Great Lakes Student Summit - May 13-14, 2004 in Buffalo, NY.
For more information go to: www.greatlakesed.org/2004glss.html

Background information: The Great Lakes Student Summit (GLSS), which began in 1995, is an environmental education program for students in Grades 5-10 from throughout the Great Lakes States and Canada. The program culminates into a 2-day event held in Buffalo, New York every other year. The diversity of attendance has progressively increased at each event
with a total of over 1,000 students from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada participating in the past four events.

During the 2003-2004 school years, it is expected that nearly 250 students will research and study the Great Lakes, perform field experiments, and participate in environmental education in their community. In May of 2004, at the 5th Biennial Great Lakes Student Summit, students will make formal presentations to their peers and leading Great Lakes scientists from throughout the basin. They will also partake in educational workshops, and participate in hands-on field trips.

Lake Ontario Course Aboard the USEPA Lake Guardian (July 2003)

This week-long course offered undergraduate students and teachers from NY an in-depth study of Lake Ontario and the research capabilities of the USEPA Lake Guardian.  We worked with GLRC faculty to select students and teachers and GLRC faculty members assisted with presentations at various stops along Lake Ontario and on the St. Lawrence. (pictures)

Botulism Workshop (April 2003)    (Co-Sponsored by GLRC)

Over 65 participants from the US and Canada shared research and monitoring results from the 2002 field season.

Outcome - taken from the evaluations:
A large percentage of previous workshop participants have shared the information and taken action as a direct result of the information learned at the 2001 & 2002 Lake Erie Botulism workshops.  Participants have taught others what they have learned at the workshops.

Proceedings are being finalized.

Lake Ontario Research Conference (March 2003)   (Co-sponsored by GLRC)

A Lake Ontario Research Workshop was held on March 13, 2003, at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, NY. Co-organizers of the workshop were Joe Atkinson and Helen Domske (Great Lakes Program and New York Sea Grant), Mark Bain (Cornell University) and Jack Manno (Great Lakes Research Consortium). Proceedings are being published in two issues of the Great Lakes Research Review, with the first issue published as Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2003), and the second issue scheduled for publication in spring 2004.

Great Lakes Summer Institute (June 2002)

In the summer of 2002, students participated in a short course dealing with the Great Lakes.
(pictures)

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