{"id":1636,"date":"2014-07-29T08:16:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T12:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2015-12-29T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:18:26","slug":"gifted-and-talented-students-to-study-water-quality-and-biodiversity-of-the-chesapeake-at-summer-center-held-at-national-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/gifted-and-talented-students-to-study-water-quality-and-biodiversity-of-the-chesapeake-at-summer-center-held-at-national-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted And Talented Students To Study Water Quality And Biodiversity Of The Chesapeake At Summer Center Held At National Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Funded By Jack Kent Cooke Foundation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0<\/strong>The two-week non-residential\/residential <strong>Maryland Summer Center for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Investigations at the National Aquarium <\/strong>will allow students to learn how water quality pertains to a closed aquarium system by identifying necessary water parameters for fish to survive and how to resolve water quality issues in a closed system. In addition, students will work along scientist at the Horn Point Lab to learn about and assist with current research efforts on key Chesapeake Bay species.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong><em> 2014 Maryland Summer Centers Program<\/em><\/strong> continues a 47-year commitment at the State level to provide summer educational opportunities for Maryland\u2019s gifted and talented students. The program, coordinated through the Maryland State Department of Education, in partnership with public and nonpublic agencies, provides Maryland\u2019s diverse gifted and talented student population with advanced, rigorous, experiential learning opportunities that nurture these students\u2019 talents and abilities within unique learning environments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Gifted and Talented students, entering grades 7-9, interested in water quality and biodiversity in different areas of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>August 4-8, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n8:30 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. (Non-residential at the National Aquarium)<br \/>\n<strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0August 11-15, 2014<\/strong> (Residential at Horn Point)<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWHERE:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>National Aquarium in Baltimore City (For the non-residential program)<br \/>\n501 East Pratt Street<br \/>\nBaltimore, Maryland 21202<br \/>\n(410-576-3875)<br \/>\n<strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (For the residential program)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umces.edu\/hpl\/directions\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02020 Horns Point Road <\/a><br \/>\nCambridge, Maryland 21613<br \/>\n(410-228-8200)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funded By Jack Kent Cooke Foundation<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486<br \/>\nWHAT:\u00a0The two-week non-residential\/residential Maryland Summer Center for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Investigations at the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/gifted-and-talented-students-to-study-water-quality-and-biodiversity-of-the-chesapeake-at-summer-center-held-at-national-aquarium\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases","tag-gifted-and-talented"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}