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Join Us and Dream Big!
Explore Science Writing & Science Career Opportunities
An Evening For: middle and high school girls*
. Tuesday October 6, 2009, 6:00-8:00pm
Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport, ME
RSVP requested, light Refreshments served
Coastal Studies for Girls and Cornerstones of Science offer an evening
designed to intrigue, inspire
and inform middle and high school girls about exciting science related
careers, projects and
educational opportunities.
. Introduction to Coastal Studies for Girls, a Science & Leadership
School--the nation's first
residential semester school that's just for 10th grade girls, opening Spring
2010 in Freeport
. Learn about science opportunities for girls at Cornerstones of Science, an award-winning
national science literacy initiative, located in Brunswick
. Featured guest speakers include Catherine Schmitt, author of local natural
history guide, A
Coastal Companion, and Beth Bisson, from Maine Sea Grant
. Explore science writing and other science careers opportunities at Maine
Sea Grant
. Design your own creative arts project and have a chance to win your own
copy of A Coastal
Companion
. Discover connections between science, nature art and science career
choices
*This event is open to all Maine middle school and high school girls, and
their parents/guardians
and is made possible, in part, through the support of a grant from the Maine
Girls Collaborative Project, an NSF
funded effort
RSVP to Margaret Martin at Coastal Studies for Girls: 865-9700 or
info@coastalstudiesforgirls.org
www.coastalstudiesforgirls.org
www.cornerstonesofscience.org/
www.seagrant.umaine.edu/
www.catherineschmitt.com/
