2025 Shipboard Science on Lake Michigan
Teachers are encouraged to apply for the 2025 Shipboard Science Workshop aboard the Lake Guardian ship on Lake Michigan.
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A new use for an old technology
Mohan Qin and Haoran Wei, researchers at UW-Madison, are working to revolutionize nanoplastic sampling in the Great Lakes.
Marine debris play script available for free
What is marine debris, what are its impacts and what can we do about it? These are the central messages of a play written on behalf of Wisconsin Sea Grant that is now available for others to use for free, complete with props.
Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attention
Michael Notaro with the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching Wisconsin school children the similarities in snowflakes to share the wonder of nature and information about the Great Lakes climate, but also to expand an international environmental database.
Unique coastal engineering education pilot project coming to Racine
Sea Grant’s Anne Moser and Adam Bechle are beginning a project in Racine, Wisconsin, designed to connect middle-school students to their watershed by exploring coastal engineering concepts.
Wisconsin Sea Grant announces involvement in federally funded aquaculture research
Wisconsin Sea Grant will participate in three recently announced federally funded aquaculture projects that will support a sustainable, domestic food supply and decrease America’s seafood trade deficit.