Project proposed from inland seas education association: great lakes watershed field course will bring 30 grade 4-12 educators to the thomas m. Kelly biological station in suttons BAY, MI for four…

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit field professionals from partner organizations to learn watershed expertise and inspire implementing stewardship projects with their students. Educators will develop classroom curricula including student action projects. They may receive scholarships for a Great Lakes science and sailing experience aboard the Association's tall ship Schooner. This award advances the Marine Sanctuary Program's goal of supporting monitoring of natural processes, human influences, and living resources in sanctuaries.

Project proposed from inland seas education association: great lakes watershed field course will bring 30 grade 4-12 educators to the thomas m. Kelly biological station in suttons BAY, MI for four days of professional development emphasizing first-hand experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit field professionals at partner organizations who will share their watershed expertise and inspire teachers to implement stewardship projects with students in their home communities. Throughout the four days, teachers will be given time to reflect on learned content and incorporate IT into a classroom curriculum plan that includes mwees in the form of a student stewardship action project. These mwees will be implemented with their classrooms over the following school year. Participating educators are offered a scholarship for their students to attend a great lakes science and sailing ("schoolship") experience aboard our tall ship schooner with…