Superior Shipboard Science for Educators

Registration:

This workshop is full.

Event start date: June 27, 2022, 9 a.m. (CT).

Event end date: July 1, 2022, 3 p.m. (CT).

Description:

Shipboard science workshops are professional learning opportunities for educators from the Great Lakes region. Over 50 educators applied to participate in Minnesota Sea Grant's 2022 Shipboard Science Workshop. Eleven educators from the Great Lakes region were selected and are set to sail on Lake Superior beginning June 27 through July 1, 2022. Minnesota Sea Grant Environmental Literacy Extension Educator Marte Kitson will be leading the workshop and providing participating educators with curricula and resources that they can take home and use in their classrooms and other teaching environments. Participants will also have the opportunity to work with University of Wisconsin-Superior Professor, Lorena Rios Mendoza to study the impacts of microplastics on Lake Superior.

Presenters:

Minnesota Sea Grant Environmental Literacy Extension Educator, Marte Kitson.
Minnesota Sea Grant Environmental Literacy Undergraduate Intern, Megan Gilles.
Minnesota Sea Grant & Water Resources Center Stormwater Extension Educator, Maggie Karschnia.
Wisconsin Sea Grant Education Outreach Specialist, Ginny Carlton.
University of Wisconsin-Superior Associate Professor, Lorena Rios Mendoza.
University of Minnesota Duluth Large Lakes Observatory Marine Superintendent for the Research Vessel Blue Heron and Senior Research Associate, Richard Ricketts.
Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Education Specialist, Ryan Feldbrugge.
Natural Resources Research Institute Minnesota Natural Resource Atlas Outreach Specialist, Cynthia Hagley.