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Science Summer Camp in Kingston, NY

Parents in Kingston, NY book summer in February and regret it in July. The Kingston, NY metro area has about 183,330 residents, ranking 246th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 5-14 · For families · New York · Northeast

Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Kingston, NY
Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Kingston, NY

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

Kingston, NY — what applies locally

  • The Kingston, NY metro area has about 183,330 residents, ranking 246th in the country.
  • Metro area: Kingston, NY
  • State: New York · Region: Northeast

Questions we get from Kingston, NY

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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