A partnership of Copper Country & Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and Michigan Technological University. Serving schools and communities in Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Ontonagon and Keweenaw Counties The Western UP Center is a member of the Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network.

Coming ------------------------------------------News -----------------------------Calendar Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 ~ The Great Lakes on the Brink with author Dave Dempsey hosted by Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative. 6-8:3 0 pm ~ Dinner & Dialogue hosted by the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative. Oct. 2-3  ~  Shipping on the Great Lakes Teacher Workshop at Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, MI.; 6-9 pm, Thursday, Oct. 2, and 8:30-3:30 pm, Friday, Oct. 3.  Please register by Monday, Sept. 26. View Brochure and application for Shipping on the Great Lakes Teacher Workshop Sept. 29-Oct. 3 Wild Woodland Assembly Program for Gr. 1-12 students in UP (contact jchadde@mtu.edu to register) Great Lakes Shipping Education "Chests" available to maritime museums and K-12 education centers ($150) Recent --------------------------------------------------------------------------More News Family Forest Night Program --- Sep 15, 2008 Lake Linden Hubbell School Forest Regional and State Tivitz Tournaments Results 2008 Western U.P. Science Fair March 4, 2008 Photos and Results Michigan Forests Presentations at the Portage Lake Dist. Library 2008 Summer Institutes Great Lakes Watershed Investigations June 22-27, 2008 Future Fuels from Forests: An Investigation into the Sustainability of Biofuels Production July 7-11, 2008 Global Change Teacher Institute July 14-18, 2008 Explore Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Teacher Institute July 20-25, 2008

In the News

	Jenn Carlson, a teacher participant in the 2005 Global Change Teacher Institute at Michigan Tech, has had an article about her teaching unit that focused on the FACE site published in the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)'s January 2008 issue of The Science Teacher: "Thinking Like an Ecologist" (PDF of article) Or Download January 2008 issue of The Science Teacher FREE: http://www.nsta.org/highschool/
	Linda Rulison's article on Looks Count implementation at Hancock Middle School was published in the recent issue of Green Teacher. Linda Rulison, "Student Experts in Community Character" Green Teacher, #82, Fall 2007, 13-18
	New Fact Sheet on Great Lakes ~ available online The Great Lakes—At a Crossroads -- International Association for Great Lakes Research PDF File
	Teaching Teachers about the Great Lakes Article from the Great Lakes Seaway Review

Lake Water Quality Field Trips for Middle & High School Students Aboard Michigan Tech’s Research Vessel (R/V) Agassiz Movie Clips	Ecology of Lake Superior Course Many photos and movie clips of Great Lakes Research Action!
New 60-page guidebook Design Guidelines to Enhance Community Appearance and Protect Natural Resources-a guidebook for decision-makers, planners, and citizens
Looks Count! Community Planning, Natural Resource Protection and the Visual Environment An Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum Unit for Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Art Copyright © 2004

The Western UP Center offers a wide variety of K-12 outreach programs in science, mathematics and environmental education to improve K-12 science and mathematics education throughout the state of Michigan.

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