GEO Explorers is a one-week summer institute, during which middle and high school youth explore the waterways of Eastern North Carolina from local river basins to the ocean. Through field experiences with scientists and hands-on activities, students learn how climate change is affecting our local and global environments while exploring geoscience focused college and career pathways. Open to rising 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders.
Program Contact
Taylor Prichard,
Environmental Education Specialist, Center for Public Engagement with Science
(919) 966-0895tmpricha@unc.edu
People
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Funding Source
GEO Explorers is part of the GET Outdoors in NC project and is funded with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) GEOPAths program (Grant # ICER-2023173).
Collaborators
Bertie County Schools
NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville
NC State Parks
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