TAMUG Sea Camp (ages 10-18) and Sea Campus Kids (ages 6-11)


There are still openings available for local and visiting kids to attend Texas A&M Galveston's (TAMUG) Sea Camp and Sea Campus Kids Summer Camp Programs. 

Sea Camp:  Sea Camp is a week-long adventure for students ages 10 - 18 to explore the wonders of the marine and estuarine environments.  As a Sea Camper, on the Galveston campus students will have access to TAMUG research vessels, oceanographic equipment, laboratory facilities, and a professional staff enabling students to learn about the ocean through first-hand on-the-water experiences.  Sea Campers will reside in dormitories at the TAMUG Mitchell campus on Pelican Island. Campers are roomed two to a room and four to a suite.  Roommate requests are available on forms sent after registration.  A resident manager, dorm mom, recreation director, camp assistant and counselors (counselors are K-12 educators) are present 24 hours a day.


Sea Camp Classes Scheduled for July & August
Ages 10 - 18
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Adventures in Marine Biology:    Ages 10-12     $775.00
July 6-12     July 13-19     July 27-August 2     August 3-9

Adventures in Marine Biology:    Ages 13-14     $775.00
July 20-26

Coral, Crabs, and Cuttlefish:       Ages 11-12     $775.00
July 20-26

Sharks and More:                        Ages 10-12     $850.00  
July 6-12     August 3-9           

Sharks and More(NEW!)             Ages 13-14     $850.00
July 13-19

Coastal Ecology:                          Ages 12-15     $850.00
July 6-12     July 20-26     July 27-August 2

Fishing Camp:                              Ages 13-17     $850.00
July 27-August 2

Adv. Fishing Camp: Intro to Tournament Fishing:    Ages 14-18     $900.00
July 6-12

Marine Mammal Workshop:         Ages 15-18     $850.00
July 13-19     August 3-9


Ecotourism in Costa Rica:            Ages 15-18  PASSPORT REQUIRED!     $1,900
July 11-20     * Also open to adult educators. Click on link for further details.

Coastal Photography:                   Ages 13-18      $850.00
July 6-12     July 13-19     July 20-26

Oceanography & Nautical Archaeology:    Ages 14-18    $850.00
July 20-26

SCSI: Sea Camp Scene Investigators - Forensics:    Ages 15-18     $850.00
July 6-12     July 13-19



Sea Campus Kids
"HANDS-ON" & "FEET-IN" MARINE ADVENTURES
AGES 6-11

Sea Campus Kids is a marine science day program for students 6- 11 years old. Learning is accomplished through multi-sensory interactive experience. Students will have their hands-on and their feet-in as they wade through a salt-water marsh, visit a turtle hatchery, dissect a fish or seine the surf. Campers will also be engaged in asking questions, discovering answers, observing problems, and creating possible solutions. The marine science content of the sessions will be monitored by a university marine biologist. Classes will be taught by teams of educators and marine science specialists.


Sharks, Stingrays, and Crabs - Discover the diversity of crabs and cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays, and skates) and design your own species and its habitat. Seine in the surf and search for sharks’ teeth at the beach. Try to catch cantankerous blue crabs. Compare bony fish anatomy to the anatomy of a shark during dissections, a slimy hands-on experience. Beach field trips. Fish dissections.

Sharks, Stingrays, and Crabs Schedule: 7/21/08 - 7/25/08, from 8 am - 11 am $110


Marine Mammals - Enter the wonderful world of marine mammals, our hairy ocean friends & learn about flukes & flippers, baleen & blowholes, spy hopping & breaching. Compare dolphins & porpoises, seals & sea lions. Take a “close” look at the largest mammal on Earth, study the only aquatic bear, and get to know the clever sea otter. Marine mammal explorers will also learn how echolocation works and how to rescue a stranded animal. Beach trips and dolphin watching expedition. Appropriate for beginners and advanced explorers!

