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Affordable STEM Summer Camp in Waterloo, IA

The Waterloo–Cedar Falls, IA metro area has about 169,189 residents, ranking 263rd in the country. Affordable STEM Summer Camp works the same way here as anywhere: give a child a problem too hard to guess at, then refuse to hand them the answer.

Ages 5-14 · For families · Iowa · Midwest

Affordable STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Waterloo, IA
Affordable STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Waterloo, IA

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

Waterloo, IA — what applies locally

  • The Waterloo–Cedar Falls, IA metro area has about 169,189 residents, ranking 263rd in the country.
  • Metro area: Waterloo–Cedar Falls, IA
  • State: Iowa · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Waterloo, IA

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.

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