ECO CAMP
Note
There are senior (rising 10th-12th graders) and junior (rising 7th-9th) cohorts in each camp. ECO Camp does not accept recent high school graduates.
Environment, Climate and Ocean (ECO) Camp is an academic camp for students entering grades 7 through 12, focusing on the complex interactions between the biological, physical and chemical systems in the Delaware Bay and Watershed.
Camp learning experiences include classroom instruction, model/robot design and assembly, environmental measurement and mapping, visits to modern oceanographic and environmental laboratories, and field excursions.
Students will gain an understanding of environmental monitoring, resource mapping, coastal winds, river and bay circulation, habitat restoration, species adaptation, renewable energy, beach erosion, flooding and more. The camp addresses regional and local climate change impacts and strategies for mitigation and adaptation.
ECO Camp is run jointly by the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and SMArtSummer, a program of Cab Calloway School of the Arts and The Charter School of Wilmington.
ECO Camp: Technology in the Environment
July 21-25, 2025
Robots, drones and more! This one-week day camp focuses on technology designed to study and protect our environment. Build your own underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Test your ROV design skills in a team competition that simulates saving sea turtles in an oil spill. Visit White Clay Creek to practice environmental monitoring. Learn about beach erosion during storms and land use change through the use of digital photography taken by drones. Use drones and test your piloting skills, and map your data using GIS.
Ages — Rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders (Students must be entering 10th grade fall 2025)
Location — The senior program will leave from Cab Calloway and spend the day at UD's Newark campus, then return at the end of the day to Cab for dismissal.
To register for this camp, click here.
Ages — Rising 7th, 8th and 9th graders (Students must be entering 7th grade fall 2024)
Location — The junior program will leave from Cab Calloway and spend the day at UD's Newark campus, then return at the end of the day to Cab for dismissal.
To register for this camp, click here.
ECO Camp: Marine Science
July 28-August 1, 2025
This one-week residential camp explores the coastal marine environment. Observe the coastal waterways by kayak, catch croakers and pipefish with a seine net, get muddy with the crabs in the Great Salt Marsh, and catch a dogfish in a trawl net if you’re lucky! This camp gets you outside, experiencing Delaware’s marine environment like a scientist.
Students will be transported to Lewes from Cab Calloway. Instruction takes place Mon-Fri at and nearby UD's marine campus in Lewes, DE. Lodging and meals are provided at Cape Henlopen State Park.
Ages — Rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders (Students must be entering 10th grade fall 2025)
Location — UD's Lewes Campus
To register for this camp, click here.
Ages — Rising 7th, 8th and 9th graders (Students must be entering 7th grade fall 2025)
Location — UD's Lewes campus
To register for this camp, click here.
HOW TO APPLY
Registration is by program and age. Links will be embedded in the descriptions above. For more information, please contact Dr. Dana Veron at dveron@udel.edu or 1-302-831-4842.