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Fox Chapel Area School District STEAM camp draws nearly 200 students

Michael DiVittorio
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Kerr Elementary School student Tristan Schwabenbauer prepares to launch his robot as peers in the “Rockets, Rovers, and Drones, Oh My!” camp look on.
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Theda Kingman-Graves, a student at Dorseyville Middle School, glazes a piece of pottery in the “Let’s Get Fired Up!” camp.
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Kerr Elementary student Nolan Geidel learns about the anatomy of a grasshopper as part of the “Bug-tacular” camp.
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Hartwood Elementary School student Brynlee Bac paints with a flyswatter during the “Messy Maker Artists” camp.

Fox Chapel Area School District hosted its annual STEAM Camp at Fairview Elementary School last month.

About 200 students participated in the week dedicated to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

It was open to students in first through eighth grades.

District community engagement specialist Jill Leonard said students attended one of 13 camps, which covered topics ranging from pottery to stop-motion to environmental exploration.

Camps also featured a series of interdisciplinary lessons including coding, robotics, drones, engineering design, digital fabrication, ecology, geology and nature.

Campers took part in hands-on experiments, stimulating investigations, project-based learning and thoughtful exploration facilitated by certified educators, as well as community partners from the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.

Michael DiVittorio is a TribLive reporter covering general news in Western Pennsylvania, with a penchant for festivals and food. He can be reached at mdivittorio@triblive.com.

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