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Science Campers

Carlton's South Terrace Elementary hosted the popular Summer Learning Camp in the first week of August. The 36 elementary school-aged students displayed "great curiosity and enthusiasm while learning about this year's theme: Flight and Outer Space," said camp director Sam Kavanaugh, a Carlton graduate, Twin Cities area teacher, and recent Jeopardy! Game show champion. Among a variety of activities, campers designed flying machines, made models of the solar system and earth's atmosphere, and created devices to help an astronaut survive the harshness of space. Kavanaugh said students were partic...