Mindblowing Mysteries camp teaches critical-thinking skills

  • From left, fifth graders Noah Hulett Sinohul, Alexander Rochau and Ian Ortiz work on unlocking the coded lock.
    From left, fifth graders Noah Hulett Sinohul, Alexander Rochau and Ian Ortiz work on unlocking the coded lock.
  • David Lyons-Johnson poses in front of a logic puzzle on a white board while holding a sheet of paper with clues used to solve the puzzle.
    David Lyons-Johnson poses in front of a logic puzzle on a white board while holding a sheet of paper with clues used to solve the puzzle.
  • Camp instructors Alexandria Smith and Dalton McMahan (standing) watch seventh-graders Erin Butts and Braxton Sestak figure out how to play a new board game.
    Camp instructors Alexandria Smith and Dalton McMahan (standing) watch seventh-graders Erin Butts and Braxton Sestak figure out how to play a new board game.
    Among the multiple activities, the Summer Inspiration Program has in stock is a camp that specifically targets intellectual challenges. The Mindblowing Mysteries camp at Putnam County Middle School teaches students problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. “When I was in seventh grade, I took a critical-thinking class,” camp instructor Alexandria Smith said. “It wa...

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