Youth Programs
Questions? Email ContinuingEd@montana.edu or call (406) 994-6550.
MSU Science Day
Dates: February 13, 2024
Cost: Free
Audience: Invited schools
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
Experience Montana State University’s research at MSU Science Day. MSU faculty and
students will showcase their research through educational hands-on activities. Participants
can circulate at their own pace through various engaging demonstrations and experiments
in a science festival atmosphere.
Montana State University STEAM Day
Dates: April 13, 2024
Cost: $30, includes lunch
Grades: 6-8 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
This one-day conference will include hands-on workshops in the STEAM fields of science,
technology, engineering, art and math for girls in grades 6, 7 and 8. The program
aims to introduce young women to the many different careers available to them. This
program was formerly known as Expanding Your Horizons.
MSU Explore: Earth & Space Science Camp
Dates: June 9-14, 2024
Cost: Free to accepted students
Grades: 6-8 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
MSU Explore: Earth & Space Science Camp is a no-cost camp for students entering grades 6-8 in Fall 2024. It is a residential camp where participants will take workshops of their choice. Workshop topics may include black holes, life on Mars, weather and climate, microbes to gases, writing Sci-Fi stories and much more.
Students will also sample life on campus during recreational and social activities.
MSU Explore is for kids who have not attended a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) camp or had access to an MSU opportunity like this before. Students from low-income families and communities, rural areas, or those who will be the first in their family to attend college are highly encouraged to apply.
Students must complete an application and have two (2) adult references.
Peaks and Potentials Camp
Dates: June 16-21, 2024
Cost (in 2023): Commuter with lunch only - $499
Commuter with lunch and dinner - $559
Resident - $699
Grades: 5-7 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
Peaks and Potentials summer enrichment camp allows high-potential students to explore
special topics of interest and work with experts in various subject areas. Academic,
recreational and social activities allow students to interact with their peers and
sample
campus life. Students may stay on campus or commute each day.
Yellowstone Writing Project's Youth Writing Camp
Dates: July 8-12, 2024
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost (in 2023): Early Bird Commuter (through May 30) - $275
Regular Commuter (after May 30) - $300
Early Bird Resident (through May 30) - $725
Regular Resident (after May 30) - Price $750
Grades: 5-12 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
The Yellowstone Writing Project's Youth Writing Camp is a multi-day "unschooled" writing workshop for youth entering grades 5-12. Campers will write in multiple genres and share their writing within a supportive community of peers and licensed educators--the Yellowstone Writing Project teacher consultants.
The program includes writing on the move, writing games, and guidance and feedback
throughout the writing process. Yellowstone Writing Project (YWP) teachers and junior
counselors lead the camp.
Yellowstone Writing Project's Young Writer's Camp
Dates: July 9-12, 2024
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost (in 2023): Early Bird Commuter (though May 30) - $225
Regular Commuter (after May 30) - $250
Grades: 3-4 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
The Yellowstone Writing Project’s Young Writer’s Camp is a four-day writing workshop
for kids entering grades 3-4. Campers will be immersed in creativity and will engage
in activities to encourage writing across genres, writing in community, and building
up writing stamina. Licensed educators (our YWP teacher consultants) will provide
feedback, encouragement, and a few of their favorite writing tricks! Campers will
also have the opportunity to publish their work in a group anthology. The camp will
close with a writing showcase.
Yellowstone Writing Project's Rural Journalism Camp
Dates: TBA Summer 2024
Cost: Free to accepted students
Grades: 9-12 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
The Rural Journalism Camp, a weeklong residential experience, immerses rural high
school students in the theory and practice of daily journalism. Students will explore
relevant issues facing American journalists today and develop skills in the craft
by covering various actual news events throughout the Bozeman area. Upon leaving camp,
students will return to their home communities and prepare a journalistic piece that
sheds light on a significant aspect of life within their communities.
Montana Models
Dates: July 23-27, 2024 (tentative)
Cost: Free to accepted applicants
Grades: 7-10 (in Fall 2024)
Location: Montana State University, Bozeman
Montana Models is a four-night summer camp for groups of
middle and high school youth from rural Montana. They use
mathematical modeling to understand their world and solve problems important to them
and their communities. Montana Models is for teams of youth entering grades 7 through
10 in the Fall 2024 and is a collaboration between Montana communities, Montana 4-H, and the mathematical
sciences faculty from Montana State University and the University of Montana.