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Zahraa A. Ali; Ibtisam Rashid; Shafeah H. Al-Merri; Naser Abu Erjaib; Dduha Chehadeh – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
A science camp for blind or visually impaired (BVI) students, covering mainly hands-on chemistry experiments, is described. The scientific experiments are detailed, and the feedback of the students is recorded, highlighting the benefits of the camp and its impact. BVI students actively participated in conducting the scientific experiments using…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness
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Jung, Hyunyi; Son, Ji-Won; Ji-Yeong, I – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
Data reasoning and digital literacy skills, especially the ability to find, represent, and accurately interpret the relevant data, are critical in workplaces and lifetime experiences. Given the importance of developing data reasoning skills from learners' experiences, this article aims to describe teacher and student actions that contributed to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Relevance (Education), Mathematics Instruction
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Chiu, Ying-Ting – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2020
The Yuan T. Lee Foundation Science Education for All (YTLF) has implemented a science camp for students with visual impairments in central Taiwan since 2009. The implementation of the camp serves as an informal science education practice model that informs curriculum design and development, personnel preparation and organization, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Hands on Science
Rosenberg, Jeff – Wallace Foundation, 2018
Many public school districts are seeking to expand or launch voluntary summer learning programs, especially for children from low-income families. These children experience setbacks over the summer compared to their more affluent peers. Most studies have found that students from low-income families learn less during the summer than do students…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Summer Schools, Camps, Parent Attitudes
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Kurtzo, Fawn; Edgar, Leslie D.; Graham, Donna L.; Russell, Mark – Journal of Extension, 2017
As 4-H evolves to include a wide breadth of youths' modern interests, innovative educational opportunities and evaluation practices become necessary. Horsemanship and safety-based horse camps were created in response to a statewide challenge to develop competitive 4-H members and retain those members as they approach adolescence. This article…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Horses, Extension Education, Safety
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McBride, Judith W.; Baker, Anita M. – Afterschool Matters, 2020
In the first learning community session since last summer's programs, foundation staff at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in Connecticut invite providers to share their news. "What worked? What challenges did you see?" Seasoned providers highlight field trips taken, books introduced, newsletters crafted by youth and shared with…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Barriers, Equal Education
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Bacon, Jamie P.; Ziepniewski, Cathy – Voices in Education, 2017
Bermuda's fragile environment is under threat. Rising sea levels due to global warming, ocean acidification, invasive lionfish, plastic debris and locally generated water pollution are just a few of the issues that should concern all of Bermuda's residents. Now, more than ever, "environmental education" should be a critical part of every…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Consciousness Raising
Fowler, Laura T. Sanchez – Online Submission, 2013
This report summarizes results from a survey given to rising 5th grade students who attended AISD's science summer camp in 2013 at two elementary campuses: Pleasant Hill and Campbell. Students were surveyed about their attitudes toward science at the beginning of the summer camp and again at the end of the camp to learn whether students'…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Camps, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Houck, Joseph D.; Machamer, Natalie K.; Erickson, Karla A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
One-day chemistry camps, managed by graduate students from the Departments of Chemistry at the Universities of Virginia (UVA) and Vermont (UVM), have proven successful as an outreach initiative. The camp model engages kindergarten through fifth grade elementary school students in hands-on, inquiry-based science experiments to educate and excite…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Graduate Students, Elementary School Students, Chemistry
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Levine, Mindy; Serio, Nicole; Radaram, Bhasker; Chaudhuri, Sauradip; Talbert, William – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
There continues to be a persistent, widespread gender gap in multiple STEM disciplines at all educational and professional levels: from the self-reported interest of preschool aged students in scientific exploration to the percentages of tenured faculty in these disciplines, more men than women express an interest in science, a confidence in their…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Differences, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Clark, Mary Kristen; Nwokah, Evangeline E. – American Journal of Play, 2010
Summer camps provide opportunities for children to experience play, pleasurable activities, and social interaction with other children of similar ages and interests and are an integral part of the modern-day American cultural landscape. The authors discuss the emergence of summer camps for children with special needs, the types of play activities…
Descriptors: Play, Summer Programs, Disabilities, Children
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Massiha, G. H. – Tech Directions, 2011
In the United States and elsewhere, there is a dramatic shortage of engineers and technologists. And, unfortunately, these professions often suffer from a lack of awareness among K-12 students. Clearly, educators need to show students the very exciting and lucrative aspects of these fields. Engineering and technology are consistently listed by…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Career Education
Groves, D. L.; Merski, J. E. – 1981
Two methods were used to identify important operational constraints and their potential impact on special education camps: a review of current literature and programs using content analysis and the development of day and resident camping experiences. In the content analysis, a process of evolution through trial and error was seen as leading to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Modification, Children
Cockerham, Steve – Journal of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping, 2002
Wilderness programs have earned a well-respected niche in the continuum of care for troubled youth and families by providing quality counseling and education in an outdoor environment. Research substantiates claims of program effectiveness. Outdoor therapeutic programming can be dissected into identifiable techniques and approaches, which have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Group Counseling, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Effectiveness
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Kirkner, Richard M. – School Arts, 1980
Described are the development, evolution, and creative art activities of a summer camp for handicapped, learning disabled children--Learning through Creative Arts With Handicapped Children--in Ashville, New York. (KC)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy, Disabilities
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