Aerosummer offers a variety of half-day, week-long programs teaching air and space history and science through hands-on activities such as designing and building model airplanes, launching model rockets, and flying simulators. Aerosummer runs Monday-Friday, from mid-July to late August.

Registration for Aerosummer 2018 is now open at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

“Our Aerosummer camps provide hands-on, fun activities that allow girls and boys to use their inventive imaginations while also having a lot of fun,” said Francis French, the Museum’s Director of Education.

Here's a sneak peek at what we have in store for Aerosummer 2018:

• Three NEW summer camps: Need for SPEED, Back to the Future, and a collaboration with local robotics company, Robolink, to bring you Robolink: Drone Master
• The second annual Girls in Engineering camp, empowering girls to build their own future
• All of your favorite camps back and better than ever: Space Adventures, Aviation Simulations, Ignite Engineering, and more (Hurry, these sell out fast!)

The San Diego Air & Space Museum welcomes children with disabilities and other special needs; working with Kids Included Together, we ensure that all children have access to our programs. Please contact us so we can make accommodations to allow your child’s successful participation.

To register for Aerosummer, visit: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/education/summer-camp-signup/.

Aerosummer 2018 Descriptions

Up, Up, and Away

Grades: 1-2

Description: Summer will just fly by if you take this camp! Explore the wonders of flight as you make unique paper airplanes, build and launch paper rockets, and create your own foam and balsa gliders. This is a fun-filled week of hands-on aviation adventures so come fly with us!

Dates and Time: July 9-13, 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

Astronauts in Training

Grades: 1-2

Description: Want to go to space? Then this is the camp for you! Explore the planets, learn survival strategies, build robots, rovers and rockets! This is one adventure you don’t want to miss! Let the training begin at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

Dates and Time: July 9-13, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

NEW! Need for SPEED

Grades: 1-2

Description: Ready, set, go wild for a week of experimenting with all things fast and furious! Explore our special exhibit, SPEED: Science in Motion, and draw inspiration to create your own speedy machines as we zip and zoom through the museum.

Dates and Time: July 30- Aug 3, 9:00 AM- 12:00 Noon

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

Space Adventures

Grades: 3-4

Description: You can’t spend your summer aboard the International Space Station yet, but you can spend a week at our space-themed camp! Come explore the solar system, build and launch rockets, enjoy behind the scenes tours of the Museum and see real space artifacts. Test your engineering skills with re-entry drop and payload target challenges created by NASA. You’re sure to have a blast in this camp!

Dates and Time: August 13-17, 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

NEW! Back to the Future

Grades: 3-4

Description: It’s science fiction turned reality as we explore the transportation and technology of the future! Engineer your own flying car, hovering disc, and mechanical hand as we learn about the latest innovations in air and space, and make our own predictions for what’s coming next.

Dates and Time: June 25-29, 9:00 AM - 12 Noon

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

Ignite Engineering

Grades: 4-8

Description: We want you! Through imagination, strength, and creativity, engineers will tackle ways to improve on robotics, rocket propulsion, and Martian mobility. Let the engineering adventures begin!

Dates and Time: July 23-27, 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Cost: $165 (Members $155)

Girls in Engineering 101

Grades: 4-8

Description: Join us for our all new girls engineering camp. Engineer your way to a brighter future by creating products related to aerospace, electrical, and civil engineering. Get engineering advice from local female experts. Accept this unique engineering challenge! We can do it!

Dates and Time: July 16-20, 9:00 AM - 12 Noon

Cost: $165 (Members $155)

NEW! Robolink: Drone Master

Grades: 4-8

Description: Coding is more fun when it flies! The San Diego Air & Space Museum is teaming up with local robotics company Robolink to teach you how to program a drone. Use block-based or text-based coding to get your drone to take off, fly in patterns, and go through obstacles. There will be mini competitions every day with a big challenge at the end of the week. See you in the skies!

Dates and Time: July 16-20, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Cost: $295

Aviation Simulations - First Session

Grades: 5-12

Description: Um, how do you fly this thing? Master the basics of flight, navigation, and instrumentation on our computer simulators! We’ll even try out other simulators—including our cool motion- based MaxFlight® FS2000—later in the week. With instruction by actual pilots, this camp is great for the future aviator!

Dates and Time: August 6 - 10, 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

Aviation Simulations - Second Session

Grades: 5-12

Description: Um, how do you fly this thing? Master the basics of flight, navigation, and instrumentation on our computer simulators! We’ll even try out other simulators—including our cool motion- based MaxFlight® FS2000—later in the week. With instruction by actual pilots, this camp is great for the future aviator!

Dates and Time: August 6 - 10, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Cost: $145 (Members $135)

For more information about the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s Education Department, visit:

http://sandiegoairandspace.org/education/education-overview.