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Affordable STEM Summer Camp in Dade County, MO

Dade County is one of 115 counties in Missouri. The case for affordable stem summer camp here is not that the area lacks camps — it is that most of them end without the child being able to explain what they made.

Ages 5-14 · For families · Missouri · Midwest

Affordable STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Dade County, MO
Affordable STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Dade County, MO

What the week actually is

STEM camp pricing is the reason most children who would love it never attend. Scholarship places, sliding-scale pricing and partnerships with churches, libraries and parks departments exist specifically to break that, and asking about them costs nothing.

Day by day

  1. Pick the problem and write the prediction
  2. First build, first failure
  3. Diagnose what went wrong
  4. Rebuild and test
  5. Showcase: explain it to the room

Dade County, MO — what applies locally

  • Dade County is one of 115 counties in Missouri.
  • Every public school district inside Dade County is eligible for the district licensing terms.
  • State: Missouri · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Dade County, MO

Are there scholarships?
Yes, and the application is short on purpose.
What is the cheapest option?
Partner-hosted weeks at churches, libraries and parks departments run at the lowest cost because the venue is donated.
Is the cheap version worse?
No. Same curriculum, same kit.

Other camp themes in Dade County

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Affordable STEM Camp elsewhere in Missouri

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