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What’s Not In The Job Description

During a recent job interview, I was asked to provide an example of a time I demonstrated flexibility or effectively navigated a rapidly changing situation. I shared my experience teaching...

Spring Schoolship: A Season in Review

Spring is one of the most magical times of the year: The warming of the air, and, albeit much slower, the water; the blossoming of buds on trees; the emergence...

Teachers Keep Learning with ISEA

What do teachers have in common with their students? Learning. Both are always learning and many teachers go into the field of teaching because they love to learn. (It doesn’t...

ISEA Café: Benthos

Benthos: the living things on and in the sediment at the bottom of the lake, river or stream. When the Inland Seas staff and instructors gathered in March to catch...

ISEA Café: Plankton

Inland Seas volunteers and staff gathered in the Education Center to talk about Plankton. Here’s what we learned about types of plankton, methods for identification, and what counts as a...

ISEA Café: Fish

Inland Seas volunteers gathered around the square table at Inland Seas to talk about fish – despite the fact that there is no such thing as a fish. What follows...