Carolee Stearns, Instructor
June 30 – July 3, 2025
9 AM – 12 PM
Ages 7 – 12
Budding Naturalist will explore the great outdoors and learn survival skills such as plant and bug identification, knot tying, and orienteering with a map and compass.
Carolee Stearns
Carolee is a science teacher and ceramic artist who loves combining her passions for nature, art, and teaching. With a degree in Biology and Middle School Education, Carolee has 25 years of experience teaching science, math, art, and ceramics to preschoolers through adults in private schools, public schools, community centers, homeschool co-ops, ceramics studios, and Girl Scout camps. She was a Girl Scout troop leader for several years and is currently facilitating two Girls Who Code clubs.
Carolee harnesses her contagious enthusiasm to engage and inspire her students’ sense of wonder and creativity. Hands-on, project-based learning has always been a hallmark of her classes, along with adaptations and accommodations for various students’ interests, learning styles, and neurodiversity.