Posted on June 22nd, 2009
Attention all Summer Camp parents: We have secured a location to hold our weekly ‘Star Party’ astronomy sessions. Every Wednesday during Summer Camp we will meet between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. in North Park at the field behind the Devil’s Elbow II pavillion. The pavillion is located directly across Hemlock Dr. from the swimming pool. This location affords ample parking, easy field access, open sky and limited light pollution. In addition, it is very close to Providence Heights. From the school, proceed North on Babcock Boulevard. Just before Babcock splits into four lanes and goes down the hill toward the park, turn right onto Hemlock Drive. Immediately to the right will be the gravel driveway that leads to the parking lot and field. All are welcome. If you have a telescope around the house, or perhaps stuffed into a closet somewhere, feel free to bring it out! Even the smallest of telescopes should reveal the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter!
Posted on February 19th, 2009
With the first session of camp starting next week, we find ourselves with only very limited space available in just a few of the camp sessions. If you are interested in enrolling, please call us as soon as possible to discuss availability. If you have already enrolled, your secondary information packet should arrive very soon. With this season’s theme being Extraterrestrial Life and Space Travel in addition to studying Life and Physics on planet Earth, participants will also spend a great deal of time discussing the rest of the universe. For this reason, every Wednesday evening during camp we will be hosting ‘Star Parties’ in North Park. These events will begin at 9:00p.m. and, while optional, we hope everyone will be able to make it at least once. (We also hope the weather here in Pittsburgh cooperates at least once!) The exact location will be announced weekly but all are welcome at these events.
Regardless of whether you are already enrolled or still wish to do so, if you have questions that we have not answered here or in our information packet, please contact us!!!
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We welcome any questions or comments, so do not hesitate to call us. We can be reached at 412.965.3024 or 412.965.3497, or you may use the E-contact form available via the ‘contact’ link at left. See you this summer!
Posted on February 12th, 2009
Posted on February 16th, 2008
Read about us in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review newspaper:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/search/s_545550.html
Lab Ratz inject excitement into learning about science By Allison M. Heinrichs TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, January 3, 2008
A clerical error changed Talman Charters Jr.’s career path — and possibly the goals of many children. Charters is president of Lab Ratz Science Club, a hands-on science program that visits schools, scout troops, birthday parties and summer camps to present scientific concepts in a way that encourages children to make their own discoveries. Founded in 2005, the program caught on quickly and already is booking up well into 2008.
“My aspiration was to go to medical school,” said Charters, 26, of Hampton. “But there was a clerical error and my application was never reviewed. … It wasn’t until June when I found out. I had been calling around to different schools and they didn’t even know who I was.”
As an undergraduate, Charters had worked part time with an organization that ran science programs at area schools. Though that group went out of business, Charters believed the idea was a good one.
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