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Explore Lake Michigan this Summer!

posted on 7:48 AM, January 19, 2025
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GREAT LAKES SHIPBOARD SCIENCE WORKHOP

 

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits you! Apply now to spend a week aboard the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RV Lake Guardian on Lake Michigan Assisting with research. The workshop promotes Great Lakes literacy while forging relationships between researchers and educators. Workshop is FREE to participating educators! (15 spots available.)

Educators happily investigating a sample of benthic mud while aboard a research vessel.

Accepting Applications

 

What are you doing this summer? You could spend a week with 14 other educators working alongside scientists aboard the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency R/V Lake Guardian on Lake Michigan. The annual workshop promotes Great Lakes literacy while forging relationships between researchers and educators. 

 

Who: Formal 5-12th grade teachers and nonformal educators from the Great Lakes’ states

 

When: July 7-13, 2025

 

Where: Sailing on Lake Michigan, starting and ending in Milwaukee, WI.

 

Application Deadline: February 10, 2025

APPLY TODAY!

 

Find out more here!