Mathematical Explorations for Girls Achievement or MEGA Camp, is a summer enrichment program for 5th and 6th grade girls. The campers spend 4 hours a day for two weeks participating in mathematical projects and visiting local mathematical sites.

MEGA Camp was designed to improve recruitment and retention of girls in science, engineering and mathematics education and careers by increasing the awareness of career options, demonstrating that mathematics can be fun and challenging without being intimidating, strengthening basic skills, and improving work-ethic, attitude, self-image, and written and verbal communication skills. Daily activities alternate between field trips to local companies or organizations and specifically designed follow-up lessons. The field trip sites have included NASA Ames Research Center, The Technology Museum of Innovation, The Microscope and Graphic Imaging Center, EBMUD water treatment plant, Chabot Observatory and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Plant (can you guess which is the favorite of the campers?!). Each field trip cycle has four components: an introduction, a site visit, a follow-up activity, and an update of the MEGA Camp website. The follow-up activities are done in small groups, each of which is facilitated by a CSUH math student who serves as a MEGA Counselors. In addition to the group activities, each camper researches her choice of a career using mathematics and presents her findings to the entire MEGA Camp community at the last day MEGA Celebration.

MEGA Camp has received funding from the School of Science, the Office of Instructional Services through the Precollegiate Academic Development (PAD) program and the National Science Foundation.