Developing a community of Great Lakes literate educators, students, scientists, environmental professionals, and citizen volunteers, dedicated to improved Great Lakes stewardship.
Educators participate in Great Lakes research first-hand as they cruise on Lake Superior for a week, July 20-27, 2011. They will work side by side with scientists on limnological inquiry and stop in ports for additional science learning. These events... Read More →
It takes seven generations for a drop of water to move from the inlet to the outlet of Lake Superior. This means that what we put in Lake Superior now impacts the water and the food web for the next... Read More →
Today was a busy day as we completed our first full day on the ship. The ship set sail from the Duluth port in the morning and headed out to start our adventure. Traveling under Duluth’s famous Lift Bridge was... Read More →
What a privilege it is to work with scientists! For some of us the day began at midnight and for others, it was simply a continuation of their day: day of taking and processing samples. Some of us headed to... Read More →
Day 4 on the EPA Lake Guardian and we’ve packed a lot of action into every moment. Operating a fully-equipped research vessel out on this mammoth body of water is a costly endeavor and researchers have much to accomplish in... Read More →
After waking up from a taste of Houghton our day started while still docked with another delicious meal in the galley. Following the scraping of plates and filling of coffee mugs we headed to the wet lab for a lecture.... Read More →
A new day starts that 12:00 AM and so does this blog entry. Due to the type of research that we are conducting, all of our testing needs to take place after sundown. By this point in the trip all... Read More →
Today was a sad day on the Lake Guardian. As we watched the sun rise over the Apostle Islands, a sight—or rather, a dream washed our eyes with pinks and purples and the mixed colors of sandstone. However, as we... Read More →
After an evening of celebrating our research, learning, and community building we retired to our final night on the RV Lake Guardian. An early morning wake up call and a bit of rain hustled us along as we packed up... Read More →
So here it is, Friday morning, and I just finished my laundry. I was busy matching socks, when I went to the galley and realized that Jared and Lisa were nowhere to be found and I must have missed breakfast.... Read More →
