Math / Astronomy High Sierra Camps
Camp Courses and Schedule
Summer 2008 Camps
Courses
Astronomy
- orienting oneself in the night sky
- celestial coordinate systems
- how to read a star chart
- using a telescope with an equitorial mount
- telescope optics
- planetary motion
- distance scales
- stellar lifetimes
- astronomical objects and the Messier catalogue
- adventures in space-time and relativity
- cosmology
Math is Power
- small groups meet for progression into the world of math
- become familiar with math as a language and advance from your present placement
- mastering your level of basics (from arithmetic thru Calculus)
- what is your next level of math
- seek new math frontiers
- peer into advanced math
- areas of math used in physical sciences
- math SAT tutoring (by request)
Ecology of the Mammoth Lakes High Sierra Area
- hike into the Mammoth Mountain terrain
- Mammoth from a global eco-perspective
- contributions of volcanoes to the global circulation
- field trips to Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Valley
- field trips to Mono Lake / Inyo Craters
Weekly Schedule
Sundays:
Sunday is travel day.
We arrange to pick you up from airports and back, or parents may wish to visit the town of Mammoth Lakes. We can arrange some other central places in LA for pick up if needed and schedule permits. Please set up ahead of time. If the campers are staying over for another week or still in town, we offer day hiking on the John Muir Trail, the Duck Pass Trail or many other Mammoth day hikes, easy or not, as requested.
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