Tue
Mar 16 2010
04:22 pm
Tremont Girls in Science Camp for 8th graders
By: R. Neal

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting 8th grade girls for the second summer Girls in Science Camp at Tremont. The camp is funded by a a 3-year, $1,000,000 Science Education grant from Toyota to Friends of the Smokies. The deadline for registration is this Friday, March 19th.

More info and link to registration form...

UPDATE: There was some confusion in the GSMNP announcement regarding the registration fee. We spoke with John DiDiego, who heads up education programs at Tremont. He said the registration fee is $50, which is refundable if the application is for some reason not accepted. He also said there are still openings and that the Friday deadline will be extended if all of the 24 available openings aren't filled by then.

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Tamara Shepherd's picture

Great camps at Tremont

Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Tue, 2010/03/16 - 4:33pm.

Oh, Tremont runs the best kids' camps around.

Over the past five or ten years, they've also involved their campers in the park's All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, too, which is a great first field experience (and lab experience) for kids.

And it's FREE??? Tremont's camps frequently run $500-$700!

If my eighth grade son weren't starting to sprout a bit of peach fuzz on his upper lip, I'd put a little lipstick on him and send him packing!

R. Neal's picture

I'm a little fuzzy on whether

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2010/03/16 - 4:43pm.

I'm a little fuzzy on whether it's free. The announcement says there is a $50 registration deposit that will be refunded. The info page says the $50 registration payment will be processed if an application is accepted.

R. Neal's picture

Talked to someone at

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2010/03/16 - 4:54pm.

Talked to someone at Treemont. The fee is $50. The NPS announcement was confusing. See update.

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