|
|
| A partnership of Copper Country &
Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and
Michigan Technological University. Serving schools
and communities in Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Ontonagon
and Keweenaw Counties The Western UP Center is a member
of the Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network. |
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)
PDF Version of this brochure
|
|

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.
PDF Version of brochure
|
|

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.
(Michigan Tech course ED5661– 2 credits)
PDF Version of brochure
|
|

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)
PDF Version of this brochure
|
|

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 . . . . |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contacts
|
Shawn
Oppliger, shawn@copperisd.org
Director,
Loret Roberts, loret@copperisd.org
Secretary
Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics
and Environmental Education
P.O. Box 270 / 809 Hecla St.
Hancock, MI 49930
Tel: (906) 482-0331
Fax: (906) 482-5031 |
Joan Chadde, jchadde@mtu.edu K-12 Education & Outreach Program Coordinator,
Lloyd Wescoat, lwescoat@mtu.edu
Education Program Assistant
Michelle Miller, michellem@mtu.edu
Outdoor Science Investigations Field Trip Coordinator
Michigan Technological University
105 Dillman Hall
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: (906) 487-3341
Fax: (906) 487-1620 |
|
| |
The
Western UP Center offers a wide variety of K-12 outreach
programs in science, mathematics and environmental education
to improve K-12 science and mathematics education throughout
the state of Michigan.
Copyright
© 20010 Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics
and Environmental Education
All
rights reserved. The sale or commercial use of text,
illustrations, photographs, and graphic images presented
are not permitted. Educational uses are permitted on
a limited basis, provided credit is given to the authors.
Prior written permission of the primary author is required
before broadly disseminating any part of this publication
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise.
Privacy Statement
If you have any problems or comments, contact the
page designer and webmaster.
Email Webmaster ehgroth@mtu.edu

The W3C World Wide Web Consortium has validated this
as an interoperable Web page
|
|
|
|