Ecole Morden Middle School hosted a week-long science camp put on by Wise Kid-netic Energy, a non-profit group out of the University of Manitoba.

The camp showed the 32 kids who attended how relevant and engaging scientific study can be to their lives through focusing on the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

These Kid-netic camps travel across Manitoba all year long, putting on week-long camps during the summer, and shorter activities during the school year.

Koodin, who studies food sciences at the University of Manitoba, is in his first year with Kid-netic. He joined the group after walking over to its booth at a science fair in the university library and learning what the group does, decided to sign up.

"I said, 'Wow, this looks awesome. I'm totally going to apply,'" Koodin recalled. "I wish more people could see it and get to do it because it's such an awesome job."

He said meeting all the different kids across the province and having them ask questions about science was the most rewarding part of the job.

"We get to engage them and pass on our curiousity and our passion, there's nothing better than that," said Koodin.

During the summer each day of the camp is centered on a specific topic: plants and fungi, forensics, construction, marine biology, etc. The hope in giving children a wide spectrum of topics over the week is to increase the odds they will latch onto one and develop a deeper appreciation.

Wise Kid-netic Energy is funded by Actua which works with youth, offering education in STEM fields. Actua works with over 200,000 youth every year in Canada.

A large group of children, 32, attended this year's camp necessitating the use of two classrooms over the usual one.