Agenda
Funding made possible by the Michigan Coastal Management Program of the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Sponsored by the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Math & Environmental Education and Michigan Technological University
Great Lakes Watershed Investigations Summer Teacher Institute ~ June 23-27, 2008
Monday, June 23 (We will meet in 641 Dow)
7:45 am Meet Joan Chadde in lobby of Wadsworth Hall to walk to class together
8-9 am Course overview, requirements & introductions
9 am Community As A Context for Learning (NOTE - Bring phone book & Educators’ Guide to class)
Jon Yoder, HS Biology Teacher, No. Salem High School and Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources
Site visits:
10:00-10:30 Pat Toczydlowski, Keweenaw Land Trust (Paavola Wetlands near Hancock)
11:00-11:30 Linda Kersten, Watershed Manager, Michigan Tech Center for Water & Society
(Huron Creek-Comfort Inn)
12:00-12:30 Erik Lilleskov, Ecologist, USDA Forest Sciences Research Lab (onsite)
12:30 LUNCH at McNair Hall
1:30-4:30 pm Planning Your Own School-Community Projects (641 Dow)
6-8 pm Dinner with Jon Yoder (North Shore Grill, 7th floor, Best Western Franklin Square Inn, Houghton)
Tuesday, June 24 (641 Dow)
8-9 am Designing A Watershed Investigation: physical, chemical, biological parameters
Joan Chadde, Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics & Environ. Education
9-10 am Fisheries of the Great Lakes
Dr. Casey Huckins, Dept. of Biological Sciences
10-11 am Watershed Hydrology presentation
11-noon Surf Your Watershed & USGS Streamflow Records – Computer Lab (203 Dillman)
Dr. Tom Pypker, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences
Noon-1 LUNCH at McNair Hall
1-5 pm Stream Monitoring: Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators
at Cole’s Creek & Huron Creek
Joan Chadde, Western UP Center for Science, Math & Env Educ
Dr. Casey Huckins, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Dr. Tom Pypker, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences
5-6 pm DINNER at McNair Hall
6-8:30 pm OPTIONAL: Kayaking & Wildlife Viewing at Sturgeon River Sloughs with Downwind Sports
($25/person includes 2-hour kayak rental, life jacket, instruction.)
MEET AT STURGEON RIVER SLOUGHS
Wednesday, June 25 (Meeting time/location TBA)
8:00-11 am Scientific Excursions on Lake Superior MTU’s R/V Agassiz (Gr. 9-12 Teachers)
Dr. Noel Urban, MTU Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Role of Sediment & Benthic Organisms in the Great Lakes
- Temperature Profiles, Light, Water Chemistry,
- Phyto & Zooplankton Sampling
11 am-Noon Data analysis and lab investigations Dr. Noel Urban
- Benthic organisms & sediment, zooplankton ID, trout stomach analysis
(MEECS Water Quality Unit - Joan Chadde. Gr. 2-8 Teachers Meet in 641 Dow.)
Noon-1 LUNCH at McNair Hall
1-4 pm Scientific Excursions on Lake Superior MTU’s R/V Agassiz (Gr. 2-8 Teachers)
4-5 pm Data analysis and lab investigations
(MEECS Water Quality Unit - Joan Chadde. Gr. 9-12 Teachers meet in 641 Dow.)
5-6 pm DINNER at McNair Hall
6-8:30 pm OPTIONAL: Kayaking & Wildlife Viewing at Sturgeon River Sloughs with Downwind Sports
($25/person includes 2-hour kayak rental, life jacket, instruction.)
MEET AT STURGEON RIVER SLOUGHS
Thursday, June 26 (641 Dow)
8-10 AM Invasive Species of the Great Lakes: zebra mussels, purple loosestrife, lamprey, Rusty crayfish
Bob Kahl, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
10:30 AM Wetlands – Classification, Ecology, Biomonitoring
Dr. Rod Chimner, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences
11:30 AM Depart for Bete Grise
12:30 Picnic lunch at Bete Grise
1- 4:30 PM Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes (at Bete Grise)
Dr. Rod Chimner, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences
4:30-5:30 PM Land & Water Conservation in the Great Lakes Basin
Brian Carlson, The Nature Conservancy
6:15 pm Dinner at Mariner Restaurant in Copper Harbor
7-9 pm Protecting the Great Lakes - visit The Nature Conservancy’s Mary Macdonald Preserve with Brian Carlson
10 pm Return to MTU
Friday, June 25 (641 Dow)
8:30 am-12:30 Amphibian and Salamander Biomonitoring
Dr. Jackie Grant, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences
12:30-1:30 pm LUNCH at McNair Hall
1:30 – 4 pm Lesson Planning, Discussion, Reflections & Course Evaluations
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