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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.
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Lake Superior Stewardship InitiativeLake Superior Stewardship Initiative
lakesuperiorstewardship.org


TiViTz Tournament Thursday, Thursday, April 30 Results

Urban Environmental Education Initiative for Detroit & Pontiac K-8 teachers
June 15 - Registration deadline

News - Horizons HS is the first western UP school to earn Michigan Green
School certificate
PDF

Lake Superior Youth Symposium May 14-17, 2009 Duluth Minnesota; See website lakesuperioryouth.org

Teacher Institutes Summer 2009 (See Brochure PDF)

Great Lakes Watershed Investigations

Great Lakes Watershed Investigations June 15-19, 2009

s Forest Ecology & Management June 21-26, 2009
Forest Ecology & Resources Teacher Institute
Global Change Teacher Institute

Global Change Teacher Institute July 13-17, 2009

New Features

Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Teacher Institute article featured in
Lighthouse Digest Magazine

New Fact Sheet on Global Change ~ available online

K-12 Sustainability Education -- Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University and WUPCenter ---- New educational website

Michigan Green Schools: WUPCenter and Michigan Tech host Michigan Green Schools website

Forest Biofuels: National Science Foundation, Michigan Tech Graduate Program in Environmental Policy, Sustainable Technologies Laboratory and Sustainable Futures Institute

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
Michigan Technological University
105 Dillman Hall
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: (906) 487-3341
Fax: (906) 487-1620
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