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Science Summer Camp in Seattle, WA

Parents in Seattle, WA book summer in February and regret it in July. The Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA metro area has about 4,161,883 residents, ranking 15th 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 · Washington · West

Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Seattle, WA
Science Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Seattle, WA

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

Seattle, WA — what applies locally

  • The Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA metro area has about 4,161,883 residents, ranking 15th in the country.
  • Metro area: Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA
  • State: Washington · Region: West

Questions we get from Seattle, WA

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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