Where technology meets exploration! Map, code, and navigate your way through a week of geospatial adventures! Campers will dive into the world of mapping and location technology, mastering latitude and longitude, reading contour lines, and decoding the colors of elevation. With robots, coding challenges, and hands-on data collection, they’ll discover how geospatial technology connects us to the world around us. From exploring topographic maps to understanding how drones use remote sensing to create real maps, every activity transforms campers into spatial scientists. Whether they’re charting coordinates or designing digital worlds, this camp shows how geospatial technology helps us understand and communicate the power of place.
Program Dates and Audience
- July 5-10, 2026 (rising 9-12 grade students)
Program Fees
| Residential | Commuter | |
| Early Bird (1/28 - 2/28) | $1,150 | $675 |
| Regular (3/1 - 4/30) | $1,200 | $700 |
| Late (5/1 - 7/6) | $1,250 | $750 |
Meet Your Instructor
Elise Lorenzo, Ph.D.
Elise M. Lorenzo is a social and educational researcher. She earned all three of her degrees from the University of Central Florida, including a Ph.D. in Sociology, an M.A. in Applied Sociology, and a B.A. in Marketing and Event Planning. Her professional experience centers on informal STEM education, where she played a key operational role in developing a mobile learning lab and a recurring summer institute for students, both grounded in geospatial technologies and designed to expand access to hands-on, place-based learning opportunities.
Elise is currently a postdoctoral researcher funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF) Program solicitation (22-531) through the development of the Institute for Measurement MEthodology in Rural STEM Education–Postdoctoral Research Fellows (IMMERSE-PRF) program, a comprehensive and innovative initiative for training postdoctoral researchers to actively engage in STEM education research. IMMERSE-PRF implements a two-year training program for rural postdoctoral scholars designed to produce transdisciplinary researchers who are: well-positioned to study rural STEM education and workforce development; to measure and address barriers and protective factors unique to and/or operant within rural communities as they relate to STEM education and workforce development; and able to conduct high-quality, rigorous studies in STEM education and workforce development to influence local, state, and federal policy and practice.
Elise brings together a unique mix of research, outreach, and coordination skills that allow her to move fluidly between academic and community-focused work. Her research is grounded in collaboration and driven by a commitment to making data and science accessible, actionable, and impactful for rural communities.