STEM Academy High School Camps

STEM Academy High School Camps offers sessions where participants use Blender software for 3D modeling, rendering, animation, learning 3D viewing, moving objects in 3D, creating 3D geometry, coloring, and lighting. Other camps include conducting toxicology experiments, analyzing data from toxicology experiments, sampling the environment, testing chemical effects in daphnia, exploring molecular mechanisms in glowing zebrafish, learning about color trends and forecasting, learning about color symbolism, learning about color schemes in the design sphere, brainstorming color schemes, and developing Mood Boards that focus on color and branding. Additional activities include tackling hands-on cybersecurity challenges, meeting cybersecurity professionals and college students, learning how hackers try to break into computer networks, uncovering clues through digital forensics, spotting phishing scams, learning about encryption (secret codes), performing a physical exam, utilizing microscopes to look at parasites, small animal rehabilitation demonstrations, viewing of a necropsy gallery, clinical skills labs, a career panel discussion, and a tour of the hospital, including the large animal areas.

• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Camps run on specific dates in June and July, including multi-day sessions such as June 22–26, July 7–9, July 13–17, and July 20–24, as well as a one-day workshop on July 10, with half-day and full-day time blocks.
• Price: “Blender” Camp: $200; Virtual “Blender” Camp: $200; Toxicology Camp: $140; Color Innovation Workshop: $80; NW Cyber Camp - High School Edition: $200; Summer Veterinary Experience: $400; needs-based or other scholarships are available for all listed camps.

STEM Academy High School Camps is part of STEM Academy at Oregon State University, which is directed by Cathy Law, Ph.D. STEM Academy engages K–12 youth in programs designed to increase college attendance and participation in STEM fields, seeks to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields, maintains year-round programs for K–12 students aimed at increasing college enrollment, retention, graduation rates, and life-long learning, and emphasizes STEM endeavors that promote social equity. STEM Academy establishes and maintains STEM partnerships within the state and across the nation to offer high quality STEM programs based on researched best practices, is a self-funded program that relies on grants and business or personal donations, and offers both paid and unpaid opportunities for individuals to teach and mentor students within its programs. For the Virtual “Blender” Camp, participants are asked to go to blender.org, load the Blender software onto their computer, and make sure it runs before signing up.

Last updated June 11, 2026.