Girls in Science Summer Day Camp
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Our scientific community has long experienced a dearth of women entering the field at the college or university level, not for lack of capability or interest, but seemingly more for the lack of science opportunities presented to them in their formative high school years. The purpose of Girls in Science Summer Day Camp (GSSDC) is to provide high school girls (ages 13-18) who have a curiosity or interest in science with an opportunity to learn basic science research techniques, develop hypotheses, analyze data and present results.
The GSSDC provides a safe, scientifically creative and fun research experience to participants. It is our sincere hope that by providing these high school age girls with an opportunity to experience the world of scientific research, we will increase the number of them entering colleges or universities with a major in the sciences.
The Girls in Science Summer Day Camp is a week long science enriched program designed to engage high school aged girls in laboratory research. The program is set up as a crime scene investigation, in which participants will have to answer the ‘who’, ‘what’, and ‘where’ of the crime. The crime scene (a murder mystery) will be set up in and around the grounds of the Wettaw building on the NAU campus. In order to properly solve the “crime”, the participants will need to collect data, form and test hypotheses, perform a series of intriguing experiments, collect and analyze data and finally present their findings to their parents/guardians at a dinner presentation on the last day of camp. There are two levels of the camp, a beginning level for twenty girls age thirteen to fifteen and an advanced camp for twenty girls age fifteen to eighteen years old or returning participants.
WHO: High School Aged Girls (age 13-18)
WHAT: Girls in Science Summer Day Camp
WHEN: July 21-25 (Beginning), or July 28 to Aug 1(Advanced) from 8am to 5 pm daily.
WHERE: Northern Arizona University, Wettaw Building
ELIGIBILITY
The Discovery Research Laboratories GSSDC Selection Committee will select high school aged girls (entering 9 th grade – recent high school graduates) to attend GSSDC. Day camp attendees will be selected on scholastic achievement and demonstrated interest in science and/or laboratory research, based on an essay. Selected attendees will be asked to pay a modest participation fee of $40.00; however, with demonstrated need, scholarships may be available.
Registration
We have a limited number of openings left. Apply soon before these remaining openings are filled. Applications can be submitted by email to Samantha.Kemper@nau.edu, by fax to 928-523-7500 Attn. Samantha Kemper, or by mail to NAU Department of Biology, Attn. Samantha Kemper, P.O. Box 5640, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640.
For more information, please contact Samantha Kemper at Samantha.Kemper@nau.edu, or by phone at (928) 523-8613.
- Summer 2008 Application (.doc or .pdf)
- CSI Teacher Training Course (Summer 2009)
- Arizona Daily Sun Article about GSSDC
- GSSDC PowerPoint Presentation