Virtual Summer Camps Geared Toward Critical Problem Solving
Grow your student’s critical problem solving skills in our two- and four-week camps that explore unique ideas in math and language arts. Our interactive, video-based classroom brings active learning right to your home — no travel required.
Critical Thinking
With our curriculum, students focus on higher order reasoning skills, advanced problem solving, and conceptual understanding — not rote memorization.
Active Learning
Our instructors treat the classroom as a conversation. Students lead the problem solving process, while instructors guide them with motivating questions and reinforce key concepts.
Communication Skills
Students explore thought-provoking questions together to uncover the rhetorical techniques to succeed in their academic journey and beyond.
Video-based Instruction
Our curriculum is designed for an interactive virtual format, and expert instructors build a welcoming environment for at-home students.
Summer Camp Catalog
Math Summer Camps
Subject exploration and contest prep for grades 3–10
Our Math Beasts summer camps help students review key concepts in mathematics, engage in collective critical problem solving, and explore ideas not often covered in a regular school curriculum.
Students can sign up for either 2-week or 4-week formats.
Program Overview
Math Beasts Camp 3
Develop spatial thinking abilities, explore symmetry, knots, and plane tilings, and build reasoning skills through cryptography.
Math Beasts Camp 4
Explore number theory and discrete mathematics, manipulate dot diagrams, and introduce the mathematics upon which modern computer science is built.
Math Beasts Camp 5
Explore combinatorics, build probability skills, and solve problems in math games through pattern recognition, working backwards, and invariance.
Math Beasts Camp 6 (Prealgebra Prep)
Introduce graph theory through puzzles and games, explore sequences and series, and reinforce number sense with fractions, statistics, and equations.
Math Beasts Camp 7-8 (Algebra Prep)
Explore the world of cryptography while reviewing key Prealgebra concepts through puzzles, games, and interactive discussions.
Math Beasts Camp 8-9 (Geometry Prep)
Review key Algebra concepts while exploring deep branches of geometry not commonly seen in a traditional curriculum.
Middle School Math Contests: Number Theory and Geometry
Prepare for challenging math competitions through 2D and 3D geometry, number bases, factors, and more.
Middle School Math Contests: Algebra and Counting
Prepare for challenging math competitions through combinatorics, sequences and series, algebraic word problems, logic, and more.
AMC 10/12 Prep Camp
Prepare for the AMC 10/12 and AIME competitions with problem solving challenges in all fields of mathematics.
Language Arts Summer Camps
Problem solving through writing for grades 3–10
In our language arts summer camps, students practice communicative and collaborative skills to solve new challenges, think critically, and explore their creativity.
Students can sign up for either 2-week or 4-week formats.
Program Overview
Creative Writing for Grades 3–4
Read and analyze short picture book stories to master storytelling techniques like narration, plot and character creation, and problems within stories.
Writing for the Spotlight for Grades 4–5
Analyze and annotate scripts, act out a range of texts, and create scenes for the stage using interactive games and acting exercises.
Language Arts Triathlon for Grades 5–6
Develop skills in grammar, vocabulary, and writing, then put those skills to the test in the ultimate battle of words.
Rhyme-bot Derby: Language Craft and Analysis for Grades 6–7
Create and analyze poetry with the precision of an engineer, preparing to battle it out in a fun and friendly writing derby!
Myth Quest: Creative Writing and Archaeology for Grades 6–7
Build writing and problem-solving skills by reconstructing a long-lost myth based on its literary and archeological remains.
Mock Trial: Persuasive Speaking for Grades 7–8
Develop critical reading skills, practice public speaking, and write arguments to support your position in a mock trial format.
Academic Essay Writing for Grades 8–10
Master essential writing "moves" that professional writers and academics use to produce polished, persuasive essays.
About Our Summer Camps
Schedule Format
- Two weeks: 5 days a week, 3 hours per class
- Two weeks: 5 days a week, 1.5 hours per class
- Four weeks: 5 days a week, 1.5 hours per class
Curriculum
Summer camps are designed with special interactive activities and real-life problem scenarios to help students bolster critical problem solving skills and prepare for new challenges for the following year.
Requirements
- Access to a desktop or laptop with a camera and microphone
- A calm, quiet location to work
Placement Tests
For our language arts courses, we recommend that parents enroll students at their current grade level to connect with peers of the same social maturity.
Why Students & Parents AoPS Academy
"The instructors are truly masterful in their ability to offer differentiated teaching and challenge for all of their students, regardless of skill levels. The online platform ensured my son is challenged in a positive manner that keeps him engaged. His math skills have improved dramatically."
"The kids are very engaged with the books, videos, and problems. By having online work, online videos, and a teacher in the virtual academy setting, the children are really connecting with the material."
"AoPS Academy has a superb curriculum and outstanding teachers. If only we could have experienced math like this when we were young!"
