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students during camp. Generous funding from the consumer organization and
other sponsors enabled the camp director to purchase all supplies requested
by the participants for their inquiries.
Onsite at camp, each student had a designated workspace in a large
open room with all of the requested supplies already placed on the table.
Additional materials such as braillewriters and measurement tools were
readily available in several general supply stations. The day was loosely
structured into individual work periods and open demonstrations. Throughout
the day students could choose to work on their investigation or to take a
break and join one of the demonstrations such as freezing objects with liquid
nitrogen or investigating the Blind Driver Challenge car. In the early evening
hours, several field trips to area science oriented attractions were offered. At
the end of the week students shared their findings with sponsors, families and
each other at a Research Expo.
Participants
Participants were a convenience sample comprised of students enrolled
in the camp. Twenty-two students with varying levels of visual impairment
participated in this study. Fifteen students projected for enrollment in grades
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