…Karl, Get Out of the Garden: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything, by Anita Sanchez, illustrated by Catherine Stock (Charlesbridge) Grades 3-5. Karl most definitely did not get out of the garden! This accessible and well-written book tells the inspiring story of the 18th century Swedish naturalist, Karl Linne…
…High School and two years later, Lincoln Junior High in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, where he taught general music, formed a boys’ choir that met before school, and established a chorus in each of the grades in junior high—seventh, eighth, and ninth. “This was unheard of at the time, but somehow my…
Northland College will host a four-day Lake Superior Youth Symposium, April 27-30, offering a dynamic menu of field experiences, programs, presentations, and entertainment. The Symposium is a biennial event—this is the 12th—open to teachers and students in grades 8-12 throughout the Lake Superior watershed——Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the province of…
…motivations, influences and barriers in the decision making process and matters of societal and cultural bias impacting environmental headlines.” Eyes Wide Open was named a finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Book Prize, the 2014 AAAS/SubaruSB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Middle Grades category and is the…
Life is full of chance meetings and events, coupled with very conscious decisions. The proximity to Lake Superior, and Northland understanding that the variability of my high school grades showed engaged passion essential for my success, brought me to Northland College. My stepmother suggested getting a job in Bayfield in…
…sanctuary in the northwoods at Northland. Tom quickly fit in with the group of friends with whom he chose to play intramurals and we quickly grew close. When he had accumulated several quarters of excellent grades at Northland, he transferred back to Knox College to finish his studies. I drove…
…staff at UW-Madison. Fischbach experimented with the first batch of hazelnuts last week at the Hulings Rice Food Center at Northland College. The College is hulling, shelling, and cleaning the hazelnuts. The American Hazelnut Company, located in Gays Mills, Wisconsin, will do the final processing, transforming hazelnuts into gluten-free nuts,…
