by admin | Dec 17, 2017 | Acheivements, News
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) literacy is a powerful tool in today’s world, and a critical focus in many classrooms. Many of the projects that students undertake through the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative involve one or more of the STEM...
by admin | Dec 17, 2017 | Acheivements
This past November, a team of 10 students from Houghton Middle School in Houghton, Michigan, won the Lexus Eco Challenge in the Land and Water category with their “Backyard Backlash” project. Houghton Middle School works with the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative,...
by admin | Dec 17, 2017 | Acheivements
With 38 schools, Michigan leads the nation in the number of schools in which place-based education is an embedded instructional practice, is well established in school culture, and is expected to persist. All 38 schools participate in the Great Lakes Stewardship...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative invites you to join us for the 6th annual Place-Based Education Conference. Come experience a three day conference designed to inspire and support a community of educators around the power of place-based learning. Come...
by admin | Jul 1, 2017 | Success Stories
During the recent Place-based Education Conference hosted by the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI), guest speaker David Sobel said something that struck a chord with me: “Place-based education is the basket, not the egg.” In one short phrase, Sobel succinctly...
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