About Our Great Lakes
Educational Programs
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Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Office
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Outreach
The mission of GLERL Outreach is to inform
constituents of the lab's scientific products, services, and expertise
and to provide access to such resources as needed. GLERL constituents
include the Great Lakes and coastal science communities, state and
federal government agencies, state, national and international commissions,
K-12 and higher educational institutions, professional scientific
organizations, other non-government organizations (including the
private sector), and the general public.
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About
Our Great Lakes - The Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie, and Ontario) are the largest supply of freshwater in the world,
providing drinking water to over 40 million U.S. and Canadian citizens.
GLERL's About Our Great Lakes features an overview of the
Great Lakes, including information about how they were formed and
statistics about each lake.
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Educational
Programs - GLERL's staff is involved in local, regional
and national educational programs such as the National Ocean Science
Bowl, the Southeast Michigan Regional Science Fair, and the Partners
for Excellence Program. They also play important roles in undergraduate,
graduate and post-doctorate education programs.
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Community Programs - Every
year, GLERL scientists lead the Huron River Cleanup Day - an all-day
cleaning effort that removes 20 cubic yards of refuse from the Huron
River every year! GLERL also participates in the community through
Open Houses, Tours and Take Your Child to Work Day.
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Career
Information - GLERL conducts research in the Great Lakes
and other large freshwater ecosystems throughout the world, in a
wide range of scientific areas. To accomplish its mission, GLERL
employs aquatic biologists, chemists, geologists, oceanographers,
limnologists, meteorologists, physical scientists, hydrologists,
and ecologists. Our career page features information for those thinking
about a career in Freshwater or Marine Science.
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Great Lakes Sea
Grant Extension Office - Initiated in 2001, the Great
Lakes Sea Grant Extension Office at GLERL represents a first-in-the-nation
effort to connect NOAA Research to the outreach capabilities of
NOAA Sea Grant. The Extension Educator at GLERL provides information
based on GLERL research to Sea Grant extension agents located throughout
the Great Lakes region for use in their local extension programming
and provides feedback to GLERL researchers on the research needs
of the coastal constituencies served by Sea Grant extension as well
as coordinating joint efforts of the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network (GLSGN). Web products
include project/program information, electronic newsletters, photo galleries, and topical directories of GLERL and GLSGN publications
and resources.
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