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Campers celebrate a successful 2024 Oceanography Camp Especially for Girls at sea world.

Sea World Celebration

Campers celebrate a successful 2024 Oceanography Camp Especially for Girls at sea world.

August 6, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Campers are all split up into groups, and each group is given their own commercial fishing company to manage.

Fish Banks Activity

Campers are all split up into groups, and each group is given their own commercial fishing company to manage.

August 2, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Campers had the opportunity to learn more about sharks in the sharky shenanigans lab.

Laboratory Activities

The final week of OCG consisted of multiple laboratory activities.

August 1, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Campers learned about coral reefs in this activity.

Coral Reef Cake Activity

Campers learned about coral reefs in this activity.

July 31, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Campers used a fluorescent green dye to measure the speed and direction of currents in the water. Each

Caladesi Island Field Trips

Throughout the Oceanography camp, the girls experience many excursions and field trips to interesting places.

July 30, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Campers started their mission as DNA Detectives.

Laboratory Activities

The fish ecology lab provides campers with the opportunity to learn about fish and how they impact the environment.

July 29, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

At Fort De Soto there were three stations, where the campers rotated between collecting sediments, nutrients, and seine net samples.

Field days at Fort De Soto

At Fort De Soto there were three stations, where the campers rotated between collecting sediments, nutrients, and seine net samples.

July 26, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Shell Key Field Trip

Shell Key Field Trips

Shell Key is an island that the OCG campers kayak out to for one of their three field trips.

July 25, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

The OCG campers and staff all had an amazing time aboard the R/V ANGARI.

ANGARI Cruise Field Trip

The OCG campers and staff all had an amazing time aboard the R/V ANGARI.

July 24, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

Ocean concept rotations allow the OCG campers to learn about the different layers of the oceans.

Ocean Concept Rotations

Ocean concept rotations allow the OCG campers to learn about the different layers of the oceans.

July 22, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp

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