Events
Summer Institute Aug. 2-4
Date and Time
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
RSVP
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Location
Locations vary, please see below.
Tue, Aug 2nd: Ideal Park, 5843 Crippen Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49548
Wed, Aug 3rd: Ottawa Sands County Park, 18153 N Shore Dr, Spring Lake, MI 49456
Thu, Aug 4th: L. William Seidman Center, 50 Front Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Description
Join us for our annual school year kickoff series of
professional development for educators! The Groundswell
Summer Institute is designed to empower educators of all subjects,
grades, and experience levels and highlight resources and
opportunities to make the most out of your school year.
Meet the
teachers, experts and community partners in our area who can help add
meaning and purpose into your classroom routines.
Join the full
3-day experience (or as many days as you can). Teachers new to
Groundswell are strongly encouraged to attend.
Registration deadline: July 29th
Day 1
Tue, Aug 2nd, 9am-3pm
Ideal Park, 5843 Crippen Ave SW, Grand
Rapids, MI 49548
Discover Place-Based Education with Trout
Unlimited's watershed STEM program, that will help you and your
students build a personal connection to your home waters through the
eyes of a writer, artist, angler and scientist.
Day 2
Wed, Aug 3rd, 9am-3pm
Ottawa Sands County Park, 18153 N Shore
Dr, Spring Lake, MI 49456
Learn how to lead your students in
citizen science by doing a population study of fish in the 80-acre
lake of Ottawa Sands. Learn how math and science helps us analyze the
predator-prey relationships of a healthy ecosystem.
Day 3
Thu, Aug 4th 9am-3pm
L. William Seidman Center, 50 Front Ave
SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Test out Project Aquatic WILD's
easy-to-use resources and cross-curricular activities that will help
you guide students in learning the importance of the aquatic wildlife
& ecology of the Great Lakes State.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, alumni, education, environment, k12, local, outdoor, pk12, prek12, and professionaldevelopment.
Contact
For questions about the event, please contact Jessica Vander Ark at [email protected]
Recurring
This event also occurs on 8/2/22 and 8/4/22