The 2025 Sky’s the Limit STEM Camp was held in June and July, and featured a variety of nature- and STEM-based activities to engage students’ curiosity, including science experiments, geocaching, water quality testing, and more.
2025 Schedule
June 20
1–1:10 p.m.: Greetings, introductions, and policies
1:10–1:30 p.m.: Icebreaker bingo
1:30–2 p.m.: Marigold experiments
2–3 p.m.: Big Hill Park hike and nature photography
3:10–3:20 p.m.: Snack break
3:20–4 p.m.: Create natural dyes and tie dye a shirt
June 27
1–1:10 p.m.: Greetings and policies
1:10–1:30 p.m.: Skittles art
1:30–2:30 p.m.: Split into two groups
- Group A: Geocaching
- Group B: Heat mapping with rover/instruments, ecosystem comparison
2:30–2:40 p.m.: Snack break
2:40–3:40 p.m.: Split into two groups
- Group A: Heat mapping with rover/instruments, ecosystem comparison
- Group B: Geocaching
3:40–4 p.m.: Telestrations game
July 11
1–1:10 p.m.: Greetings and policies
1:10 p.m.:–1:30 p.m.: Frogger
1:30–2:15 p.m.: Collect water samples at creek
2:15–3 p.m.: Water sample analysis, split into two rooms
3–3:10 p.m.: Snack break
3:10–3:35 p.m.: Break into two groups
- Group A: Build and use sling psychrometers
- Group B: Soda geysers
3:35–4 p.m.: Break into two groups
- Group A: Soda geysers
- Group B: Build and use sling psychrometers
July 18
1–1:10 p.m.: Greetings and policies
1:10–1:30 p.m.: Who’s Your Neighbor/Where the West Wind Blows
1:30–2:30 p.m.: Newton egg experiment
2:30–3 p.m.: Gem and fossil dig
3–3:10 p.m.: Snack break
3:10–3:35 p.m.: Break into two groups
- Group A: Cloud in a bottle experiment
- Group B: Lightning experiment
3:35–4 p.m.: Break into two groups
- Group A: Lightning experiment
- Group B: Cloud in a bottle experiment
July 25
1–1:10 p.m.: Greetings and policies
1:10–1:25 p.m.: Movement time
1:25–1:35 p.m.: Check on marigolds
1:35–2:35 p.m.: Choose an activity: either fire building/survival or archery
2:35–2:45 p.m.: Snack break – s’mores
2:45–3:10 p.m.: Playground
3:10–3:40 p.m.: Bottle rockets
3:40–4 p.m.: Ice cream party