15 educators and teachers representing ten school districts and organizations will gather Monday in Sodus Point for a Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Workshop.
According to the New York Sea Grant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy, the group will tour local coastal resilience project sites along Lake Ontario to learn about real-world ways to address shoreline challenges that require science and engineering and later will participate in a collaborative work session with New York Sea Grant Great Lakes Literacy Specialist Nate Drag to incorporate the local sites into their classroom curricula and lesson plans.
At the Sodus Point Village Hall, the group will meet Sodus Point Mayor Dave McDowell and New York Sea Grant Coastal Community Development Specialist Mary Austerman and will engage in an interactive watershed management board game known as The Watershed Game, developed by Minnesota Sea Grant. Participants will receive a copy of the game for use with their classes.
“The Village of Sodus Point is excited to share our experiences with the teachers. Resilience along our coasts is vitally important for all to understand. We look forward to this information exchange,” said Mayor McDowell
“The goal of New York Sea Grant professional development programming is to equip teachers and educators with the knowledge, through hands-on learning, and resources to develop and implement lessons and curricula plans focused on the challenges facing the Great Lakes,” said Drag.
The Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Workshop qualifies for continuing education credit and is the third of five New York Sea Grant professional development workshops focused on the Great Lakes ecosystem, species, and climate for teachers and educators during the summer of 2024. Themes for New York Sea Grant’s additional workshops include climate change adaptation and the role of plankton in the aquatic food web.
New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, with a statewide network of integrated research, education, and extension services promoting coastal community resilience and economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and public awareness of New York state’s Great Lakes and marine resources.
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