Ride the Waves ~ 2016
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Aquatic Food Web - Grades 4 - 12 ~ Please list at least 3 dates that work for you.
Sessions are 3 hours each; 1.5 on the  Agassiz and 1.5 in the lab.                                                                                                         Find out how scientists investigate water quality and collect samples to examine in the lab. Find out “what makes a lake trout?”
Mine Waste Remediation & Torch Lake Restoration -  Ideal for middle school students ~ Please list at least 3 dates that work for you.
4-hour session, 2 hrs on Agassiz & 2 hrs on land; meet at the Lake Linden marina.                                                                                  The copper mining and milling history of the Copper Country is explored by land and water. Students visit historic copper milling and reclaimed mine waste sites, and collect samples from the bottom of Torch Lake.
Navigation Exploration - Grades 4-12  ~ Please list at least 3 dates that work for you.
4-hour session, 2 hrs on Agassiz & 2 hours in classroom at the Great Lakes Research Center                                                  Grades 4-6 students will use chart dividers and compasses to make mathematical measurements of distance, angles and lines to determine the Agassiz’s position on a navigational chart.                                                                                               Grades 8-12 students will use these same skills to navigate the Agassiz to a new location. Using algebra, students will be able to determine the accuracy of their navigation.
Lake Superior’s Ring of Fire - High School Students   ~ Please list at least 3 dates that work for you.
4-hour session on Agassiz. Explore an area in Lake Superior where the shrimplike organism Diporeia is up to 20 times more abundant than in any other part of Lake Superior! How does this affect the Lake Superior food web?
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