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617-879-1147
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Wheelock College
200 Riverway
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
CAMPER AGES: Rising 8th and 9th Graders
TYPE OF CAMP: Day Camp. July 6-10
CAMPER GENDER(S): Coed Campers.
BRIEF CAMP DESCRIPTION: A STEM Career and College Awareness Experience for Rising 8th and 9th Graders
Each day of this fun and innovative camp features both an excursion to a Boston-area company, organization, or field site that highlights a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines and a related classroom lab activity. In addition, campers will begin to explore college life and academics through campus tours and discussions with college students and staff.
CAMP INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFERED:
Computers, Math, Science, Technology, and more.
CAMP LOCATION: Home base for STEM in the City Summer Camp is the Department of Mathematics and Science on Wheelock College's Boston campus.
CAMP FACILITIES: The academic environment at Wheelock provides an appropriate facility for scientific experiments. Perhaps just as importantly, it also gives students an introduction to college life. One afternoon of camp will include a tour of Wheelock's classrooms, resource center, dorm rooms, library, theater, campus store, dining hall, and other campus buildings. Students will also have an opportunity to speak with undergraduates and faculty from Wheelock and faculty from other institutions throughout the Colleges of the Fenway, as well as members of the Academic Advising and Admissions offices.
CAMP PROGRAM INFO: STEM in the City is run by an outstanding team of education professionals from Wheelock College, led by Dr. Ellen Faszewski, Wheelock College professor of biology and co-chair of the Math and Science Department. The team also includes college student counselors, as well as Wheelock staff and faculty.
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