🎣 Level III 🪸
About
- July 27-28
- 2 days, camping overnight
- Walton & Smiley’s Provincial Park, NS
- 15 seats
- Pay-what-you-can
- Drop-off/pick-up times and locations to be determined
- No prior knowledge needed
Activities
- Touring and getting hands-on with threatened fish species at a local commercial fishing weir, we’ll assist female biologists with their research
- Learning about cold-water coral and sponges, we’ll craft a Canadian coral reef
- Swimming and snorkeling at Smiley’s Provincial Park
- Taking water samples, we’ll learn about water quality monitoring and look at microorganisms under a microscope
- Learning to camp, we’ll set up our own tents and talk about the important to-do’s of sleeping outside
- Learning about gender equity in the STEM fields and why diversity is so important
- Learning about careers in marine biology and what it’s like to study marine biology at college and university
Eligibility
This program is open to girls and under-represented genders ages 9-12 who live in the Maritime provinces (NB, NS, PEI). Participants from other areas are welcome to apply for our wait list.
How To Apply
Participants must be nominated by an adult that knows them well, including parents/guardians. The first round of nominations is open until May 4th, after which nominations are accepted on a rolling basis.
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