{"id":1684,"date":"2014-06-30T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2015-12-30T12:27:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T17:27:39","slug":"gifted-and-talented-students-work-to-improve-the-chesapeake-bays-health-at-the-honeywell-institute-for-ecosystems-education-at-horn-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/gifted-and-talented-students-work-to-improve-the-chesapeake-bays-health-at-the-honeywell-institute-for-ecosystems-education-at-horn-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted And Talented Students Work To Improve The Chesapeake Bay&#8217;s Health At The Honeywell Institute For Ecosystems Education At Horn Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Funded by Honeywell Hometown Solutions<\/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\u00a0Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The <strong>Maryland Summer Center\/Honeywell Institute for Ecosystems Education at Horn Point<\/strong>will have students working alongside scientists to collect and analyze data pertaining to the management of the Chesapeake Bay\u2019s natural resources. The students will work to improve the Bay\u2019s health and experiment with nutrient levels and phytoplankton growth in the Choptank. Students also will collect data to determine the effects of water quality, estuarine circulation, weather, and human impact on the Bay.<\/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 6 \u2013 10, will live and work on the 850-acre campus of Horn Point Environmental Laboratory where they will be given the choice to research submerged aquatic vegetation, rockfish, the Maryland blue crab, the Maryland oyster, and man\u2019s impact on the Bay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Section A:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July 6 \u2013 12, 2014 (Residential)<br \/>\n<strong>\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Entering grades:\u00a0 6 &#8211; 8)<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Section B:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0July 13 \u2013 19, 2014 (Residential)<br \/>\n<strong>\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Entering grades: 8 &#8211; 10)<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>University of Maryland<br \/>\nHorn Point Environmental Laboratory<br \/>\n2020 Horns Point Road<br \/>\nCambridge, Maryland 21613<br \/>\n(410-221-8425 \/ 410-228-8200)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funded by Honeywell Hometown Solutions<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \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 \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWHAT:\u00a0\u00a0The Maryland Summer Center\/Honeywell Institute for Ecosystems Education at Horn Pointwill have students working <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/gifted-and-talented-students-work-to-improve-the-chesapeake-bays-health-at-the-honeywell-institute-for-ecosystems-education-at-horn-point\/\">&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[105,87,19],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases","tag-gifted-and-talented","tag-gifted-and-talented-program","tag-gifted-and-talented-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","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=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}