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Where We Go: Summer Academy

• Young Geoscientists

9th Grade:

• The University of Texas at Austin
• McKinney Falls, Austin, TX
• Barton Springs
• U.S. Geological Survey Reston, VA
• Harpers Ferry NHP, West Virginia
• Great Falls Park, Virginia
• Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington D.C.
• Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C.
• Lincoln, Vietnam War, Korean War Memorials
• Smithsonian Learning Center, Maryland

10th Grade:

• Zion National Historic Park, Utah
• Grand Canyon
• Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell
• Lees Ferry and Balanced Rock, Arizona
• Navajo Bridge, Arizona
• Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona
• Wupatki National Monument (Pueblo Indians), Arizona

11th Grade:

• SAT prep course
• Mt. Saint Helens, Washington
• Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon
• Mt Hood, Oregon
• Newberry Caldera, Oregon
• Crater Lake, Oregon
• Seal Rock State Park
• Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest
• Oregon State Aquarium
• Salt Creek Falls

12th Grade:

• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef (glass-bottomed-boat ride)
• Lover's Key State Park
• Florida Institute of Phosphate Research and Wauchula Phosphate Mine
• Canaveral Sea Shores
• Merritt Island National Refuge (turtle watch)
• JFK Center for Space Education
• Everglades

Beyond twelfth grade, students will have the opportunity to apply for summer internships at sponsor locations as well as compete for scholarships.