The Center for Science and Environmental Outreach and the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education teamed up to provide twelve Lake Superior Floor Maps to interested schools in Houghton, Gogebic, Ontonagon, and Baraga Counties.

The Center recruited fifteen students from the Michigan Tech student chapters of the Michigan Water Environment Association and the Society of Environmental Engineers to paint the twelve 12’x10’ cloth floor maps at two Saturday Paint-Ins held in March.

“These large cloth maps are a very useful teaching tool in the classroom, “ explains Barbara McTaggart who coordinated the project. ‘The maps can be used to teach about Lake Superior geography, watershed boundaries, ecology, land use, cultural history, environmental cleanup, and stewardship of the Great Lakes.”

Schools Receiving Lake Superior Floor Maps
(On a limited, first-come basis, available to only 12 schools)

1. C.J. Sullivan Elementary School - L’Anse

2. Philip Latendresse Elementary School - Baraga

3. Pelkie Elementary School

4. South Range Elementary School

5. Chassell Township Schools

6. Dollar Bay - Tamarack Schools

7. Hancock Elementary School

8. Hancock High School

9. Houghton Elementary School

10. Ontonagon Area Elementary School

11. Ontonagon Area High School

12. Washington Elementary - Bessemer

More photos coming.