I am working with mid-Michigan teachers to develop and iterate several Arctic-themed lesson plans through the Kellogg Biological Station K12 Partnership Program. These lesson plans are being fashioned into Data Nuggets: open-source products that can be easily integrated into existing science curriculum. Our first Arctic Data Nuggets are available now.

Check out the buttons below if you'd like to create your own Data Nugget, or see how we curated Arctic river data for use in K12 classrooms.

While the "Hidden Water" exhibit was on display at the Michigan Science Center from June 8 - August 18 2019, you can still experience the exhibit following the video above! Hidden Water increased public awareness of some of the connections water has to our everyday lives. The exhibit invited participants to ask: How much water is used to produce the t-shirt they’re wearing? Their cup of coffee? Exhibit goers could peek into the series of 10 wooden boxes to reveal the actual amount of water used to produce these objects.

The exhibit was created by the MSU Watershed Sciences & Hydroecology Lab in collaboration with the Sustainable Wood Recovery Initiative and the MSU Shadows Collection, partnering with Michigan wood artisans to repurpose campus trees into handmade, heirloom-quality works of art.