2009 Summer Camp registration is open! Please navigate to the specific camp you are interested in to register.
This year MarineQuest will offer campers new opportunities to explore and discover the marine environment through art and service.
Camp ArtSea (12-16 years old) will focus on different artistic interpretations of marine plants, animals and habitats. Each day campers will explore local habitats to garner inspiration and then spend time in the art studio creating their own masterpieces. Guest artists will instruct students in different mediums and share how their own work inspires others to appreciate and protect the marine environment. Students will display their work on the final day in our ArtSea Gallery show.
Oceans 17 (for Camp OCEANS graduates and new 17 year olds) will provide serious marine science enthusiasts with the chance to conduct experimental research and participate in community service that benefits our marine environment. Campers will spend three weeks collecting and interpreting data that supports current research being conducted by scientists at UNCW. In between their research, kayaking, surfing, boogie boarding and other fun stuff, campers will complete a community service project that improves the quality of our local marine habitats.
Ancient reefs off the Southeastern US Coast may gain protection. See the News and Observer article by clicking here.
Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC recently opened a new permanent exhibit highlighting the ocean? Smithsonian Scientists teamed up with NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) to create The Sant Ocean Hall. While you are waiting for camp to start, you can visit the museum on-line and even become an official Ocean Friend: http://ocean.si.edu/oceanfriend/
For the past 8 years researchers from more than 80 different nations have been conducting a Census of Marine Life to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life. They hope to complete the census in the year 2010. So far, over 5,000 new ocean species have been identified. You can learn about these discoveries and more by visiting the COML website at:
http://www.coml.org/discoveries/
