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Meeting girls with similar interests...
A two-year program divided into 7th and 8th grade curricula encourages long-lasting friendships between girls with similar interests. Not only is there so much to learn and discover, but the fun in doing so brings many 7th grade campers back for another awesome year! This allows for many girls to maintain and build friendships over the course of two summers, and hopefully throughout their future endeavors.
Camp Director:
Mrs. JoAnn
Benseler
Treasurer:
Mrs. Jane
Wilson
Marie Curie
(1867-1934)
Born in Poland, she, with a master's degree in physics and mathematics, and her husband were the first to discover the nature of radioactivity and to recognize and isolate radium and polonium.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)
Strived to become a doctor despite rejection from schools and others who did not see her fit to study medicine. She went on to open a private practice in a one-room apartment in New York City, which eventually became a college for women, operated by women. During the Civil War she organized a unit of women nurses.
Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)
Her primary contribution to mathematics was the translation into French of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica (theory of gravitation/laws of motion). Emilie's later years were devoted to teaching, an unusual occurence in a time when women were not thought of as educators.
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
Studied at the University of California to become a physicist. She taught nuclear physics at Princeton University and later worked on the wartime Manhattan Project developing instruments to detect radiation. She became the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Princeton.
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
Born in Connecticut, she attended Cornell University to study genetics. After earning her PhD in 1927, she continued her research at Cornell in the field of botany and became famous for the "jumping gene" discovery, proving that genes can move from one site to another on the same chromosome. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine in 1983.
Sophie Germaine (1776-1831)
Born in Paris, she had no formal schooling, yet studied independently, submitting a paper to Lagrange, a famous mathematician who taught at the Ecolé Polytechnique. In 1816, she submitted a grand prize winning paper to the French Academy based on the calculus of variations. Her pioneering work on vibrating elastic surfaces helped scientists solve problems in building construction.
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
After receiving her doctorate degree for her study of anthropology at Columbia University, she headed for the South Sea Islands of American Samoa in 1925. She became a famous anthropologist, lecturer, and author.
- The fun side of math and science is taught and learned.
- I liked camp so much that I wish it would last longer -- it was an awesome experience!
- The teachers and counselors were always polite and kind to us. They treated us as equals.
- Met many new friends.
- It wasn't a "geek" camp - cool, fun, nice people.
- I liked that it was creative and pushed the idea of a woman working in a math or science career.
- The bond that all the girls share and make with each other.
- It was an awesome camp where you met new people, have fun while learning, and try new things.
- Everyone fits in! No one is left out! You make great friends and stay in touch with them. You learn more about high school and college.
- I had more fun than I thought I would.
- I loved the fact that our "family" living group was like a real family.
- What I liked best is that everything we did either the whole camp or your family group is always involved in each activity.
- One thing I will remember is the awesome friendships I made.
- I liked learning things girls our age rarely get to learn.
- It was cool to get a taste of college life.
- Teachers connect with you in special ways.
- The classes proved to me that women can succeed in science if they try.
this week?
- Stuck a skewer through a blown-up balloon and didn't break the balloon.
- Actually did some chemistry experiements in a laboratory.
- Helped make a bionic arm.
- Collected critters in a pond.
- Went off the high dive at the swimming pool.
- Slept in a college dorm.
- Went to camp - it was a great first experience.
- Picked up and held a crawfish.
- Went into the pond to find creatures to put under a microscope.
- Made paper.
- Learned how to get closer to people.
- Tried staying overnight at camp and lasted the whole week!
- Learned about landfills and watersheds.
- Was put inside a bubble in Physics.
- Blew my first bubble with bubble gum.
- Made a tower using gumdrops and toothpicks.
- Made so many new friends in a short period of time.
- Made a "planet".
- Got to know my "family" members past what I judged them to be at first.
- Made gluep.
- Learned how to "quilt".
- Actually held a living, crawling, pinching crawdad! I never would have thought I could.
- Built a "bridge" out of index cards.
- Made a "super" bubble.
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One day is devoted to each field. After 3:00PM are the "all-camp", or recreational activities including swimming, volleyball, tennis, computer classes, etc.
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One day is devoted to each field. After 3:00PM are the "all-camp", or recreational activities including swimming, volleyball, tennis, computer classes, etc.
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Arise
7:45 - 8:45............................................ Breakfast
9:15 - 12:15........................................... Classes
(Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs.)
12:30 - 1:30........................................... Lunch
1:45 - 2:45............................................ Class Wrap-Up
3:00 - 4:30............................................ Rec Time
(Swimming, tennis, computer classes, volleyball, etc.)
4:30 - 5:30............................................ Free Time
(Get cleaned up for evening activities)
5:30 - 6:45............................................ Dinner
7:00 - 9:00............................................ Evening Activity
9:15 - 10:00........................................... Family Meeting
10:30.................................................. Lights Out!
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