Session 1: STEM Reporters Day 1 & 2 -- Jesse, Alaijha, Stanford, Darrell, and Dominic

Breaking the ice!

Yesterday, July 6th, 2014 at PECO STEM camp we played Make Me Laugh. The rules for the game were to run or walk up to your opponent and try to make them laugh! Something that we all learned was that when you actually get to know someone you can have more confidence to be funny. A lot of people were shy during the first round but in the second round people knew people better so they were more confident. It was very fun getting to know the mentors and they helped us place our faith in them. They also gave us encouragement to be funny without shame. - Jesse B. 

Yesterday, July 6, 2014 at PECO STEM Camp we played a game called Ships + Sailors on Memorial Field. The mentors made the game a little harder each time we completed a round. The first part of Ships + Sailors was when the mentors called “Ships” we all had to run to the right and when they called “Sailors” we would run to the left. When we had finished the first round it got harder and harder because of the new rules they added. We all trusted each other and our mentors and tried to communicate so it wouldn’t be as hard as it seemed. - Dominic Y.D.

Sharpening our skills...

Today at basketball we learned how to dribble around the court and how to pass it in between our hands with the help of our director Ms. Kate. She helped us get used to shooting from far away. Mr. Malcolm and Mr. Ka'Shawn also helped us learn basketball skills with different games. -Alaijha M. 

Art & Craft
Today we did an art and craft where we put paint on our hands to make a Widener PECO STEM banner. We had use paint, masking tape and also a banner paper, and our hands to create our banner. Ms. Catherine hopes to bring the banner to all of the trips so every can see that we are from the Widener PECO STEM camp!- Stanford L. 

Reaching Higher!

Yesterday, July 6th, 2014 at town hall we talked about what we expected from the campers and the mentors. Ms. Shanna showed us how to make reach higher envelopes and we signed our expectation contracts that we will follow during camp while we ate pizza. The point of the expectation contracts were to make sure we make camp a safe place, understand each other and reach higher everyday! - Darrell W.