Adults and Kids Learn About Great Lakes Research

boarding_agassiz50Adults and kids learn about Great Lakes research, fish food web, marine robotics, more …

On July 1, 2014, the Portage Lake District Library and Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) partnered for a science program that included a ride on the Agassiz from the Portage Library to the GLRC, a visit to a GLRC laboratory to see what’s in the water — using microscopes — and to dissect a fish stomach, and a chance to drive and observe the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) designed by Dollar Bay (Mich.) High School students to photograph what’s under the water.

Read more at Keweenaw Now, by Michele Bourdieu.