How much is outdoors?

Most of it, weather permitting, with indoor analysis of what was collected.

Is it a nature camp or a science camp?

A science camp that happens outside. The data work is the point.

Five and up, with the collection work scaled to attention span.

Nature & Environmental Science Camp in Aurora County, SD

Families searching for Nature & Environmental Science Camp in Aurora County, SD are mostly asking one question: will this week actually change anything, or is it childcare with a science theme. Aurora County is one of 66 counties in South Dakota.

Ages 5-13 · For families · South Dakota · Midwest

Nature & Environmental Science Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Aurora County, SD

What the week actually is

Field science is the antidote to the worksheet. Water samples, soil tests, species counts, weather logs — real data the child collected, which means an error is theirs to find rather than the book's to hide.

Day by day

Collect real samples from the site
Test and record
Compare against last year's data
Find the anomaly and argue it
Showcase: the report

Aurora County, SD — what applies locally

Aurora County is one of 66 counties in South Dakota.
Every public school district inside Aurora County is eligible for the district licensing terms.
State: South Dakota · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Aurora County, SD

How much is outdoors?: Most of it, weather permitting, with indoor analysis of what was collected.
Is it a nature camp or a science camp?: A science camp that happens outside. The data work is the point.
Younger children?: Five and up, with the collection work scaled to attention span.

Other camp themes in Aurora County

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