Field Trips

When the programs are held in-person, once or twice a week, the entire group visits a local scientific, cultural, or recreational destination. We often get special behind-the-scenes access. In a typical summer, trips might include:

Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Morehead Planetarium
Durham Bulls Baseball Game
Historic Franklin Street
Wrightsville Beach

Univ. of Colorado Boulder

National Institute for Standards and Technology
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fiske Planetarium
Pearl Street pedestrian mall

Purdue

Dow Agrosciences world headquarters
the Envision Center
Eli Lilly world R&D headquarters
startup AsedaSciences
Turkey Run State Park

Indiana Univ.

Indianapolis Zoo
Turkey Run State Park
Lilly Library
Eskenazi Museum of Art
Wells-Metz Theatre

“the educational experience of a lifetime” … since 1959

The Summer Science Program is an independent non-profit 501(c)3, operated in cooperation with its host campuses and affiliates California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.