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SDM Summer Camps 2026 – It’s Rocket Science

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Event Details

Date & Time June 22 @ 9:00 am - June 25 @ 4:00 pm

Location 501 E. Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City South Dakota 57701

Organizer Name South Dakota Mines, Summer Camps 2026

Organizer Info Alyssa, 605-394-2414, Youth.Programs@sdsmt.edu

Intended Audience:Students Entering Freshman year through recently graduated seniors of 2026

Event Description:

Join our Physics department as they work to discover the secrets of the time-space continuum (and more)…

Physics is the foundation of science. Every other field builds upon its concepts and principles. If you know physics, you know how to model and predict a system. If you can predict a system, you can control it. In other words, physics teaches you how to control the universe!!! Muhahahah…. “ahem”, uh, as I was saying;

In this day camp we’ll explore some of the many fields of physics, from Newtonian mechanics and the physics of weather systems; to particle physics, neutrinos and the search for dark matter; to astrophysics. We will visit state-of-the art research laboratories, conduct our own experiments, and use what you learn to construct and launch your own rocket!