Lake Superior Celebration At MTU’s Great Lakes Research Center Thursday

The community is invited to the Lake Superior Celebration at Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) from 6-8 pm, Thursday, April 20. The event is FREE, family-friendly, and open to all.

The Celebration will include informative exhibits by more than a dozen local agencies and organizations, fun hands-on activities for K-5 students including boat-making with natural materials, pollinator activities, World Water Day art exhibit, and displays & presentations by Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (LSSI) school teams. In addition, there will be presentations about Geoheritage Interpretation in Local Schoolyards and the Keweenaw Time Travelers project.

Light refreshments, including trail mix, cake, lemonade & coffee, will be available.

The event is sponsored by the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative, Michigan STEM Partnership, Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, Michigan Tech Center for Science & Environmental Outreach, and the Great Lake Research Center.

For more information: contact:  Shawn Oppliger at 482-0331 or shawn@copperisd.org at the Copper Country ISD or Joan Chadde 906-487-3341 and jchadde@mtu.edu  at Michigan Tech.

Visit the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative on the web http://lakesuperiorstewardship.org/ or on Facebook.

Read about the event here: https://events.mtu.edu/event/lake_superior_celebration#.WO6XrRMrKV4

Explore the Keweenaw Displays

Drone Demonstration & Nature photography w/ Steve Brimm

Outdoor Adventure Program (Jared Johnson) – Kayaks, camping gear  

Keweenaw Adventure Company – Sam Raymond

If Rocks Could Talk, What Would They Say?

Soundscapes of the Keweenaw with Libby Meyer & Chris Plummer

Presentations

LSSI Student Showcase “Most Significant Change” (6:15-6:45 pm, 202 GLRC)

Geoheritage Interpretation Of Schoolyards

Keweenaw Time Travelers

Jeffers HS “Lake Perrault Project’ – Chuck Palosaari

Washington MS ‘Adopt a Beach and Forest Management Plan Project’ – Darrell Hendrickson

Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (LSSI)

Bringing schools & communities together in the stewardship of Lake Superior and its watershed.

All Invited!  Free! 

DIRECTIONS to the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) at Michigan Tech University:
From Houghton: as you approach MTU on US 41 from downtown Houghton, turn left onto Cliff Drive (just before the Administration Building and just after apartment building). Quickly turn left again on to Phoenix Drive to go down the hill to the water level. Drive straight ahead to the Great Lakes Research Center, last building on your left, on the water.

From Chassell: as you approach MTU on US 41, turn right onto Cliff Drive (just past the Administration Building). Take an immediate left on to Phoenix Drive to go down the hill to the water level. Drive straight ahead to the Great Lakes Research Center, last building on your left, on the water.

Campus Maps:  http://www.mtu.edu/maps/

Great Lakes Research Center: http://www.mtu.edu/greatlakes/