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Curiosity Camp in the Woods: 2015 Assessment Report

July 1, 2015 | Public Programs
The Curiosity Summer Camp was held in the Redwoods of Huddart Park, Woodside, CA. The camp provided an opportunity for students (ages 4-10) to experience learning in ways that are not always supported by the formal school science curriculum. By focusing on the engineering design process, the children learned to iterate and come back to the same model with a different approach, resulting in development of critical thinking skills and persistence. We engaged 12 PreK-5 students in a 100-hour hands-on engineering camp. The age cohorts we assessed were: 4-5, 6-7 and 8-10. The sample size was very low and thus this work needs to be further explored.

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    Private Foundation
    Funding Program: Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
    Resource Type: Research and Evaluation Instruments | Rubric | Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Engineering | Nature of science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Summer and Extended Camps

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