What is it about?
Due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, camp and program directors raced to make decisions about summer programming. Traditionally, GSI Summer Camp is a day camp held on a local university campus for four weeks. Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, the program staff decided to move forward with a seven-week virtual experience for 45 upper elementary, middle, and high school participants. This article presents a description of the implementation of an infectious disease module during a virtual STEM camp.
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Why is it important?
At the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, this article presents a description of the implementation of an infectious disease module during a virtual STEM camp.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great opportunity to document our experiences in our first virtual camp during our first-lived global pandemic. It was interesting to see science learning happening in an informal setting AT HOME!
Demetrice Smith-Mutegi
Old Dominion University
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This page is a summary of: Summer STEM Camp Goes Virtual, The Hoosier Science Teacher, November 2021, IUScholarWorks,
DOI: 10.14434/thst.v44i101.
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