Welcome to the Wisconsin Great Lakes Education Clearinghouse (WGLEC), a one-stop-shop for Great Lakes education. The Great Lakes are a magnificent place capable of instilling a sense of wonder and curiosity in learners of all ages. If you believe in educating to conserve and restore the world's largest freshwater resource then you will find many resources here to suit your needs.

The clearinghouse is divided into quickly accessible resources grouped below. The resources are part of EE in Wisconsin’s searchable database and by clicking the link below you will be brought to that resource page within the database. 

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Great Lakes Organizations and Agencies

• Alliance for the Great Lakes
• Great Lakes Centers for Ocean Sciences and Education Excellence (COSEE)
• Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• National Wildlife Federation (NWF) - Great Lakes
• University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
• Wisconsin DNR Office of the Great Lakes

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Museums and Nature Centers with Great Lakes Programming

• Center for Environmental Education, Demonstration, and Applied Research (CEDAR) – Kenosha, WI
• Discovery World – Milwaukee, WI 
• Great Lakes Aquarium - Duluth, MN 
• Inland Seas Education Association – Traverse City, MI
• Root River Environmental Education Community Center (REC) – Racine, WI 
• Shedd Aquarium - Chicago, IL
• Urban Ecology Center – Milwaukee, WI 
• Wild Rose Fish Hatchery – Wild Rose, WI
• Wisconsin Maritime Museum - Manitowoc, WI

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Universities & Colleges with a Great Lakes Resources and Programs 

• Concordia University - Concordia Center for Environmental Stewardship
• Grand Valley State University - Annis Water Resource Institute
• Michigan Technological University - Center for Science & Environmental Outreach (CSEO)
• UW-Milwaukee - Great Lakes Water Institute (GLWI)

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Curricula & Educational Materials

• Educational Loan Resources Catalog - Kenosha Public Museum 
• ESCAPE Compendium and Game Set - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Global Warming and Wisconsin - National Wildlife Federation
• Great Lakes: Environmental Atlas and Resource Book - Great Lakes National Program Office
• Great Lakes Fishes Poster - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Great Lakes Image Collection - Great Lakes National Program Office
• Great Lakes in my World - Alliance for the Great Lakes
• Great Lakes Invaders - Inland Seas Education Association
• Greatest of the Great Lakes Activities on CD - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and COSEE
• Inspector Lou's Activity Book - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
• Invasive Plant Species Education Kit - UW-Stout
• Lake Effects - Great Lakes Aquarium
• "Nab the Aquatic Invader!" Web Site - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Project WET – WI DNR
• Schoolyard Habitats - National Wildlife Federation
• Stormwater Runoff - Center for Science and Environmental Outreach
• TEACHer's Corner - TEACH Great Lakes
• Teaching with Great Lakes Data - NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

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Field Trips & Programs

• Discovery World's - Great Lakes Future Labs | Dockside Discovery | LakeWatch Expeditions
• John G. Shedd Aquarium - Field Trip Opportunities
• Kenosha Public Museum’s - Lake Michigan: Our Source of Water | People of the Woodlands
• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - Group Tours
• Wisconsin Maritime Museum's - Education Programs

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Service Learning and Volunteering

• Adopt-a-Beach™
• Clean Boats, Clean Waters

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Events

• Great Lakes Education Events on EE in Wisconsin (click to link then scroll to bottom)
• Great Lakes Events - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (leave EE in WI)
• Great Lakes Regional Calendar - Great Lakes Information Network (leave EE in WI)

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Other Great Lakes links and resources

• Aquatic Invasive Species Publications - Clean Boats, Clean Waters
• TEACH Great Lakes
• Wisconsin Sea Grant's 2008-10 Directory of Projects and People

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Discussion Forum & Great Lakes Education BLOG – COMING SOON Check Back!
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If you find a resource that is not in this database and feel it should be, let us know by emailing info@eeinwisconsin.org. If you are a provider of a Great Lakes resource simply go to HOW TO POST INFORMATION ON THE SITE. It is that easy! (When you upload your resources, make sure to choose the “Great Lakes” as your Environmental Education Focus to ensure you are part of WGLEC.)  

If you would like to become a member of the WGLEC network, receive updates and information regarding the Great Lakes, and help us to shape Great Lakes education please contact Todd Brennan at tbrennan@greatlakes.org or 414-559-0317.

This project was brought to you by the Alliance for the Great Lakes and funded in part by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program.