Please join us for the in-person (& online) K-12 Partnership Summer Institute!

Who: K-12 teachers and informal educators

When: Tuesday, June 20 – Thursday, June 22 from 9-3:30pm (online webinar 9-10:30am)

Where: in-person Kellogg Biological Station, Auditorium, 3700 East Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners, MI 49060 (link to directions) AND/OR online via zoom webinar (9-10:30am each morning)

Compensation: TBD SCECHs, lunch, $75/day in-person participation stipend (online participation: TBD SCECHs, $25/day stipend)

During this year’s Summer Institute, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and think about change through multiple lenses, from urban gardens in Detroit and Michigan’s changing climate, to the changes that the pandemic has brought to your classroom. We will do this learning in community, supporting each other to try new things, build resilience, and think about our schools as sites of ecological investigation.

Click here to register!

Click here for Draft Agenda – we are updating as sessions are confirmed!

What to expect in-person: each day starts with a lecture from a local scientist, which is followed by three sets of interactive, experiential concurrent sessions presented by educators and scientists. We add in lunch, snacks, networking and reflective time.

What to expect online: we will be sharing each morning’s introduction and plenary talk via zoom webinar. We’ll have the chat function open so you can ask questions and interact with other virtual participants.

Invited Speakers!

Naim Edwards, MSU Extension Specialist, DPFLI director

Title: Restoring Communities with Edible Forests

Bio: Naim Edwards earned biological science degrees from Morehouse College and the University of Michigan. His educational background and time in the Peace Corps in Ecuador led him to see agriculture as a means to restoring our relationship with nature. His work is guided by his Catholic faith and compassion for biodiversity.

Dr. Lauren Sullivan, lab website, Assistant Professor at MSU/KBS

Dr. Dave Karowe, WMU webpage, Professor of Biological Sciences and Western Michigan University

Bio: Dr. David Karowe received his B.S. in Biology from Harvard
University and his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from
the University of Michigan. Dr. Karowe teaches courses about the causes and
consequences of climate change, conducts research on the effects of rising
atmospheric CO2 on plants and higher levels in the food chain, and directs national
undergraduate and graduate training programs in climate change research at the
University of Michigan Biological Station.

Meet the team! 

The KBS K-12 Partnership team: Kara Haas, Misty Klotz, Isabela Borges, Alice Puchalsky, Robin Waterman

Questions? Email our team, k12partnership (at) kbs.msu.edu

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KBS K-12 Partnership offers professional development in science teaching! Learn more about the KBS K-12 Partnership.

The KBS K-12 Partnership is funded through the KBS Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) and the Michigan State University Graduate School