Environmental Leadership Summer Academy

July 13, 2025 through July 19, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

The Environmental Leadership Summer Academy (ELSA) of the Academy of Natural Sciences is an immersive summer sleep-away expedition for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors (17 years and younger) to gain hands-on field experience across a range of research areas: local community habitats and environments; beach, marsh, and Pine Barren ecology; botany, lake ecology and geology.

Students will gain a broad understanding of what it means to be an environmental scientist, leader and advocate in this rapidly growing field through theory-based courses and hands-on immersion experiences led by Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University scientists and professors.

During this research-rich summer adventure, students will create bonds that last a lifetime and discover pathways that will open doors to future careers in environmental science and related fields.

For more information on Environmental Leadership Summer Academy, please consult the ELSA Camp Handbook.

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