Champlain Research Experience for Secondary Teachers (CZ-CREST)

This is the last year of this program. HOUSING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS.

 WHEN: Monday, June 22 – Thursday, June 25, 2025, 8:30 - 4:30 p.m. daily

  WHERE: UVM Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, 3 College St, Burlington, VT (and aboard a research vessel on Lake Champlain!) 

  WHO: Middle and high school educators (all disciplines), including graduate students, classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, place-based environmental educators, naturalists, natural scientists, and anyone interested in STEM or watershed education! (Note that you don’t need to be an active teacher or educator to join the adventure — an interest in doing so someday is plenty!)

  WHAT: Together with UVM scientists, STEM educators, & grad students across the Lake Champlain Basin, participants will:

• Explore unique ecology, geomorphology, and watershed science through hands-on field investigations of the Lake Champlain Basin

• Experience research-based programs led by UVM scientists, STEM educators, & STEM graduate students

• Access STEM resources, project templates, and data applicable to your curriculum and teaching

• Create place-based projects that integrate PBGRs, ELA, social studies, math, and science (or whatever is most meaningful to your day-to-day research and teaching!)

If interested, please complete the online CREST Application by April 15, 2026.

Questions? See attached flyer and contact CZ-CREST Director Regina Toolin (cc-ed, rtoolin@uvm.edu)