Every year we offer Illinois and Indiana K-12 formal and non-formal educator professional learning opportunities as well as stipend support for stewardship projects that extend Great Lakes learning and stewardship to students through place-based learning experiences. Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities.

Participants from 2016’s Shipboard Science Workshop pose in front of the U.S. EPA R/V Lake Guardian.

Shipboard Science Workshop

Applications are now closed for the 2024 summer workshop on Lake Erie. Information and how to apply for the 2025 summer workshop on Lake Michigan will be available late 2024/early 2025 at cgll.org.

Through a partnership with the EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, educators spend a full week alongside researchers aboard the EPA R/V Lake Guardian. Facilitated by Great Lakes Sea Grant Network educators, the Shipboard Science Workshop, one per year, rotates among the five Great Lakes and is designed to promote Great Lakes sciences while forging relationships between Great Lakes researchers and educators.

Learn more: Educators Onboard for Learning