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Program Dates: June 6 - July 2, 2010
Deadline: April 9, 2010
Program Cost: $2050 (Includes meals and housing)
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Program is FULL. Please check back January 2011 for new dates and forms! |
2010 Application
Please add sejohnson@disl.org to your address book. All camp information is sent via email unless otherwise requested.
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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
Summer Programs and recommends that local systems grant
participating students credit toward either an Advanced or
Standard High School Diploma.
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Overview
The high school
summer 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 last summer, 2009, started a blog 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 Summer Programs. Selection for the
program is based on interest, grades, teacher recommendations and a
student essay.
The Louisiana State University awards one scholarship through their Summer Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF). Click here to see all of the details.
The Northern Gulf Institute will award one full scholarship to a high school student from one of the Gulf states (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX). Information coming soon! Learn about NGI by visiting their website.
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For answers to some common questions about the summer high school program,
please follow this link.
For further information, please contact DHP Registrar, Sara Johnson (251) 861-7515. |
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