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High School STEM Summer Camp in Chico, CA

The Chico, CA metro area has about 209,211 residents, ranking 225th in the country. The case for high school 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 14-18 · For families · California · West

High School STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Chico, CA
High School STEM Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Chico, CA

What the week actually is

By high school a camp has to be worth a teenager's summer. This one runs on a real project with a real deliverable — something that can be shown to an admissions officer or an employer without an explanation attached.

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

Chico, CA — what applies locally

  • The Chico, CA metro area has about 209,211 residents, ranking 225th in the country.
  • Metro area: Chico, CA
  • State: California · Region: West

Questions we get from Chico, CA

Does it help with college applications?
A finished, documented project helps. A certificate of attendance does not, and we do not pretend otherwise.
What is the deliverable?
A build, a dataset or a piece of working software, documented well enough to hand to a stranger.
Can they work on their own idea?
Yes, if it can be scoped to the time available.

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