About the Event

The Department of Geosciences is working together with the CEED Pre-College Programs to provide science outreach activities to high school students (9th-10th grade) visiting Virginia Tech for the BLAST CAMP.

"The Summer BLAST program is a three-day residential summer experience taking place on the campuses of Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia and Old Dominion University in the summer of 2018. BLAST is geared toward students who may have an interest in STEM or an underlying aptitude for STEM academics, but have not yet discovered the excitement of STEM. Through innovative hands-on experiences taught by faculty members and staff, students are able to explore the fun and exciting aspects of STEM while residing on a college campus."

• When: June 17th-18th; 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

• Where: Derring Hall rooms 2052, 2060, Museum of Geosciences (room 2062)

• Number of Students: 80 (4 groups of 20) (40 students on each day)

Visiting students and chaperones arrived at 9:00 AM. From there, the students split into two groups. The first rotation began. After 50 minutes, groups traded locations, and the activities started over.

On Tuesday, Visiting students and chaperones arrived at 8:45 AM to explore the Museum of Geosciences.