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Program Dates: June 2 - 28, 2013
Deadline: April 12, 2013
Program Cost: $2000 (Includes meals and housing)
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FAQ's |
During
the Summer months, the Discovery Hall Programs offers a course in
marine science to high school students. The length of the course
is four weeks, during which time the students live on campus and participate in over 150 hours of supervised academic activities. Classes are
taught in an academic setting and are designed to give the student a
better understanding and appreciation of the various fields in marine
science. The Alabama State Department of Education approves the Discovery Hall
Programs' Marine Science Course and recommends that local systems grant
participating students credit toward either an Advanced or
Standard High School Diploma.
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Overview
The Marine Science Course is an intense program, introducing the student to the
marine environment through classroom lecture, laboratory and field
activities.
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- Barrier Island
formation and Ecology
- Beach and Dune
Ecology
- Plankton Communities
- Principles of
Oceanography
- Human Interactions
with the Marine Environment
- Taxonomy and and
Identification of Marine Organisms
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- Estuarine Ecology
- Marine Botany
- Marine Invertebrates
- Marine Vertebrates
- Salt Marsh Ecology
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Students participating in this course
spend much of their time in the field exploring and examining
different marine communities. A few of the field activities
include the exploration of a salt marsh community, beach profiling,
reef fishing and trawling aboard the Sea Lab's 65 foot research
vessel, the R/V Alabama Discovery. Students will observe and work
with such gear as a shrimp trawl, bottom dredges, plankton nets, seine
nets, water sampling bottles, refractometers and water quality test
kits. Other activities include set-up and maintenance of a
marine aquarium, collection and identification of marine species from
various habitats, lab and field
dissections, an individual research project and a panel
discussion with professionals in marine science.
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Special field trips include an
overnight snorkeling trip to St. Andrews State Park in Panama
City, Florida. Being a highly academic course, students
participate in lectures, individual and group assignments,
laboratory investigations, field projects, oral presentations
and written and practical examinations.
- Students from previous summers have kept a blog, along with their educators, to share their experiences with family, friends and future students. Take a look here!
Course
Prerequisites
Any high school
student in grades 9 - 11 (current school year) who has completed (by
summer) a course in general biology is eligible to apply for admission
into the Discovery Hall Programs Marine Science Course. Selection for the
program is based on interest, grades, teacher recommendations and a
student essay.
Scholarships
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation has scholarships available for the 2013 course, generously provided by the PNC Bank Foundation. Students applying for these scholarships must have financial need, and live in a state served by the PNC Bank Corporation. To apply, include one paragraph in your student essay explaining how you qualify for this scholarship, and why you should be chosen.
Need Financial Assistance?
Support may be as close as your neighbor! Seek sponsorships from youth groups, Kiwanis clubs and other service clubs, student organizations, local businesses, booster clubs, and more. Ask the registrar for further details.
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For further information, please contact DHP Registrar, Sara Johnson (251)861-2141 x7515. |
MESC/Dauphin Island Sea Lab provides equal educational opportunity to, and is open and accessible to, all qualified students, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, or qualified handicap/disability, with respect to all of its programs and activities.
Disabled students will be provided "reasonable accommodations" when they have identified themselves and validated their special need(s). Complete confidentiality is maintained, unless authorization for release of information has been given in regards to disability.
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