Great Lakes Watershed

Presenter Registration - 2012 Rouge River Water Festival

Attention Natural Resource Professionals and Educators,

Please join us as a Presenter for the Rouge River Water Festival at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, MI from September 11 through September 14, 2012.

For the past nine years, the Cranbrook Institute of Science has sponsored the Water Festival for nearly 2,000 fourth and fifth-grade students. Oakland County students within the Rouge River Watershed are invited to attend four, 25-minute presentations throughout the campus in classrooms, exhibit space and outdoors. Students will learn how water affects their daily lives and the important role they play in protecting this valuable natural resource.

Each presenter will receive a continental breakfast, a boxed lunch and a Water Festival T-shirt. Presenters can participate on all four days or just a single half-day – every contribution is appreciated. 

 Click here for online Presenter Registration.

The Presenter Registration deadline is August 17, 2012.

Please visit our website for more information about the event.

Great Lakes Place-based Education Webinars

Educational opportunities presented by the Alliance for the Great Lakes:

Making Connections: School/Community Partnerships

Since 2007, the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI)
has been encouraging collaborative partnerships between schools and their
communities. Through these partnerships, they’ve developed knowledgeable and
active stewards of the Great Lakes. The GLSI is expanding classrooms and
strengthening communities, and they’re presenting at our next webinar.

Jane Eberhardt, Shawn Oppliger, Michael Posthumus, Brandon Schroeder, and Mary
Whitmore, Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative

Date: Monday, July 23, 2012

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CST

Register here: https://greatlakesevents.webex.com/greatlakesevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=669491566

Connecting Place-Based Education with On-the-Ground Stewardship

Illinois-Indiana SeaGrant, the Alliance for the Great Lakes
and Earth Partnership for Schools integrate place-based education to enhance
on-the-ground stewardship, and all three of these great organizations are
presenting at this webinar! Learn how students have made improvements to the
Great Lakes region and how you can help connect your students to their “place”.

• Robin Goettel and Terri Hallesy, Illinois-Indiana SeaGrant
• Hyle Lowry, Alliance for the Great Lakes
• Melissa Maxson, Earth Partnership for Schools

Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Register here: https://greatlakesevents.webex.com/greatlakesevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=665665905

Place-Based Education: Climate Change Education Resources

Join us for an informative webinar focused on climate change
in the Great Lakes region, the impacts of climate change on our region and a
few fantastic resources for teaching your students about climate change. 
The Field Museum, Ohio SeaGrant, and University of Wisconsin- Steven’s Point
will be presenting. 

• Abigail Derby, The Field Museum
• Christina Dierkes, Ohio SeaGrant
• Sara Windjue, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

Date: Monday, August 13, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST

Register here: https://greatlakesevents.webex.com/greatlakesevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=667369855