Setting Sail for Great Lakes Learning
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Location
Neville Public Museum
210 Museum Place
Details
In August 2019, educators from Wisconsin and Minnesota sailed from St. Ignace, Mich., to Duluth, Minn., aboard a replica 19th-century schooner, the Denis Sullivan. Their purpose was a shipboard science workshop focusing on Great Lakes ecology, water quality, and awareness of tribal approaches to research and natural resource management.
While engaging in a busy schedule of science activities, educators were also expected to pull their weight as crew members sailing the three-masted schooner, from swabbing the deck to keeping watch at night.
Hear from three participants about the challenges and high points of this unique voyage and how it impacted their work once they got home.
This event is organized by Wisconsin Sea Grant and generously hosted by the Neville Public Museum.
