About GatorLabs Presents!
Applications are open to all Alachua County 6-8th Graders https://ufcpet.smapply.us/
The University of Florida Center for Precollegiate Education and Training is proud to offer our middle school program GatorLabs Presents for 6th, 7th & 8th grade students who reside in Alachua County
These are day camps offered on Alachua country public school Student Holidays. (Students must be picked up and dropped off daily).
Sessions will be held on the University of Florida campus, where students will work alongside undergraduate and graduate science students and faculty researchers to explore different science concepts from microorganisms to galaxies.
Please See below for the Fall 2025 Offerings!
Need Based Scholarships Available, please email cpet@cpet.ufl.edu for more information after you apply.
GatorLabs Presents: The Science of Scary - October 20th, 2025
Join us as we will be exploring all types of “spooky science” – from The Science behind Anxiety, zombie disease transmission, and all the creepy crawlers in-between.
Open to all Middle School Students in Alachua County
Drop off: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pick Up: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: McCarty Hall (UF)
Apply By 10/13/25: bit.ly/glpresents
Program Cost is $40
GatorLabs Presents: Gator Gourmet - November 24th & November 25th, 2025
Join us for a two-day adventure into the science of food. Students will dive into nutrition, precision and measurement, and the engineering principles that bring delicious creations to life.
Open to all Middle School Students in Alachua County
Drop off: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pick Up: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: McCarty Hall (UF)
Apply By 11/19/25: bit.ly/glpresents
Program Cost is $70
GatorLabs Presents: Gator Maker - December 19th, 2025
DESCRIPTION TBA
Open to all Middle School Students in Alachua County
Drop off: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pick Up: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: McCarty Hall (UF)
Apply By: TBA
Program Cost is TBA