May is a great time to appreciate our teachers! This year let’s make it easy for all of us to honor and thank our educators for their hard work and dedication to teaching our kids. Teacher appreciation week is from May 8th to May 12th this year. Plenty of time to come up with ideas …
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Celebrate Citizen Science Month!
It may be the month of April Fool’s Day, but it is no joke that it is also the month to celebrate Citizen Science! We are all invited to celebrate biodiversity with opportunities to do science, find community, and get out an explore the outdoors during this beautiful spring month. Scientists need people like you …
ExploreHope Staff Stories: Step-Up
Hello, my name is Evan Pepper, and I am one of the camp leaders for ExploreHope’s Summer Science Camps! I will be a Junior at Hope College this fall and am majoring in Secondary Special Education. This is my first summer working for ExploreHope, and it has been a blast so far! All the kids …
ExploreHope Staff Stories: Science of Art
My name is Kate, and this week I had the joy of teaching Science of Art here at ExploreHope Science Camps. Throughout the week, we used science concepts like capillary action, hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances, and light/color, to make amazing art. Students got to explore how materials interact as they painted, created, and were encouraged …
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ExploreHope Staff Stories: Harry Potter Camp
Hi! My name is Annie Kuiper, this upcoming fall I will be a Junior here at Hope College. I am going into elementary special education with a focus on learning disabilities. Something that really excited me about camps was getting more experience about what it’s like to be working with kids in a classroom setting. …
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ExploreHope Staff Stories: Cool Critters and Crawlies
Hi there! My name is Ellie Johnston and this is my first year on the ExploreHope staff! I will be a junior in the fall studying Early Childhood Education. These camps have been the highlight of my summer, watching the campers jump out of their cars every day eager to start. Nothing brings me more …
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ExploreHope Staff Stories: Roller Coaster Camp
Welcome back lovely scientists to the STEM@Home blog. My name is Lucy and I was in charge of leading a camp with ExploreHope this year. I will be a senior at Hope majoring in Elementary Education and I am really looking forward to working with kids in the camp. It has been so exciting to …
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ExploreHope Staff Stories: Art in Nature
Hello! My name is Megan McCormick, and I am working at Explore Hope Science Camp this summer! I am a recent Hope graduate with a degree in Elementary Education. I will be teaching third-grade at West Ottawa this fall! I was excited to return to science camp this summer because I love how camp provides …
ExploreHope Staff Stories: Video Game Making
Hello, my name is Sean Dummer and I am going to be a freshman at Hope this fall. I will be majoring in Environmental Science and plan to minor in computer science. I am very excited to work with this year’s campers! Video Game Making Camp is a camp based around learning the very early …
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ExploreHope Staff Stories: Diving Deeper into Dissection
Hello everyone! My name is Ashley Lauraine and this is my sixth year working at the Explore Hope Science Camps. I will be a sophomore at Hope next year and will be majoring in Biology along the Pre-Veterinary track. I absolutely adore these camps and love watching the campers’ eyes light up when an experiment …
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