marine science consortium - 2011 rackcard
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No Matter what your interests are the Marine Science Consortium has a program for you. The MSC offers eco adventures and field excursions year round. Whether it’s a kayaking tour, summer marine science camp or a family learning vacation the MSC offers exciting and engaging hands-on experiences in the natural environments of coastal marshes, magnificent rivers and pristine beaches.
The Marine Science Consortium is ideally located on Virginia’s Eastern Shore between the powerful Atlantic Ocean and the ecologically important Chesapeake Bay. Whether you choose to peddle and paddle your way across the rural landscape of the Eastern Shore, get eye to eye with a great egret, or take a boat trip to plumb the depths of the Chincoteague Bay in search of watery wonders, you are sure to have an experience that will instill a lasting sense of wonder.
Program Registration
Registering for a program at the MSC is easy! You can
download registration forms for many of our programs on
our Website. Fax your completed form or mail it in with your payment. You can also call to register by phone
with a credit card.
The Marine Science Consortium
34001 Mill Dam Road Wallops Island VA 23337 Phone: (757) 824-5636
Fax: (757) 824-5638 [email protected]
www.msconsortium.org www.msconsortium.org
THE MARINE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM THE MARINE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM
Location The Marine Science Consortium is located on the Eastern Shore of
Virginia near the Islands of Chincoteague and Assateague. It is about three hours south of Baltimore, MD and Washington D.C.
and about two hours north of Norfolk, VA.
The Marine Science Consortium is an independent 501©(3) private
non-profit Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action institution affiliated with Pennsylvania’s
State System of Higher Education. All donations are tax-deductible
as allowable by law.
APRIL 21–25 Spring Break Day
Camps JUNE 20–24 Sea Squirts Day Camp 26–July 1 Budding Marine
Biologist Camp JULY 3–8 Kayaking and Coastal
Ecology Camp 3–8 Focus on Fishes Camp 10–15 Dangerous Creatures
and Ocean Predators Camp
10–15 Junior Naturalist Camp
11–15 Marine Science Adventure Day Camp
17–22 Budding Marine Biologist Camp
24–29 Ichthyology Camp 24–29 Coastal Mammals
Camp 31– Aug 5 Kayaking Coastal
Oceanography Camp 31– Aug 5 Marine Invertebrates
Camp AUGUST 7–10 Budding Marine
Biologist Camp - 3 day 8–12 Marine Science
Adventure Day Camp 15-19 Sea Squirts Day Camp
Youth Summer Camps and Day Camps
MAY 16–18 Homeschoolers
Marine Science Adventure
JUNE 15–17 Homeschoolers
Marine Science Adventure
17–19 Daddy and Me Marine Science Weekend
19–24 Grandparent / Grand child Summer Camp
26–July 1 Grandparent / Grand child Summer Camp
JULY 1 Fantastic Fish 1 Stargazers Astronomy
Workshop 1–5 4th of July Family
Camp 6–9 Homeschoolers
Marine Science Adventure
8 Under the Sea 8 Digital Nature
Photography for Kids 10–15 Grandparent / Grand
child Summer Camp 15 Marsh Mysteries 15 Stargazers Astronomy
Workshop
17–22 Grandparent / Grand child Summer Camp
22 Incredible Inverts 22 Nature Journaling for
Kids 29 Wetlands of the
Eastern Shore Kayak Paddle
29 Stargazers Astronomy Workshop
31–Aug 5 Family Adventure Camp
AUGUST 7–12 Grandparent / Grand
child Summer Camp 27 Coastal Celebration
Open House 28– Sept 3 Build Your Own SOF
Kayak Workshop SEPTEMBER 2–5 Labor Day Family
Camp 23–25 Boy Scout Merit
Badge Weekend 26–28 Homeschoolers
Marine Science Adventure
OCTOBER 3–5 Homeschoolers
Marine Science
Adventure
Family Programs and Adventure Camps
MAY 1–6 Birding Virginia’s
Eastern Shore 9–13 Bicycling the
Eastern Shore of Virginia
14 Native American Tools and Flint Knapping Workshop
20–23 Beg. to Inter. Digital Nature Photography Workshop
23–25 Bicycling the Eastern Shore of Virginia
29–June 3 Adventures in Coastal Kayaking
29–June 3 Discover the Islands
JUNE 11 Bird Ramble 24–26 Basketry
Workshop JULY 1 Stargazers
Astronomy Workshop
15 Stargazers Astronomy Workshop
29 Wetlands of the Eastern Shore Kayak Paddle
29 Stargazers Astronomy Workshop
30 Digital Photo. Day Workshop
AUGUST 13 Nature Journal
Workshop 14–19 Adventures in
Coastal Kayaking 21–26 Adventures in
Coastal Kayaking
27 Coastal Celebra-tion Open House
28– Sept 3 Build Your Own SOF Kayak Workshop
SEPTEMBER 11–16 Adventures in
Coastal Kayaking 16–19 By land and By
Sea: Eastern Shore Tour
19–22 Wild Ponies, Culture and History
24 Digital Photo. Day Workshop
OCTOBER 2–7 Adventures in
Coastal Kayaking 7–9 Decoy Carving
Workshop 9–14 Discover the
Islands 10–13 Bicycling the
Eastern Shore of Virginia
17–20 Wild Ponies, Culture and History
29 Native American Tools and Flint Knapping Workshop
NOVEMBER 4–6 Basketry
Workshop 9–13 Inter. to Adv.
Digital Nature Photography Workshop
12 Birding Workshop
DECEMBER 2–4 Winter Birding
Colloquiums 2–4 Winter Naturalist
Weekend
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