Camps for K-12 Students
UB Sustainability Camp
July 15-19, 2019 | UB North Campus
About the Camp
The UB Sustainability Camp is a five day camp blending the STEM fields with sustainable impact around the globe. It is a unique experience combining hands on laboratory projects with field experience on campus and around the community. As a sustainable camp, we aim for a net zero carbon footprint while teaching students how to calculate and decrease their own carbon footprint.
Camp Features
- Hands on activities, games, and competitions
- STEM Themes: energy, product lifecycle, ecology, and carbon footprint
- Societal Factors: global, social, economic, and environmental impact
- Work side by side with university faculty and graduate student mentors
- Lunch with on campus experts and industry professionals
- Community engagement
- Various fields trips and tours including:
- Sustainable Design Laboratories
- Environmental Engineering Laboratories
- Bicycle Tour of North Campus using UB Bikeshare: Includes ride through the heart of North Campus, Ellicott complex, Letchworth Woods, Lake Lasalle, and UB Solar Strand,
- UB GRoW Home
- UB Compost Facility
- UB University Garden
- Niagara Power Vista
- Banks of Lake Lasalle Restoration
What Do Campers Leave With?
Each camper who completed the UB Sustainability Camp will go home with camp swag including a T-Shirt, drawstring bag, water bottle, and more. Campers will also receive a solar powered phone charger, a wind turbine, a certificate of completion and a one-of-a-kind experience in sustainability.
Who can attend?
All students entering 8th and 9th grade come fall 2019 are eligible to attend the camp. Maximum camp enrollment is 20 students.
Cost
Camp tuition is $475 for the entire week and covers all camp materials, food and transportation.
Applications are being accepted from now until June 1, 2019.