North Carolina Students Learn Science Through GSK Summer Program: |
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CHAPEL HILL – Children in central North Carolina will explore the science behind electricity and magnetism through GlaxoSmithKline's Science in the Summer enrichment program at 30 sites this summer. The program is coordinated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Science in the Summer encourages children to develop a lifelong interest in and appreciation of science, according to Mary Linda Andrews, GlaxoSmithKline director of community partnerships. GlaxoSmithKline created Science in the Summer 24 years ago in Pennsylvania, expanding the program to North Carolina in 2008 and choosing Morehead to administer the program within the state. Science in the Summer is currently funded with a two-year, $723,000 grant from GSK. Public libraries and other community sites host Science in the Summer in Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange and Wake counties. K-12 science teachers, using curriculum materials developed for Science in the Summer and for Morehead Summer Science Camps, serve as instructors. High school students assist the teachers. According to program coordinator Jarrett Grimm, the children will learn which materials are attracted to magnets, create static electricity, assemble circuits and construct simple electromagnets during Science in the Summer activities. The Science in the Summer enrichment program offers five half-days of activities for children in elementary grades. Children in middle grades are eligible for two half-days of activities, which include laboratory experiments aboard a mobile science laboratory. There is no charge to participate in Science in the Summer enrichment programs, but spaces are limited. Registration is online, with registration opening on four separate dates in March. For more information about GlaxoSmithKline's Science in The Summer, please visit <www.scienceinthesummer.com>. ###
ABOUT GLAXOSMITHKLINE GlaxoSmithKline — one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies — is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. ABOUT MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM AND SCIENCE CENTER Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is a program of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, delivering informal science education through on-site and outreach programming. |
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