For six days and five nights, incoming seventh and eighth grade students participated in Camp Colton’s STEM Environmental Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Summer Experience, during which they got to learn about environmental science in hands-on fashion.
Working alongside STEM experts, campers directed their own environmental research projects and explored the greater outdoors in and around Hart Prairie.
Students from area middle schools set off across Walker Lake recently during a Camp Colton STEM research project.
Students participating in a weeklong STEM camp at Camp Colton break into groups to conduct a survey of the flora and fauna of Walker Lake, which is located in a volcanic caldera, to gather data for a STEM research project.
Tayte Cully, from Grand Canyon School, uses a net to look for insects in Walker Lake while gathering data as part of a STEM research project she is participating in while at Camp Colton.
Hunter Campbell, from Grand Canyon School, tests the limits of his waders at Walker Lake while gathering data in late June for a STEM research project as part of a summer stay at Camp Colton.
Harley Aulisio, from Pine Strawberry School, uses a net to look for insects in Walker Lake while gathering data as part of a STEM research project he is participating in while at Camp Colton.
Charlotte Vessey, from Sinagua Middle School, shows off a garter snake she found at Walker Lake while surveying the volcanic caldera the lake sits in during a Camp Colton STEM research project.
Students from Camp Colton are reflected in the surface of Walker Lake recently during a trip to gather data for a STEM research project.
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