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Kids explore science
and fun at CSULB
By Tina Dhamija
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
Science exploration
and recreation is on the bill for children attending Cal State
Long Beach's second annual Summer Science at the Beach this
year. The Summer Science at the Beach 2001 program is offered
to all fourth to eighth grade students in the Long Beach Unified
School District. The opportunity provides hands-on learning
about space and earth sciences.
"The goal
of the program is to improve each child's ability to do science
and like science," said Angela Adams, coordinator of
the Summer Science at the Beach program.
Offered through
the College of Natural Sciences and the mathematics department
at CSULB, the program is scheduled from July 23 to August
3. During those two weeks, students are to work in college-level
laboratories to learn about differing areas of science.
Each grade level
will be covering its own topic of science exploration. Fourth
graders will learn about rocks and minerals and fifth graders
will examine the state of the planet through the "Changing
Earth" program. Sixth grade students are to study weather
systems, seventh graders will discuss oil spills and eighth
grade students will learn about earthquakes.
"By giving
children the opportunity to work in real college science labs,
they came away from the program able to visualize themselves
in the future," Adams said of last year's program.
Summer Science
at the Beach 2001 will run Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to noon. The program's Web site posts a registration
fee of $200, early drop-off is available for an additional
fee and scholarships are available on a per-need basis. For
more information on Summer Science at the Beach 2001, call
Angela Adams
at (562) 985-4849, or visit:
www.summerscienceatbeach.com.
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