Category: Teacher Education

Michigan Tech is again hosting seven middle and high school teachers from Michigan and Wisconsin in a six-week Research Experience for Teachers (RET), a program funded by the National Science Foundation, which ends this week. This RET project is conducted in association with the Sustainable Futures Institute and the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences.READ MORE

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

“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

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

And there was plenty to see throughout Saturday afternoon, with an array of vendors, children’s games, a Friends of Fashion Vintage Fashion Show, free scientific excursions aboard Michigan Technological University’s research vessel Agassiz. READ MORE

Assistant Professor John Hill (ME-EM/MTTI) and Associate Professor Paul Ward (CLS/MTTI), “Optimizing Backup Response Systems for Rural Policing Models,” National Institute of Justice. READ MORE

The public is invited to venture onto Chassell Bay to learn how scientists assess the health of a lake during four free scientific excursions on the R/V Agassiz during the Chassell Strawberry Festival from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 7. “We encourage Copper Country residents and visitors to learn how scientists study the Great Lakes and what factors contribute to a healthy lake,” said Joan Chadde, education program coordinator.

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