This week the Meadowlands Environment Center is holding a space camp for students entering the seventh grade.
Tuesday’s session was about the sun, stars and planets, and students went outside to learn about the sun in whole new ways (see 1:45-minute video). 
MEC’s Laura Venner talked to the 15 students abot the sun and SOHO, an international project involving NASA and other space agencies to study the sun.
The space camp, one of a half-dozen offered by MEC
All MEC camps are held at the new Center for Environmental and Scientific Education (below), a “green” building that incorporates sustainable materials and alternative energy, in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst.
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Hello i am Fahad. I visited meadowlands enviorment today the 11th of December. I loved the place. I wish I can get a job there. I’m young right now. 9 years old and in 4rth grade. I just wanted to know your adress. If you have time plz send me the adress. PLZ. Tell Miss.Susan that she was great. i would love to visit your center.
Sincerly,
Fahad
Thank you, Fahad. I will tell her…
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
The space camp, one of a half-dozen offered by MEC, a partnership between NJMC and Ramapo College, is designed to meet the New Jersey State Core Curriculum Content Standards.
All MEC camps are held at the new Center for Environmental and Scientific Education (below), a “green” building that incorporates sustainable materials and alternative energy, in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst.
The space camp, one of a half-dozen offered by MEC, a partnership between NJMC and Ramapo College, is designed to meet the New Jersey State Core Curriculum Content Standards.
All MEC camps are held at the new Center for Environmental and Scientific Education (below), a “green” building that incorporates sustainable materials and alternative energy, in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst.
MEC’s Laura Venner talked to the 15 students abot the sun and SOHO, an international project involving NASA and other space agencies to study the sun.
The space camp, one of a half-dozen offered by MEC, a partnership between NJMC and Ramapo College, is designed to meet the New Jersey State Core Curriculum Content Standards.
I always wanted to look through a telescope when I was little and see the stars. I never got the chance. I hope one day even in my later years I get the opportunity to do that.