Cambridge, Md. (March 28, 2007) – Throughout the summer, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory offers one-week education programs for students entering kindergarten through eighth grades in the Fall of 2007.
The Kids’ Bay Adventures program consists of seven one-week sessions on different environmental topics that run from June 13 through August 3. Children are given the opportunity to have fun in the outdoors, while learning about science in their own backyard. Choptank Discoveries, Wetland Wonders and Junior Scientist are just a few of the programs offered. Craft projects, games and other activities are included as part of the educational experience.
A registration Open House will be held Saturday, March 31 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Horn Point Laboratory Environmental Science Education Center at 2020 Horns Point Road in Cambridge. After the open house, remaining openings can be reserved by contacting Donna Stotts at 410-221-8452.
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Kids seining in Choptank River during the
2006 kids summer program at the Horn Point Laboratory.
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For more information about the program, please visit http://hpl.umces.edu/ese/students.htm. For directions to the Laboratory, please visit http://hpl.umces.edu/visitorsInfo/directions2.htm.
The Horn Point Laboratory is part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, the principal research institution for advanced environmental research and graduate studies within the University System of Maryland. With laboratories in Frostburg, Solomons Island and Cambridge, UMCES researchers are helping improve our scientific understanding of Maryland, the region and the world. |
