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 Ionia County, MI

Ionia County is one of 83 counties in Michigan. The case for nature & environmental science 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 5-13 · For families · Michigan · Midwest

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

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

Ionia County, MI — what applies locally

Ionia County is one of 83 counties in Michigan.
Every public school district inside Ionia County is eligible for the district licensing terms.
State: Michigan · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Ionia County, MI

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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