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Girls STEM Summer Camp in Richmond, VA

Parents in Richmond, VA book summer in February and regret it in July. The Richmond, VA metro area has about 1,389,338 residents, ranking 44th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Virginia · South

Girls STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Richmond, VA
Girls STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Richmond, VA

What the week actually is

Girls leave STEM in the middle-school years at a rate that has nothing to do with ability and everything to do with who is talking in the room. A girls-only week changes who answers, who leads the build, and who is still there in ninth grade.

Day by day

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

Richmond, VA — what applies locally

  • The Richmond, VA metro area has about 1,389,338 residents, ranking 44th in the country.
  • Metro area: Richmond, VA
  • State: Virginia · Region: South

Questions we get from Richmond, VA

Is the content different?
No. The room is different.
Why does that matter?
Because participation patterns set in these years, and confidence built here shows up in course selection later.
Are there women instructors?
Yes, and the material draws on working engineers and scientists rather than historical figures alone.

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