May 5, 2017
Interested in learning about restoring fish spawning habitat? What about developing or teaching undergraduate curriculum? Learn more at one of two pre-conference workshops open to IAGLR 2017 participants, scheduled for Monday, May 15.
Teaching Undergraduate Science through Great-Lakes- focused Research
Host: The National Center for Science and Civic Engagements
Noon–4 p.m. / Wayne State University, Biological Sciences Building 1177
Traditional approaches to undergraduate science education focus on teaching from disciplines such as biology, chemistry and environmental engineering to Great Lakes issues such as invasive species control, harmful algal blooms, and habitat restoration. This interactive curriculum-development session will highlight strategies for Great Lakes researchers to reverse this paradigm by teaching through these issues to the basic science in undergraduate coursework for both majors and non-majors. Light lunch provided. There’s no cost for the workshop but registration is required.
Fish Spawning Reef Planning Techniques
Host: UM Water Center and USGS
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. / Cobo 258
This team-taught seminar will explore strategies for establishing fish spawning reefs to promote the recovery of native species. Specific topics will include site assessment and selection, hydrodynamics and sedimentation concerns, reef design and construction, and monitoring of early life stages of fish. Participants will discuss how techniques used in the St. Clair and Detroit rivers could be applied in other locations. Seminar registration is separate from IAGLR. Continuing education credits are available. See Michigan Sea Grant’s site for more information about the seminar.
