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  Bearcats
by the Bay
June 27 to July 1, 2011
8:30 AM-1:00 PM
2012
Camp
Application
2011
Camp Brochure
San
Francisco Bay lies in the middle of our 7.5 million
person metropolitan area. We urbanites and
suburbanites bring a range of local problems to the
Bay, including filled wetlands, coastal erosion,
plastic litter, and urban runoff. The Bay also
faces broader problems like rising sea levels,
acidification, invasive species, oil spills,
habitat loss and sedimentation.
Despite
these daunting threats, the Bay remains an active
ecosystem, with thriving and evolving populations
of plankton, plants and animals. It brings us
moderate temperatures, recreation opportunities,
open space, transportation and industry, while
removing waste and pollutants. Understanding the
services the Bay provides for us, as well as the
threats we impose on in return, is vital for
maintaining the quality of life we currently enjoy
in San Mateo and Foster City.
The
Bearcats of San Mateo High School are well situated
to study and appreciate the Bay. In addition to
being a short walk from the Bay at Coyote Point, we
have a thriving science department, featuring one
of the country's leading Biotechnology
programs.
 Bearcats
by the Bay is a free, one-week science camp for
current 7th graders run by San Mateo High School
science teachers. Campers will join with other
students to learn about San Francisco Bay through
the lenses of four high school sciences--biology,
chemistry, physics and biotechnology.
In
addition to learning about the Bay, campers will
gain familiarity with high school science classes,
labs and teachers. They will learn important
laboratory and organizational skills that will give
them a nice advantage when they get to high
school.
Finally,
campers will have fun every morning learning about
their environment with their friends. They will
learn to see and appreciate the aquatic parts of
their homeland from a new perspective -- the
perspective of science.
Five
Mornings of Science
On
the first three mornings as Bearcats by the
Bay, campers will rotate through experiences in
biology, chemistry and physics. They will then
complete the camp experience with two mornings of
biotechnology labs.
For
the Biology Strand, we'll be working along the
shore of the Bay, surveying…
• Tidepool
organisms
• Plankton
distribution
• Shorebird
diversity
• Plastic debris
concerns
 For
the Chemistry Strand, we'll be in the lab, learning
about the water in the Bay, examining things
like…
• Carbon dioxide
and ocean acidification
• Estuary
salinity and conductivity
• Water
pollution and water filtration
• Oil
spills
For
the Physics Strand, we'll look at how the water in
the Bay relates to...
• Levee design
and construction
• Boat design
and buoyancy
• Waves and wave
energy
• Harbor and
marina design
Finally
for the two Biotechnology Strands, we will use
equipment from our award winning biotechnology lab
to...
• Extract DNA
from Bay organisms
• Analyze
proteins via gel electrophoresis
• Grow marine
microorganisms in culture
• Spool DNA from
salmon
Join
us!, Just fill out the 2012
Camp
Application
and return it to San
Mateo High School
by June 1, 2012. You will be notified of acceptance
by June 6, 2012. If you have questions or would
like further information, please contact
Ashley
Heckly
(aheckly@smuhsd.org)
or Jimmy
Ikeda
(jikeda@smuhsd.org).
[2011
Summer Camp Brochure
PDF]
San
Mateo High School
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