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Upcoming Events

July 29-August 1: 3rd Annual Great Lakes Community Gathering at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College

August 21 (2-4pm): Lake Bailey Audubon Sanctuary Hike in Eagle Harbor

Sept.30-Oct.2: North American Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education Conference in Buffalo, NY    (Link to www.naaee.org)

October 8–10: Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Conference at University of Michigan Biological Station near Pellston (20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge) Conference Theme: Science & Stewardship

November  5-6 :  Great Lakes Maritime Workshop at Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Whitefish Point Light Station    (Limited to 12 teacher participants; includes 2 nights in the Whitefish Point Crews’ Quarters!)   

November 10: Project Wild Workshop at Nara Nature Center.

November 12-13:  Building Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in the Classroom

Recent Events & News

2010 Teachers' Summer Institutes

Get Outdoors/No Child Left Inside

Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative NEW LSSI Video on Youtube
lakesuperiorstewardship.org

Lake Superior 101: Western U.P. Science Center receives $175,000 grant (PDF)

Teacher Institutes Summer 2010

Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Institute

June 21-25 ~ Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Institute ~ at The Maritime Academy of Toledo

Description: Participants will spend 4 nights at The Toledo Maritime Academy, experiencing navigation simulators, boat-building lab, radar simulator, touring the historic S.S. Boyer and Toledo port facilities, investigating invasive species, monitoring water quality, and excursions on the Maumee River.
(Michigan Tech course ED5680 – 2 credits)

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Forestry Ecology & Resources Teacher Institute

June 28 - July 2 ~ Forestry Teacher Institute  ~

Description: Michigan Technological University (MTU) brings together the expertise of  university faculty, scientists, natural resource management professionals, and educators to conduct this Institute. Through lecture, hands-on data collection, classroom activities, and field trips, participants will obtain new knowledge and skills that can be applied to their work with students. Topics presented will be tree ID, forest measure-ments, ecology, silvicultural prescriptions, forest health & insect pests, wildlife, water quality monitoring, carbon sequestration, and innovative school-community partnership programs.

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Mathematics & Navigation

June 28 - July 2 ~ Mathematics & Navigation
Description: explore how to use marine navigation to teach topics in geometry and algebra. Learn navigation techniques aboard MTU research vessel Agassiz. Engage students in solving navigation problems using mathematics, charts, and both simple and electronic navigation instruments.

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Future Fuels from Forests

July 12-16 ~ Future Fuels from Forests ~

Description: This five-day Institute will engage middle/high school educators in an interdisciplinary investigation of forest-based ethanol production that will integrate silviculture and forest ecology, GIS, and mechanical and chemical engineering through lecture, field trips, and computer simulations. Teachers will receive training in and receive the new Michigan Energy Resources unit (easily adapted to other states) and Project Learning Tree’s Forests of the World.
(Michigan Tech course ED5630 (Sec.1) – 3 credits)

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Global Change

July 19-23 – ED5641 Global Change ~ 

Description: This five-day Institute will prepare you to engage your middle and high school students in a real-world study of the effects of global change on ecosystems, including the impacts of climatic change, elevated carbon dioxide and ozone levels, nitrogen saturation, acid rain, and invasive species. The Institute will be taught by internationally-recognized faculty and researchers from Michigan Technological University. Participants will visit the FACE research site (http://aspenface.mtu.edu/) in northern Wisconsin where the effects of elevated CO2 and ozone on forest productivity are clearly observable.
(Michigan Tech course ED5641 – 3

Global Change 2010 Brochure PDF

Walking Paths & Protected Areas of the Keweenaw

The Michigan Nature Association announces the publication of a new guidebook titled Walking Paths & Protected Areas of the Keweenaw whichdescribes twenty-two sanctuaries & preserves in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. MORE . . . .