\n\tThe Lake Champlain Sea Grant education team is ready for summer! Check out our opportunities for K-12 students, teachers, and community members so that you can get involved in one of our programs!<\/p>\n
\n\tWomen in Science and Sailing Camp<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tTake science to the lake with this Community Sailing Center and Lake Champlain Sea Grant \u2013 UVM Extension partner camp for girls. Each morning will begin with the basics of sailing at the Sailing Center followed by afternoons with scientists and educators from Lake Champlain Sea Grant \u2013 UVM Extension in the lab or aboard a research vessel, where participants will collect data and learn\u00a0about the many physical, biological, chemical, and cultural variables that contribute to the health of the lake and our watershed.\u00a0This camp is inclusive of all women, trans-women, and femme-identifying non-binary youth.\u00a0Learn more!<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: August 7\u201311<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tWatershed Alliance Teacher Researcher Partnership (WATR)<\/strong> leverages local research activities and a state-of-the-art research vessel to provide teachers with an immersive year-long science program related to watershed science and water quality issues. Through the WATR Partnership, teachers will learn about current and emerging water quality challenges and become involved in ongoing research projects. For the capstone of this experience, teachers will partner with a researcher to collaborate on the development of a watershed Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) based unit. Funding for this program is from the Lake Champlain Basin Program.<\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: July 31 \u2013 August 4 (summer intensive session), & school year sessions TBD<\/p>\n \n\t**Applications are closed for the 2023 course.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tStormwater\u00a0Education Methods<\/strong> focuses on the key concepts of a stormwater stewardship curriculum and how to effectively implement\u00a0it with upper elementary, middle and\/or high school students. Course participants will engage in hands-on learning to understand the definition, sources, and impacts of stormwater on surface water bodies. In addition, they will learn uses for and mechanisms of operation for a variety of types of green stormwater infrastructure practices. The course will also provide participants with information to implement and maintain various green stormwater infrastructure practices.<\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: August 9 & 10<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tWatershed for Every Classroom (WEC)<\/strong> is a year-long professional development experience for K-12 educators in the Lake Champlain basin of Vermont, New York and Qu\u00e9bec, brought to you by the Champlain Basin Education Initiative (CBEI). The year-long program kicks off with a week-long summer intensive from July 18\u201321 and continues throughout the school year. This year\u2019s WEC course will include a cohort of place-based educators from Hawaii and include opportunities for rich dialogue to share educator experiences and new field visits.\u00a0We welcome educators who have taken WEC in the past to return for this new WEC 2.0 summer experience!<\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: July 18 \u2013 21<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tLake Champlain Mercury Community Science Program<\/strong> uses inquiry-based learning modules to understand mercury contamination in the Lake Champlain watershed. In these modules aimed at high school classrooms, students are presented with current, regional information on mercury science. They are given the tools to collect and interpret scientific data and to ask relevant and meaningful questions about mercury accumulation in the region. Data from the project will be included in the Dragonfly Mercury Project database, a national monitoring network that involves community scientists in the collection of dragonfly larvae for mercury analysis. Limited space available! Stipends are available for year 1 and 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: June 26 & 27<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tChamplain Research Experience for Secondary Teachers (CREST) 2.0<\/strong> will engage grade 7\u201312 teachers in an exploration of Lake Champlain basin research through authentic investigations alongside scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, and teacher educators. CREST 2.0 builds on the original CREST Program by offering teachers opportunities to engage in new research experiences at Shelburne Farms and at UVM\u2019s Rubenstein Ecosystem Labs. Additionally, participants will have opportunities to integrate project, proficiency, and place-based teaching practices as they develop a project based on the CREST touchstones to be implemented in their classrooms during the academic year. CREST program activities are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Computer Science Teacher Association Standards (CSTA) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in ELA and Mathematics. New emphasis will be placed on computational thinking skills and proficiencies.<\/p>\n \n\tProgram Dates: June 26 \u2013 July 1<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tLearn more about each of these teacher professional development programs.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tSummer Outreach on the Colchester Causeway<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWe are partnering up with Local Motion<\/a> again this summer! Meet up with Lake Champlain Sea Grant staff 11\u20133pm each Friday and Saturday from Memorial Day through late August at the bike ferry crossing. Use this map to find your way\u00a0there by bike<\/a>. Once there, you can learn about the lake’s natural and cultural history, geology, and\u00a0ecology, its challenges, and recreational and stewardship opportunities. Learn more!<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tPublic R\/V Series \u2013 Coming soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tEach summer,\u00a0Lake Champlain Sea Grant and UVM Extension host a series of\u00a0Summer on the Lake\u00a0educational boat trips. On various dates during\u00a0July and August\u00a0the public is invited aboard the UVM research and education vessel, the\u00a0R\/V Marcelle Melosira<\/em>,\u00a0to\u00a0build geologic,\u00a0cultural, and historical knowledge about Lake Champlain and its watershed. Each trip will focus on one of two themes, either\u00a0Stories of Lake Champlain<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Lake Champlain Live<\/em>. 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\n\tFor Community Members<\/h2>\n