Successful plans receive startup funding. Lunches, curriculum, bus passes as needed, field trips and guest speakers are provided during Phase I. YEB is especially looking for economically disadvantaged and minority youth with good ideas for potential businesses. Open enrollment January-May. Early deadline April 30. Final deadline June 1.
Campers spend half the day as science explorers and half as athletes.
Extended care available at extra cost. Four week-long residential camps in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Gold Country foothills, Sierra Nevada and Mokelumne Wilderness, combining outdoor science with swimming, hiking, stargazing, crafts and games. Daily planetarium shows, live animals to touch and observe in the biology lab, a free computer lab, and special family events each week. Campers explore plants and animals from all over the world and across time. First preference will be given to children and grandchildren of LBNL employees, then UC families.