During the SATS Camp, participants make their own original observations and from them develop a research project to explore these observations and the questions that they spark. During the week, the participants will collect, analyze, and interpret the data from their research project and write and present orally a paper that outlines the conclusions that they draw from the data. They also design and carry out a service project that benefits the marine environment in some way. The SATS Camp program is not all work, though.
Participants have a great time and get a real sense of what field research is like.
We hope that the SATS Camp experience will encourage them to choose further instruction and, eventually, careers in science as well as raise the environmental consciousness of participants as they learn more about the use of coastal marine resources.