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 Calexico, CA

There is no shortage of summer options in Calexico, CA. There is a shortage of weeks a child talks about in September, and that is the bar nature & environmental science camp has to clear.

Ages 5-13 · For families · California · West

Nature & Environmental Science Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Calexico, CA

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

Calexico, CA — what applies locally

Calexico has a population of about 39,389.
State: California · Region: West

Questions we get from Calexico, CA

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.

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