SUMMER ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS OFFERED FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES 4-11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 24, 2005
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu

LUBBOCK – Texas Tech University's Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners has announced its summer camp schedule.

"Science: It’s a Girl Thing" is a hands-on, residential science camp held at Texas Tech University June 20-23 (5-6 grades) and July 18-21 (7-11 grades). Girls take classes in subjects like animal science, museum science, chemistry, biology, rockets, and architecture. Camp cost is $280.

"Caprock CSI" is a forensics day camp for 6-8th graders, held at Texas Tech June 27- July 1. Students explore subjects such as trace evidence, witness and crime scene analysis and evidence analysis, hear from experts in the field and examine a mock crime scene. Camp cost is $225 for the class only (9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) or $260 to add extra activities at the Texas Tech Recreation Center (7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.).

For more information, call the institute at (806) 742-2420, email kelly.wisecup@ttu.edu or grace.garza@ttu.edu, or visit www.ttu.edu/ideal on the Web.

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