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Nature & Environmental Science Camp in Madera, CA

Parents in Madera, CA book summer in February and regret it in July. Madera has a population of about 63,105. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 5-13 · For families · California · West

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

  1. Collect real samples from the site
  2. Test and record
  3. Compare against last year's data
  4. Find the anomaly and argue it
  5. Showcase: the report

Madera, CA — what applies locally

  • Madera has a population of about 63,105.
  • State: California · Region: West

Questions we get from Madera, 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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