By Michelle Niedermeier | July 7, 2024
What happened?
15 teachers and educators from across the Great Lakes spent a week aboard the US EPA R/V Lake Guardian on Lake Erie from July 7-13, 2024.
This Shipboard Science Immersion, a program facilitated by Great Lakes Sea Grant Network educators through a partnership with the US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, brings educators and researchers together aboard the US EPA R/V Lake Guardian for a full week each year on one of the Great Lakes. The workshop rotates to a different Great Lake every year and is designed to promote Great Lakes sciences while forging lasting relationships between Great Lakes researchers and educators.
Past participants have described the experience as a “once-in-a-lifetime, professional learning opportunity.”
Program Partners
This opportunity is made possible through a partnership with the EPA, NOAA, and with funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Hosts for the the 2024 workshop are Ohio Sea Grant and Pennsylvania Sea Grant .
The CGLL facilitators of the 2024 SSW include Lyndsey Manzo, Education Specialist for Ohio Sea Grant; Michelle Niedermeier, Education Lead for Pennsylvania Sea Grant; and Kristin TePas, Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development Coordinator and Great Lakes Outreach Specialist for Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.
