Welcome to a special guest edition of the Schoolship Blog! While many of our readers know how central water quality testing is to our open-water education sessions, the science doesn’t...
Nine times out of ten, when you ask students on an Inland Seas program what they know about plankton, their response has something to do with the TV show, SpongeBob...
My family once ran out of water while climbing Mt. Doom. We suffered through the largest mosquito hatch in history with no bug suits or spray. Despite all the adventures...
Most people, when asked to name something that lives under the surface of Lake Michigan, would probably name a large fish. Maybe some people who are particularly fond of the...
Even with both of the Inland Seas Education Association’s schooners absent in July, our Suttons Bay Campus was buzzing with activity. Each morning, I would arrive at work to a...
The Great Lakes Watershed Field Course (GLWFC) is an annual 4-day professional development experience for teachers throughout the Great Lakes region. Training includes watershed and environmental concepts, place-based education, environmental education pedagogy, and...
July 4, 2025 Starting Point: Suttons Bay, MI Ending Point: 45° 54′ N 084°14′ W (at 2359) Our journey began in Sutton’s Bay with a 0700 call time. After a...
The 2023 blog post review is a collection of some of our favorite blog posts from throughout the year. Feel free to enjoy an old favorite or find something you...
In the past few years, Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) has been working diligently to prepare our organization for the next decades of Great Lakes education. With past plans complete...
When the Inland Seas staff and volunteers sat down at February’s ISEA Café to discuss microplastics, one thing was immediately clear: we have a plastics problem. Most people in the room had...