School may be out for the summer but students in Clarkston are still learning. These little scientists took part in a four-day summer camp at Grantham Elementary this week. The Washington State Department of Education provided a grant of nearly $550,000 to make it happen. The large grant pays for teachers to be part of the summer program, as well as substitute teachers during the school year and school supplies.
“And the purpose of the grant is really to move the next generation science standards, which were recently adopted by the state of Washington,” said Andy Cavagnetto, associate professor of science education in the School of Biological Sciences. “With that, there’s some shifts in what is being taught, and how science instruction should look.”