According to national statistics, homeless kids are nine times more likely to repeat a grade and four times more likely to drop out of school. Five years ago, a Long Beach professor started a science camp to try to change that.
Long Beach summer camp teaches science to homeless kids
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Emma builds a bridge out of gum drops and toothpicks during science camp at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, Calif., on July 23.
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Francisco Gutierrez, 14, measures the interior of a mock crime scene at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, Calif., on July 23.
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Students play with laser mazes at science Camp in Long Beach, Calif., on July 23.
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Students play with laser mazes at science Camp in Long Beach, Calif., on July 23.
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Fourth-grader Bryan Robledo designs a bridge during a summer science camp for that helps homeless children sponsored by Cal State Unversity - Long Beach.
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Sarah Aguinaga, a teacher at Belvedere Middle School, tells a class of young students about the science of reflections at a summer science camp.
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An instructor tells students about types of bridges they can build at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, Calif., on July 23.
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