GlaxoSmithKline, UNC planetarium hold science summer camp in Durham
Media representatives are invited to experience the first year of GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in North Carolina by observing a science camp for second- to eighth-grade students from Durham County this week. Science in the Summer in North Carolina is sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline and administered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.
(PressZoom) - Media representatives are invited to experience the first year of GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in North Carolina by observing a science camp for second- to eighth-grade students from Durham County this week. Science in the Summer in North Carolina is sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline and administered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. The camp, being held this week at Durham Main Library through Friday ( July 25 ), is part of a series of nine camps in six counties that target science education in North Carolina. The theme for this summer’s camp is genetics.
Friday ( July 25 ) 10 a.m. to noon ( second- to third-grade students ) 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ( fourth- to fifth-grade students ) Durham Main Library 300 N. Roxboro St., Durham Media representatives will have the opportunity to observe the last day of the second- to third-grade and fourth- to fifth-grade camp sessions. Students will perform activities from Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s “Wild Things” curriculum, where they will learn about animal behavior, habitats and how animals communicate.
At 11:35 a.m. and 3:35 p.m., parents of the campers will observe a “show and tell” and learn about their children’s experiences during the entire week of camp. The students will also convey their understanding of the terms genetics, traits, cell, nucleus, chromosome, genes and DNA that they were introduced to through GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer genetics curriculum.
Friday ( July 25 ) 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Durham Main Library 300 N. Roxboro St., Durham During two sessions, a total of 30 sixth- to eighth-grade students will board one of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s Destiny traveling laboratories. They will perform a hands-on science exercise called “Genes in a Bottle,” where they will extract DNA from their own cheek cells, and students will leave with a necklace containing their own cheek cell DNA.
GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in North Carolina is a free science education initiative that targets science education through summer camps for second- through eighth-grade students and teacher workshops in partnership with libraries in Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin and Harnett counties.
It follows the model of GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas, which is now entering its 22nd year and has introduced more than 92,000 children to science.
GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.
Since opening in 1949, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center has welcomed more than 7 million people to learn more about science through school field trips, multimedia Star Theater shows, classes for adults and children, summer camps, guest speakers, digital films and special events.
The Destiny traveling science learning program is a science education outreach initiative of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center that serves pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina. Destiny develops and delivers a standards-based, hands-on curriculum and teacher professional development with a team of educators and a fleet of vehicles that travel throughout the state. Created by Carolina in 2000, Destiny became a program of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in 2006.
Please note: We request that all reporters interested in observing the Science in the Summer camps contact Claire Ruocchio, ( 919 ) 843-5915, clr@unc.edu.This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
GlaxoSmithKline contact: Karen Brown-Tyson, ( 919 ) 483-2804 Morehead Planetarium and Science Center contact: Claire Ruocchio, ( 919 ) 843-5915, clr@unc.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it News Services contact: Susan Houston, ( 919 ) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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