Wellsville Carnegie Public Library’s Childrens Librarian Rachel Freed shows some of the many items provided by PBS for their Solar System Camp in a Box program. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt) ...

It teaches problem-solving and collaboration in a manner that cannot be addressed during the conventional school year.

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.

Layla Erickson, 10, and Mandi Wise, 10, make a tornado in a bottle during Astro Camp, which focused on the solar system with a curriculum and activities from NASA.