Science Education

Student Science Enrichment Program

Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smoky Mountain Heights: Science Education in Western North Carolina

Program

Quickfacts

This year-round Smoky Mountain Heights program reaches nearly 4,500 middle school students and 1,050 high school students and provides paid internships for 26 high school students over a three-year period. With tremendous natural resources that attract both researchers and students, Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides an ideal setting to bring together science and education. The park features science in its education programs and works with students to advance scientific research. The “Parks as Classrooms” science education program and the high school internship program provide students with hands-on experience in inquiry-based learning to develop their interest and competence in science.

Program dates: year-round middle and high school programs and summer high school program

Open to: Western North Carolina counties

Format: two main components -

(1) year-round middle and high school curriculum-based research field trips to the park
(2) summer high school research interns

Contact:
George Ivey
N.C. Director
Friends of the Smokies
160 South Main Street
Waynesville, NC 28786-4355

Phone: 828/452-0720
Fax: 828/452-0767

Related Links:
Friends of the Smokies
Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park