Teens experience a unique choose-your-own-adventure style storyline where their decisions have lasting consequences on a fictional city, fostering real-world problem-solving and leadership skills.
The Discovery Crew: Teen Leadership Summer Program at Texas Discovery Gardens offers an immersive, half-day experience where teens assume leadership roles within a fictional city. Participants confront evolving challenges centered on environmental stewardship, community planning, and problem-solving. Through a choose-your-own-adventure style narrative, every decision made has tangible consequences, physically altering a shared city map and influencing the ongoing story of their world. Campers engage in hands-on STEM challenges, mapping and navigation activities, and guided discussions to determine their city's response to new obstacles. Activities extend beyond the main campus to include locations like Big Tex Urban Farms, Leonhardt Lagoon, and the Children's Aquarium, connecting decision-making scenarios to real-world environments. An optional afternoon volunteer session allows teens to earn documented service hours by assisting staff with camp preparations, butterfly house tasks, and supporting Homeschool Day.
A typical morning involves teens engaging in hands-on STEM challenges, mapping activities, and guided discussions to address environmental and community planning issues within a fictional city. An optional afternoon session allows for volunteer work, assisting with camp preparations and other tasks.
This program is best for high school students aged 13-17 interested in environmental stewardship, community planning, problem-solving, and developing leadership skills through hands-on STEM activities.
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