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Science Summer Camp in Gooding County, ID

Gooding County is one of 44 counties in Idaho. The case for science summer 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 5-14 · For families · Idaho · West

Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Gooding County, ID
Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Gooding County, ID

What the week actually is

Science camp fails when it becomes a magic show — big reaction, loud noise, no idea why. Every demonstration here comes with a prediction written down first, so the child has something at stake before the lid comes off.

Day by day

  1. Write the prediction down first
  2. Run it and record what actually happened
  3. Change one variable, only one
  4. Argue the result against another team
  5. Showcase: present the data, including the mess

Gooding County, ID — what applies locally

  • Gooding County is one of 44 counties in Idaho.
  • Every public school district inside Gooding County is eligible for the district licensing terms.
  • State: Idaho · Region: West

Questions we get from Gooding County, ID

What areas of science?
Physical, life and earth science, weighted toward whatever the group gets curious about by Tuesday.
Are the experiments safe?
Yes, and the safety reasoning is taught rather than just enforced.
My child says science is boring.
That usually means it has been delivered as facts to memorize. Starting from a question the child actually has fixes it faster than anything else.

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