Clear Lake Teachers Workshop

August 1-3, 2002

Collaboration with AEA 2 (Phyllis Anderson) and 

The Clear Project (David Knoll)

        Clear Lake is the third largest lake in the state of Iowa. It is a natural lake formed by the glaciers that covered much of Iowa in the past. The lake is now used intensively for recreation.  As the water quality deteriorates due to human activity in the watershed, the community has become very concerned. The UNI Iowa Lakes Project was invited by Phyllis Anderson of AEA 2 to conduct a water quality workshop for a group of teachers from the surrounding area.

   The workshop took place on August 1st and 2nd, 2002. Teachers experienced informal science education lessons from the UNI curriculum. Excellent demonstrations were also given by the Iowa DNR and David Knoll of The Clear Project. The teachers earning graduate credit at UNI returned Saturday morning August 3rd to present lessons at an open house community workshop. The teachers appreciated the opportunity to experience classes that modeled both the content and teaching standards of the National Science Education Standards.