Jan 23
Great Lakes Maritime Transportation (Gr. 2-8) CCISD Distance Learning Room; Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:30-8:30 p.m.
Become familiar with the new Great Lakes Maritime Transportation teaching “chest” resources on which can be used to teach about Great Lakes history, movement of consumer goods, global supply chain, geography, careers and more. Visit with special guests Captains Bill Hanrahan & Dave Laban about their experiences aboard the “lakers.”
Feb 13
Project WET (K-12 Water Education for Teachers) CCISD Distance Learning Room; Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a K-12 interdisciplinary guide with activities for teaching about the physical and chemical characteristics of water, its role in sustaining life on Earth, water cycle, water quality, and the social and cultural aspects of water use.
Feb 15-17
Winter Ecology Institute at Michigan Tech Ford Forestry Center, February 15-17, Alberta, MI
Contact the Isle Royale Institute at 906-487-4335 or ammayo@mtu.edu or http://iri.mtu.edu/ Registration deadline: Feb. 1st;
Feb 27
Project WILD (K-8) MTU School of Forestry (Room G-020)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Project WILD is a K-12 interdisciplinary guide with activities for teaching about terrestrial/aquatic wildlife-habitat, adaptations, diversity, ecology, inter-relationships, management, and conservation.
Mar 12
Lake Effects Workshop (Gr. 3-8) CCISD Distance Learning Room
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:30-8:30 p.m.
A Gr. 3-8 curriculum guide with activities specific to the physical, historical, and ecological aspects and geography of Lake Superior, including current environmental concerns.
Mar 14
Project Learning Tree (K-8) MTU School of Forestry (Room G-020)
Friday, March 14, 2008 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Explore Michigan’s forest resources which are vital to Michigan’s economy, environmental quality, sense of place, and the way we live using the K-8 Project Learning Tree Curriculum & Activity Guide.
Mar 19
Dinner with Wildlife Biologist – Dr. John Vucetich CCISD Distance Learning Room; Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Through lecture, stories and photos, educators will have a special opportunity to discuss the hidden world of Isle Royale ecology and 50 years of wolf and moose research with Dr. Vucetich, a research scientist, philosopher, and ethicist who is deeply committed to making science accessible to the public. For educators of all ages.
Apr 23
Engineering is Elementary (Gr. 1-6) Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD (Bergland)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. CST
Enhance your own understandings of engineering & technology, and how to integrate these topics into your curriculum using research-based lessons that integrate these concepts and skills into science and mathematics GLCEs and provide students with interesting engineering design challenges and children's literature.Spring 2008 Engineering is Elementary Workshop as PDF
May 2-3
Teaching With the Outdoors Workshop Clear Lake Education Center (near Shingleton)
Friday-Saturday, May 2-3, 2008 Begins 10:30 Friday; ends 3:30 pm Sat.
Request a flyer listing the workshops offered for early elementary, upper elementary, and middle/high school educators on sense of wonder, Wisconsin LEAF forest education program, global change, schoolyard ecology, wildlife tracking, and guided visits of Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Teaching with the Outdoors Workshop in Da U.P. eh?
May 2-3, 2008
for K-12 teachers and non-formal educators
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