Teachers Take to the Lake
For more information, contact Dean Woodbeck (woodbeck@mtu.edu; 906/487-3327)
HOUGHTON, Mich.--Twenty middle-
and high-school teachers are sailing Lake Superior this week, doing water
quality research and learning about the science of the world's largest
freshwater lake. The teachers are participating
in a week-long course, Ecology of the Great Lakes, co-sponsored by Michigan
Tech and led by Tech faculty. Participants
are learning about the physical, chemical and biological components of
the Great Lakes ecosystem, using Lake Superior as the classroom. After finishing the course,
they'll be able to integrate what they've learned into their own classrooms
and programs. The Lake Guardian, a research
vessel provided by the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, is fitted with state-of-the-art navigational,
laboratory and mechanical equipment. Its primary mission is to gather
data on the biology and chemistry of the Great Lakes and to monitor the
pollutant concentrations in the water, sediment, air, fish and other flora
and fauna. For more information visit www.epa.gov/glnpo/monitor.html This workshop is coordinated
by the Western U.P. Center for Science and Mathematics. The Center is
a consortium of Michigan Tech, and the Copper Country and Gogebic-Iron
Intermediate School Districts. Other co-sponsors include the Isle Royale
Institute and the Wege Foundation. 7/11/02
