SERC's Student Training in Aquatic Research program and NOAA's Emerging Scientist Program have fused together to create the High School Environmental Science Program, a collaborative initative geared at connecting high school students with conducting environmental field research.
SERC's High School Environmental Science Program focuses on developing student research skills through hands on field data collection, lab work alongside SERC scientists, and synthesis/extension of fieldwork.
The program affords students and teachers flexibility to engage environmental science and field research on a level fitting to their course needs, ranging from day trips to semester long collaborative projects.
For more information or to schedule programming, please contact program coordinator Julia Elkin atelkinj@si.edu or call 443.482.3611
SHOUT invites educators and students to take an active role in global environmental issues.
Connect online to interact with experts in the field, share ideas, and collaborate with people around the world who, like you, are committed to solving environmental challenges. SHOUT gives participants a framework for success, with resources and tools for exercising social responsibility while building the 21st-century skills of collaboration, innovation, and critical thinking. When students are connected through technology and empowered to build activities in their own way the learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of a classroom. Check out the participants on the map and take your own stand in making the world a better place. Now that’s something to SHOUT about!
Get involved in the Smithsonian Institution's Tree Banding Project, a citizen science program that contributes to research about tree biomass and will track how trees respond to climate. Citizen science programs involve students and teachers like you contributing to ongoing scientific work. Students around the globe will monitor the rate at which their local trees grow and learn how that rate corresponds to Smithsonian research as well as comparing their work to other students world-wide. Once involved, you will help to create the first global observatory of how trees respond to climate! As part of this program, you will be contributing vital information to an important ecological study.
Join an exciting journey of environmental exploration and student leadership. Setting out from SERC, campers will follow the Potomac River from its mountain headwaters in Shenandoah National Park downstream to the islands in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay.
Students will fully immerse themselves in the river's resources and environmental issues through camping, hiking, collecting scientific data, and sampling local culture. We'll explore the interconnectedness of life in the watershed and meet people who study, restore, and make their livelihoods from the river and Bay.
For more information:
Camp Coordinator
Julia Elkin
443.482.3611
Who:Students entering grades 9-11
Where:Leave from SERC in Edgewater, MD
When:Sunday June 24- Friday June 29, 2012
Cost: $600 (includes food, lodging, and activities)
