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Education Resources for Teachers and Students
The Isle Royale Institute prioritizes providing educational resources and support for teachers and students. Our preference would be to bring teachers and students to Isle Royale, but with the limitations of transportation, funding, and a short visitor season in the park, it is often more efficient to bring Isle Royale to schools through a variety of outreach media and programs.
Teacher Courses
We are continually developing new teacher professional development courses both in the park and elsewhere around Lake Superior. Our goal is to help teachers incorporate inspiring Isle Royale topics into their classroom teaching, and utilize our expanding resources for all disciplines, from sciences to history, mathematics to creative writing. Through these courses, teachers also help us to develop new and expanded educational resources.
Courses offered in 2008
2008 Teachers' Course
Registration Form (pdf)Courses offered in 2007
- February 2-4 Winter Ecology (in Alberta, MI)
- June 17-23 Isle Royale Ecology (on Isle Royale)
- July 1-7 Advanced Isle Royale Ecology (on Isle Royale)
Information and resources for participants in
2007 Teachers' CoursesFor other teachers’ courses of interest offered through Michigan Tech, click here
Curriculum
As part of our teacher training, K-12 teachers develop lessons using Isle Royale themes and current scientific data. These lessons are tied to national and state teaching standards. IRI and its partners are also continually developing new Isle Royale curriculum with assistance from graduate students and educational professionals, as well as identifying other curriculum resources applicable to Isle Royale. We encourage all teachers to use these resources creatively in their classrooms, as well as sharing new ideas.
- Lesson Plans from Isle Royale Ecology courses
- Winter Study Notes from the Field Lessons
- The International Wolf Center's Gray Wolves, Gray Matter
Student Opportunities
In 2006 IRI began developing volunteer and internship opportunities for youth at Isle Royale. This included volunteer service projects for high school students (ranging from inventorying and packing museum collections to working on trail maintenance), field courses and developing internships for college students.
- Field Interpretive Techniques: Isle Royale. Offered by the University of Minnesota, Duluth. May 2008
- Wildernes Ethics. Offered by Michigan State University, June 2008
Adult Courses
To educate students of all ages and encourage life-long leraning, IRI offers sevearal dult y courses at Isle Royale .
Adult Courses for 2008 (more infroamtion on these courses will be coming soon)
June 19-25 Isle Royale Ecology Backpack July 6-13 Isle Royale with the National Audubon Socienty (lodge-based) August 3-10 Isle Royale with the National Wildlife Federation (lodge-based) August 10-17 Isle Royale with the National Parks Conservation Association (lodge-based) August 21-30 50 years of wolf-moose research on Isle Royale (canoeing, hiking and camping) September 3-13 Wolf-Moose Ecology Cross Island Trek Last updated: May 12, 2008
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