Marine Mammals Schedule:  7/14/08 - 7/18/08, from 8 am - 11 am $110


It's a Pirate's Life! NEW! - Ahoy me haarrty! Take a look back at the lives and times of pirates. Learn how they lived and how they navigated the ocean blue. Find out about Galveston's own legendary pirate, Jean Lafitte. Use a map and compass to discover the location of buried 'treasure' and how to create a map to your own hidden booty. Discover how scientists recover artifacts from sunken ships. Nautical archaeology and nautical science are major topics. This workshop includes a field trip to the Texas Seaport Museum and to the beach in search of buried treasure.

It's a Pirate's Life Schedule: 6/30/08 - 7/2/08, from 9 am - 3 pm $125

Water Rocks and Waves Roll! - Discover the vast features of our amazing blue suede planet. Rockin’ “feet in” field studies and “hands on” investigations will be conducted to explore the geology, chemistry and physics of marine environments.   Twist and shout as you design a submarine, survey the ocean floor to discover how Tsunamis and volcanoes form and investigate what happens when water meets land. Hurricanes, tides and currents are just the tip of the iceberg in this workshop.  Beach and marsh field trips.

Water Rocks and Waves Roll! Schedule: 7/7/08 - 7/9/08, from 9 am - 3 pm $125

Sharks, Sharks, and More Sharks - Advanced workshop for shark fans ages 9-11. Encounter myth and fact in this in-depth examination of the most fascinating and misunderstood fish in the ocean. The study will look at the anatomy, habitat, and eating habits of lots and lots of sharks: big sharks, little sharks, blue sharks, megamouth sharks and Ornate Wobbegones, Prehistoric sharks and sharks living in our very own bay. Pick your favorite shark and use our campus resources to do a comprehensive study. Beach field trip and shark dissection.

Sharks, Sharks, and More Sharks Schedule: 7/7/08 - 7/9/08, from 9 am - 3 pm $125

The Ins & Outs of Invertebrates - Advanced workshop for ages 9-11. Investigate the incredible world of marine invertebrates (our spineless but not gutless ocean friend). Bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, and more will be examined in this workshop. Observe the mysterious world of the oyster community, taste and chart your favorite appetizing invertebrate (provided by Gaido's Restaurant), and write with real squid ink. This clammy workshop entails mollusk dissections, beach and salt marsh field trips, and a wacky eight - legged octopus race.

The Ins and Outs of Invertebrates Schedule: 7/14/08 - 7/18/08, from 12 pm - 3 pm $110

Grand Sand and Swell Shells - Study marine life fossils and the stories they reveal of ancient oceans. Experiment with potato chips to discover what makes one shell stronger than another. Beachcombers will delight in this collecting workshop for junior naturalists. Beach field trips.

Grand Sand and Swell Shells Schedule: 7/21/08 - 7/25/08, from 12 pm - 3 pm $110

Plankton, Nekton, and Benthos - Ocean lifestyles involve drifting (plankton), swimming (nekton), and hanging on or digging in (benthos). Trek along the beach and venture into the marsh to find living specimens of all three categories. Drag a bag seine and a plankton net. Dig for polychaetes and coquina clams. Eat “mud” and “worms” to learn about statistical samples and get greasy to find out how blubber works. Octopus, fish, whales and snails are all part of this workshop. Beach and salt marsh trips. Dissection of fish and mollusks.

Plankton, Nekton, and Benthos Schedule: 7/28/08 - 8/1/08, from 8 am - 11 am $110

Ocean Artists - Link science and the arts while you sing songs and tell tales of oceangoing people, from whalers and pirates to whale scientists and nautical archaeologists. Practice marlinespike seamanship (tie knots with a sailor). Learn the Japanese art of Gyotaku, fish printing, with real fish. Enjoy this creative workshop of musical, theatrical, and visual art. Beach trip.

Ocean Artists Schedule: 7/28/08 - 8/1/08, from 12 pm - 3 pm $110

Contact us: Sea Campus Kids, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77553   (409) 740-4525  seacamp@tamug.edu



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