Tapia STEM Camps are award-winning residential programs at Rice University that emphasize communication and provide a genuine college experience.
Tapia STEM Camps offer rising 8th-12th graders an immersive, week-long residential experience at Rice University. Campers engage in challenging STEM projects and presentations centered around data centers and their impacts, including algorithm design and carbon capture & storage. Activities include engineering contests like building heatsinks, designing efficient turbines, and constructing model carbon storage reservoirs. Students also explore programming algorithms for college admissions, learn to identify fake videos using STEM principles, and discover methods for hiding secret messages in images. The curriculum integrates physics, math, chemistry, computer science, and engineering, providing hands-on learning and fostering skills in problem-solving and communication. Participants are mentored by Rice University students and interact with professors and industry professionals, gaining a firsthand experience of college life.
Campers spend their instruction time in campus buildings completing STEM projects and presentations, with evening programming activities and living in university dormitories.
This camp is ideal for rising 8th-12th graders interested in STEM, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds, who want to experience college life at Rice University and develop communication skills.
Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005-1827
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