Montgomery County elementary school children will have the opportunity this summer to learn about  genetics as part of  GlaxoSmithKline's  Science in the Summer program, a free science education program.

Why do some children have brown eyes and others have blue eyes? Why do some of your friends have curly hair and others have straight hair? What is DNA What does it look like? Follow the clues at Jenkintown Library to learn the answers to these questions and more. Find out why there is no one else exactly like you.

The  course is being offered in 32 public libraries in Montgomery County.

The GlaxoSmithKline Science in the Summer program is comprised of four 45-minute classes given over the course of a week. The experiment-oriented course is taught by certified teachers to groups of 15 students in two age groups: those entering second and third grades (Level I) and those entering fourth through sixth grades (Level II).

Science in the Summer will be offered at Jenkintown Library on July 21-24, 2008

Sessions are offered in the morning (Level I: 10 - 10:45 a.m., Level II: 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Registration for Borough residents only will take place  between June 1 - 7, 2008. Open registration for Montgomery county residents is June 8-30, 2008.