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Nature & Environmental Science Camp in Todd County, SD

Todd County is one of 66 counties in South Dakota. Nature & Environmental Science Camp works the same way here as anywhere: give a child a problem too hard to guess at, then refuse to hand them the answer.

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

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

  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

Todd County, SD — what applies locally

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

Questions we get from Todd 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.

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