"Exploration Portal" is Pier Wisconsin's digital learning studio hosting two-way video conferencing and live, interactive education programs via satellite and broadband wireless technologies.

Portal Expeditions take classroom explorers, in real time, right to the deck of the S/V Denis Sullivan as she travels our fresh and saltwater seas, to the research stations of our partners or to the deck of a shipwreck lying deep beneath the Lakes. The Exploration Portal also features interactive educational games and simulations.

• "Titanic Live!"
• Exploring Lake Michigan: Desolved Oxygen vs. Temperature
• The Lady Elgin Project:
  • "Fiction, Fact & Points of View"
  • "Seeing the Past through Different Lenses"
• Locks: Gateways to the Sea
• S/V Denis Sullivan Portal Expeditions
• A Day in the Life of the MPS Explorers
• A Schooner Christmas
• "The Art of Story Telling"
• "A Story Hour"
• "Creative Writing with a Historical Perspective"
• Exploring Distance Learning for Teachers
• The Underground Railroad

Pier Wisconsin has developed a guide to help you prepare your class for a Portal Expedition.

For more information or to schedule a Portal Expedition contact teamschooner@pierwisconsin.org
Or call 414.276.7700