CREEK Summer Camp

Here's some info I received and want to share with you.  If you are interested, please let me know so that I can send home the paperwork. 

Summer water quality day camp C.R.E.E.K. (Creative and Educational Environmental Education for Kids): This camp is offered free of charge for rising 5^th, 6th, and 7^th graders of Cherokee and Clay counties in North Carolina as well as Towns and Union counties in Georgia.  The camp in Union County will be held at Meeks Park on July 11, 2013.

The mission of C.R.E.E.K. is to educate young people about basic water quality science and aquatic life in our streams; to encourage behavior that protects water quality; and to promote career opportunities in sciences to young people. With the help of water quality professionals, students use scientific equipment along streams to collect data for an authentic environmental research experience. Participants also learn practical applications of watershed concepts.  These topics cover Georgia Department of Education Standards for 7^th grade and 8^th grade Life Science. We use a pre and post test to assess what students learn.  Student post test scores improve by an average of 25%!

I have a poster and pamphlet for C.R.E.E.K. as well as a registration materials and a general fact sheet about the Watershed Coalition if you'd like to learn more.  Email Mrs. Dyer to get them (hdyer@ucschools.org).  I encourage you to visit our C.R.E.E.K. webpage at http://www.hrwc.net/creek.htm. Please