CCMI offers teens summer sea camp
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Qualified students, who should have a strong interest in science, will be selected on a first come first served basis and can make their applications by visiting the CCMI website at http://reefsearch.org
"We are admitting students who are interested in being involved in resolving issues facing the marine realm today," according to a CCMI press release. It adds, "Students who apply should be fairly mature, reliable, compliant and someone who is interested in becoming a leader and role model."
The Caribbean Summer Sea Camp Programme is CCMI's Study Abroad programme on Little Cayman for high school students. The program is both academic and fun. The students will be working alongside scientists who completed comprehensive studies of the reefs of the Cayman Islands and Turks, Caicos and Moichoir Banks.
"Through the Summer Sea Camp you learn the fundamentals of coral reef conservation. We take an Earth Systems approach, meaning that we use the coral reef as the perfect 'System' to launch your knowledge of the fundamental principles of the connections between man and his environment. Participants learn that consequences of our daily life habits may not play out on a local level, but have without a doubt contributed to global changes in Earth systems," the release states. Additionally, students will learn to SCUBA dive and snorkel in the Bloody Bay Marine Park.
According to the release, students will have the opportunity to get SCUBA certified and to learn important marine conservation techniques of diving. Students already certified can work on advanced SCUBA skills while learning fundamental conservation techniques. that every SCUBA diver should know. By working side-by-side with scientists and marine educators, students take part in ongoing research projects.
The schedule is rigorous and students should be in good health, willing to structure their time constructively and expect to learn while having fun.
