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Here’s a nice story about summer camps helping students interested in science and technology flourish during summer break: Summer camps aim to get kids excited about science and technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Athan’s Engineering Minds, is a two-week program that will run Monday through Thursday beginning July 15 at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church in Tampa. It’s for high-achieving middle school students with more than a passing interest in science.<\/p>\n

“I don’t care about their age, I don’t care about their grade,” Athan said. “I do care about their passion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a nice story about summer camps helping students interested in science and technology flourish during summer break: Summer camps aim to get kids excited about science and technology Athan’s Engineering Minds, is a two-week program that will run Monday … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-uG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":596,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=596","url_meta":{"origin":1902,"position":0},"title":"Camp, Phoenix, bikini, and squid.","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"==> UCF is offering week-long science summer camps, which sound very cool. 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