-on activities planned and taught by faculty at the University of Michigan. 
     
  • University of St. Thomas Science technology & Engineering Preview Summer Camp for Girls (see also GEMS at St. Thomas, below). At the STEPS program, girls to learn more about what engineers do:
    Outstanding instructors with extensive backgrounds in engineering, technology and science teach the workshops which include a one-week introduction to the world of technology and engineering and a hands-on experience with high-tech equipment and processes
     
  • COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science)
     
  • Choate-Rosemary Hall Summer Programs
    
    

• Mathematics

  • The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at Google in Mountain View, CA
     
  • Women and Mathematics Network (Sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America) lists many good opportunities.
     
  • All Girls/All Math at University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Also runs a workshop for Nebraska girls)
     
  • Ideas for an internet-based "Girl Power" math club from the Math Forum.
     
  • GEMS (Girls Experiencing Mathematics in the Summer) at University of St. Thomas
     
  • SummerMath at Mount Holyoke
     
  • Clubs to support girls (from TERC, which provides information on why and how to organize the clubs, too)
     
  • MATHCOUNTS is a national math enrichment, coaching & competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every U.S. state & territory. The competition is not particularly girl-friendly but the school handbook has some excellent resources.
    
    

• Science

  • Sally Ride Science and Sally Ride Science Festivals . The Sally Ride Science Festivals bring together hundreds of girls for an afternoon of science and fun at locations across the United States.
     
  • Skidmore Summer Science Institute for Girls. Girls entering the seventh and eighth grade are at an age when exposure to the various disciplines of the sciences can have a tremendous impact on them and on their futures, but frequently find themselves turned or turning away from the sciences as the boys move forward. The Science Institute for Girls aims to clear the way for young girls to immerse themselves in the study of the sciences.
     
  • USC Summer Program for Middle School Girls & High School Women
    (alternative link: USC Girls Summer Science Program) offers a variety of summer opportunities both on the USC Campus and on Catalina Island.
     
  • Smith College Summer Science and Engineering Program has brought promising, highly motivated high school girls to its campus for a month-long stay designed to show them just how talented they really are.
     
  • Girls and Science camp at Vanderbilt
     
  • Wilson College Summer Science Institute for Girls
     
  • Lawrence Hall of Science Summer Programs
     
  • Techbridge extracurricular and summer program at Chabot Space Science Center in Oakland, CA
     
  • American Chemical Society's Project SEED During the summer, students work in the laboratory doing hands-on research guided by a scientist-mentor. Project SEED is for the student from an economically disadvantaged background.
    
    

• Engineering/Technology

• List of summer camps from the Computer Science Teachers' Association
• Try Engineering has a complete and excellent list of summer programs by state, including
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston Museum of Science - Camp RoboTech
    • Smith College - Summer Science and Engineering program
  • Hawaii
    • U of Hawaii - Summer High School Internship
  • New York
    • Cornell University - The CURIE Academy
    • Union College - Engineering Workshop for Talented High School Girls
• The Women's Technology Program at MIT (WTP) is a four-week summer academic and residential experience where female high school students explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs, and team-based projects in the summer after 11th grade.
   
• Artemis Project at Brown (and an article from Brown's magazine about it) 
   
• Tufts Women in Engineering Program An online compendium of information about women in engineering, including links for students, teachers and parents; information on contests; and listings of reading material.
   
• GirlSummer at Emma Willard School
   
• Engineer Girl. This website, sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, offers a wealth of information on careers in engineering and resources to encourage girls to study engineering.
   
• Girls, Inc. - Operation SMART - program that encourages girls' interest in science, technology and math through hands-on activities; takes place at Girls, Inc. sites around the U.S.
   
• The Earth We Share (TEWS Camp) founded by Dr. Mae Jemison; annual international science camp focuses on global challenges both now and in the future
     
• UConn Mentor Connection - summer program for high school juniors and seniors; participation in experiential research projects
   
• An article about Girl Scout Robotics Camp at University of Arizona
   
• Actua Girls (Canadian) has lots of great links in addition to the summer program description.
   
• Virtual Ventures at Carleton has both coed and girls camps.
   
• Links to several camps mostly in the Baltimore/Washington area.
   
• UW Stout STEPS
   
• Fairfield University
   
• Attracting Women into Engineering at Rowan University
   
• Women In Technology has several initiatives including a speaker's bureau, telementoring, and a summer program.
   
• EX.I.T.E. (EXploring Interests in Technology and Engineering) Camps sponsored by IBM. Try Science!, SmartGrrls, Club Girl Tech are four of IBM's programs woth looking into.
   
• A press release on DigiGirlz from Microsoft
   
• Future City: teams of seventh- and eighth-grade students design future urban centers using the game SimCity.
   
• Camp Invention