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With a warning from the United Nations concerning a warming world, Chicago Tonight covered the topic with a local perspective from Tomas Höök, professor at Purdue University and director of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, and Elena Grossman, program manager of Building Resistance Against Climate Effects at University of Illinois. The story and video are available through WTTW’s What Global Warming Could Mean for Lake Michigan.
Who: 9-12th grade educators with a freshwater aquarium in their classroom
What: Pilot test a new NGSS-aligned curriculum for the Know Your H2O water quality test kits, which includes three multi-day lessons, taking up to six class periods
When: Feedback needed by December 31, 2025
Interested? Contact Amy Shambach (ashambac@purdue.edu) or Julie Fiorito (fiorito4@illinois.edu).
As the sun sets on the 2025 Shipboard Science Immersion aboard the R/V Lake Guardian, we celebrate 15 incredible educators who immersed themselves in Great Lakes science alongside scientists from the @epa_greatlakes, @uwmilwaukee, and @purduefnr. These educators return home not only with new knowledge but also with support to incorporate hands-on, experiential learning and stewardship in their own classrooms and other learning environments.
This week-long experience was conducted in partnership with the EPA, @noaa.SeaGrant, and with funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Hosts for the Lake Michigan immersion are the Center for Great Lakes Literacy partners, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, and @uwiscseagrant.
Shipboard Science Immersion educators are diving into scientific sampling alongside Dr. Paris Collingsworth, processing samples from Green Bay to study how larval fish and zooplankton communities shift from nearshore to offshore in Lake Michigan.
Back in the lab, with @purduefnr graduate student Anna Hill, the educators are sorting benthic samples, identifying the organisms collected. The relatively large quagga mussels are easy to spot!
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Shipboard Science Immersion educators stepped off the ship and onto beautiful Beaver Island for a hands-on day at @cmichbiology Biological Field Station, hosted by the amazing Dr. Kevin Pangle!
From seining for fish and towing a plankton net to testing water quality with a multiparameter sonde, educators practiced aquatic science techniques that can translate to shoreside learning within their educational programming. The day wrapped with a scenic dune hike — science and nature at its best!
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