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Wayzata Student Writes Earth Science Textbook, Inspires Younger Kids  |  July 10, 2026

All summer long, students have packed into Plymouth Creek Elementary, home to the Wayzata School District’s Camp Explore educational summer camp. Megan Helm, an incoming senior at Wayzata High School, is one of the people who made frequent visits there this summer. But she isn't there in a learning capacity — she’s leading the classroom. Helm is teaching an Earth science curriculum she knows intimately. After all, she wrote the textbook for it. A self-described "science nerd," Helm began working on her book as a high…