Would you like to learn how blind people tackle the supposedly visual-only subject of organic chemistry successfully? Do you have a general love for science? Do you want to learn how you can do chemistry as a blind person just as successfully as your sighted peers? Do you want to apply the chemistry you learned to food such as olive oil? Are you interested in how blind professionals use science in their careers every day? Then the 2012 California Chemistry Camp is for you!
Join the LightHouse for the Blind, National Federation of the Blind of California, California Association of Blind Students, University of California, Davis, chemistry department, TPG Capital, and up to 15 blind and low vision high school students for an educational, exciting and fun-filled weekend of science.
Join the LightHouse for the Blind, National Federation of the Blind of California, California Association of Blind Students, University of California Davis Chemistry Department, TPG Capital, and up to 15 blind and low vision high school students for an educational, exciting and fun-filled weekend of science.
Where: Enchanted Hills Camp, 3410 Mount Veeder Rd., Napa, CA 94558
Who: Up to 15 blind high school students ages 14 to 18 will be selected to participate
Cost: There is no cost to apply for the program
Application deadline has been extended to April 5, 2012.
To read more about Chemistry Camp and apply online today, visit http://sixdots.org/2012/02/2012-chemistry-camp/. All applications will be reviewed, and each applicant will be informed whether he or she has been accepted. Travel to and from camp will be provided.
Read about last year’s Chemistry Camp here: http://conta.cc/youthandmentors2011.
