Good resource for educators: @NAAEE's Plastics eeResearch collection: 6 studies on plastic pollution education, covering PK through middle school.
Goes beyond reduce/reuse/recycle into research-backed approaches for meaningful engagement.
Free to access: eepro.naaee.org/community/re...
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. 🍎
A genuine thank-you to every educator building Great Lakes literacy in their classroom! The students who learn to understand and value these waters will be the ones who protect them.
We appreciate every thing you do, seen and unseen, appreciated and overlooked. ❤️
Located in D.C., the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, & in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Learn more: iiseagrant.org/apply-now-fo...
📣 Call for proposals: the 2026 State of Lake Michigan Meeting (Nov. 4–6, Michigan City, IN) is accepting symposia and workshop submissions.
If you have a timely Great Lakes topic worth a dedicated session, proposals are due June 1 at 1 PM ET.
Submit: iiseagrant.org/solm
Educators: IISG has 5 Great Lakes professional learning workshops this spring/summer: birds & watersheds, Project WET, coastal science, earth systems, & engineering design.
PD hrs included. Hands-on throughout
May 3, June 10, July 16, July 31–Aug 1, Aug 18
Register: iiseagrant.org/education/pr...
We took Great Lakes science to C2E2 in Chicago and used Subnautica to explain food webs, invasive species, and aquaponics to thousands of comic con attendees.
Freshwater ecology is just as wild as surviving an alien ocean. 🌊🎮
Science Sips is back in Evanston. 🌊
July 22 at Sketchbook Brewing: the engineering history of the Calumet and Chicago waterways from author Dick Lanyon, plus a Chicago River fish community update from Shedd Aquarium's Austin Happel.
Details: www.facebook.com/share/18SoXc...
IISG Buoy Specialist Les Warren deployed the Wilmette & Chicago Lake Michigan buoys on Saturday providing real-time water temp, wave height, wind speed, & atmospheric data is back online & open to all.
Michigan City coming soon.
Wilmette: iiseagrant.org/wilmettebuoy/
Chicago: iiseagrant.org/45198/
May is Water Safety Month 🌊
Dangerous currents near Lake Michigan piers and breakwalls catch swimmers by surprise every year. The key move if caught: swim to the side, not against the current, then to shore.
More Lake Michigan-specific safety resources: www.lakemichigansafety.org
Recap: we talked trash about Chicago waterways at a brewery on Earth Day and it was genuinely great.
Tim Hoellein (@loyolachicago.bsky.social) and Sarah Zack (IISG) shared what the research actually says about litter in Lake Michigan followed by Great Lakes trivia and great conversation.
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Safety Signs and Posters for Beaches, Piers, and Other Locations
