North Temperate Lakes

Opportunities for Students

Enrichment Programs

North Temperate Lakes LTER and the Center for Biology Education offer academic year and summer enrichment programs for K-12 students. We offer a Winter Limnology Workshop for students grades 5-8 as part of the Saturday Enrichment Program and Summer College for Kids Workshop on Limnology, and we are participating in the Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE). Information and application materials are at the respective sites.

Summer Internships for High School Students

The Center for Biology Education and North Temperate Lakes offer summer research internships for high school students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Summer Science Institute. See their website for additional materials and an application.

Watch a slide presentation by two of our high school student interns that did research on zooplankton.

See the Summer Science Institute 2007 Journal.

Activities for Families

Make a Mini-Lake

Try this at Home! Limnology research at North Temperate Lakes often includes field and laboratory experiments to determine patterns, relationships, causes, and effects. You can do limnology at home with our Make A Mini-Lake materials. Download instructions here to find all of the background information that you need to set up your own limnology experiments using recycled containers like quart jars or 1-liter water bottles.