Middle School Biotech Camps
The HudsonAlpha Educational Outreach team provides several weeks of summer Biotechnology Camps for middle school students. These half-day camps are available to rising 6th through rising 9th grade students.
Registrations for middle school camps open March 1, 2024 at 9:00 am CT.*
*Seats fill fast, so mark your calendar to register!
We encourage you to join our waitlists in the event that seats are filled.
2024 Code of Life (Basic Camp)
June 3-7, from 1 to 4 pm
July 8-12, from 9am to noon
Eligibility:
– Students must be rising 6th-9th graders in summer 2024.
– The camp is open to all students across the Wiregrass region.
– Students with financial need are invited to apply for a camp scholarship.
Cost: $150/student
The Code of Life camp focuses on DNA. Young scientists begin the week by extracting DNA from a variety of organisms and end the week with a little genetic engineering. Campers learn how the information coded in DNA controls physical traits and investigate how changes in DNA may cause the symptoms of some genetic disorders. Students tour the HudsonAlpha facilities and meet with our educators and researchers. The Code of Life Campers also investigate the many roles of enzymes in living systems. Throughout the camp, students use the equipment found in most science research labs and gain hands-on experience in micropipetting and centrifuging. The culminating experiment has campers creating glow-in-the-dark bacteria.
2024 Genes & Greens
June 17th – June 28th, from 12 pm – 4 pm
Genes & Greens will be held in a teaching lab at Dothan High School in Dothan, Alabama
Eligibility:
– Students must be enrolled in 10th – 12th grade when they register (during the 2023-2024 school year).
– This program is open to all students across the Wiregrass region.
Cost: $275/student
Genes & Greens is a dynamic two-week summer program at HudsonAlpha Wiregrass, where students will see first-hand how genetic research is shaping the future of farming by improving agriculture and protecting the environment.
If you have any questions, please email us at: edoutreach@hudsonalpha.org or call (256) 327-0510.