Girard College 7th Grade Science Camp

Eva Campo, John Romano and Andrew McGhie

Girard students engaged in hands-on activities and a group photo with school teachers and Penn staff

Girard students engaged in hands-on activities and a group photo with school teachers and Penn staff

A week long summer camp for 7th graders at Girard College, Philadelphia, a  school  for disadvantaged minority students, has been established.  The program was set up using the Logic Model and conducted by Dr. Eva Campo.

The first camp, in June, 2011, provided students with science exposure  through optics, electron microscopy, energy (solar and nuclear), physical properties of  materials, and robotics, using  hands-on activities.

This program was established  for  young minority students  to foster an interest in science. The first class of 12 students was 67% female.