Programs & Resources for Teachers

Professional Development for Teachers
2011-2012 Calendar

Teacher Workshops Interpretive Sign Workshop: Signs, Trails & Wayside Exhibits  2-Part Workshop:  February 17 & March 23, 8:30 am-3:30 PM, at Copper Country ISD Conferences March 9-10, 2012 Michigan Science Teachers Association annual conference March 15-17, 2012  International Technology & Engineering Education Association  annual conference   http://www.iteea.org/ March 29-April 1, 2012  National Science Teachers Association annual conference    http://www.nsta.org/ Oct. 12-14, 2012   Michigan Alliance for Environmental & Outdoor Education annual conference in Tustin, MI Community Events Jan. 11: 7:00-8:30 pm: Environment vs. Economy: Is it possible to advance environmental protection AND poverty reduction? Presented by: James K. Boyce, professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst.  G002 Hesterburg Hall, Forestry Building at Michigan Tech University Green Film Festival Jan-Jun 2012 Full Schedule Jan 19: Economics of Happiness Green Film Series Issues & Dialogue; 7:00-8:30 pm, G002 Hesterberg Hall, Forestry Bldg. March 27, 2012     14th annual Western U.P. Science Fair August. 3-4, 2012   Grand Opening of the Great Lakes Research Center   ARCHIVE Teacher Institutes Summer 2011 June 20-24 ~ ED5680 Great Lakes Maritime Teacher Institute in Door County, Wisconsin June 20-24 ~ ED5680 Great Lakes Maritime Teacher Institute in Door County, Wisconsin PDF Version of the brochure for ED5680 Great Lakes Maritime Teacher Institute in Door County, Wisconsin Application PDF   Archive of Previous Years Fall 2011 ~ Teacher Professional Development & Community Events (9/05/11) To register, contact: Loret at 482-0331 or loret@copperisd.org; Teacher Workshops Sept. 16:     8:30-3:30 pm,Schoolyard Habitat Teacher Workshop w/ Dr. Herb Broda, Ashland College (Ohio)    at Marsin Center Sept. 29:      (6:30-8:30 pm) & Sept.30 (8:30-3:30 pm) Invasive Plants Teacher Workshop at Nara Nature Center with Janet Marr, botanist, Houghton-Keweenaw Conservation District Conference Oct. 7-9 Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education MAEOE conference and  Nov. 9-10 Place-based Education conference Nov. 7-9:   Place-based Education Conference sponsored by Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (http://www.glstewardship.org/PBEConference.aspx ) in Lansing, MI Community Events Sept. 3: 10 AM, Fungi Walk w/ Dana Richter at Black Creek Nature Sanctuary (Michigan Nature Assoc.) Sept. 15: 7:00-8:30 pm ~Plugged In, But Tuned Out w/ Dr. Herb Broda, Ashland College (Ohio) 135 Fisher Hall (MTU) Sept. 17: 10 AM, Fungi Walk w/ Dana Richter at McLain St. Park (Northwoods Native Plants Society) Sept. 23-24 7:30 pm ~ MOMIX dance illusionists celebrate nature in “Botannica” performance at Rosza Center The most spectacular dance creation, Botannica, follows the rhythms of the seasons, the evolution of the world, and the passing of a day, performed by an outstanding company that defies categorization as easily as its dancers defy gravity. Botanica is inspired by nature and the four seasons, with a musical score ranging from birdsongs to Vivaldi serving as a backdrop for a magical exploration of a moving, animated world. (LSSI displays in Rosza lobby) Sept. 29:  6:30-8:30 pm ~ ~Invasive Plants in the Western U.P." w/ Janet Marr, botanist, Houghton-  Keweenaw Conservation District (G002 of MTU Forestry Bldg.) Sept.-Dec.2011:     Keweenaw Speaker Series (Guest presenters each month; more to come)