Michigan Tech’s Joan Schumaker Chadde has traveled the state connecting the public, particularly the young, to nature and the sciences. She’s made several visits to Detroit to educate teachers and students on everything from forest stewardship to basic outdoor education. Now the Great Lakes Research Center will serve as a focal point for those efforts. “One of our goals is to get students excited about learning,” Chadde said. READ MORE
According to Joan Chadde, institute coordinator, during Monday’s tour the teachers learned about mining in the Keweenaw. The institute features a new publication, A Guide to Geology Field Trips in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, designed for middle and high school teachers. READ MORE
The GLRC includes space dedicated to K-12 science education that will be used by the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education.READ MORE
More than a dozen Michigan Tech faculty members and researchers have gone on the record in support of a ballot initiative designed to give a big boost to the state’s renewable energy industry. Among the Michigan Tech signers of the Union of Concerned Scientists letter is Brad Baltensperger, chair of cognitive and learning sciences. READ MORE
Friday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m., all kids are invited to “Children’s Laboratory Exploration: Investigating the Lake Superior Food Chain Using a Lake Trout Stomach!” Professor Marty Auer and Joan Chadde, director of the Center for Science, Math and Environmental Education, will lead this workshop that involves dissecting trout innards. Parents and grandparents are also welcome to come to the University Waterfront, near the Great Lakes Research Center. The workshop is free, but please register in advance so organizers have enough supplies for everyone. READ MORE
“Teachers love Michigan Tech’s Summer Teacher Institutes because they’re hands-on. They are out and touching it, and they’re doing it, and they just find it really exciting and they get enthused,” said Program Coordinator at the Center for Science at Michigan Technological University, Joan Chadde. STORY | VIDEO
Eighteen middle and high school teachers from across Michigan will explore the geology of the UP during a five-day geology teacher institute. The teachers’ field trips in the Keweenaw will include the Hancock lookout, Centennial rock-collecting site, Brockway Mountain, Hunter’s Point Cobble Beach, and many more. READ MORE
Student Patrick Belling (CLS) and CoPI Associate Professor Paul Ward (CLS) have received $2,000 from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity for a project, “Assessing Expert Decision-Making Using a Simulated Task in Soccer.”
Barbara Maxwell is one of 20 teachers on a five-day U.P. tour with the help of Michigan Tech and Maritime Teachers Institute. “They’re finding out what sorts of cargos are shipped on the Great Lakes, what port they’re shipped out of, what port they’re shipped into, and how we use these natural resources,” said Joan Chadde. READ MORE | Watch Video
The teachers will learn about water levels, dredging, lock operation, homeland security, ore boats, mines, shipping, lighthouses, Great Lakes navigation and other topics during sessions with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and others involved in Great Lakes shipping. READ MORE