Registration

Hands-On H2O

When: March 12, 2026, from 9 am to 3:30 pm.
Where: Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606

Who: Open to all 3rd-8th-grade formal and non-formal educators.

Cost: $25
Registration Deadline: February 26, 2026

Workshop activities will take place both indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. The fee covers workshop materials to create classroom-ready activity kits, as well as meals and refreshments throughout the day.

More information is available at: https://iiseagrant.org/education/professional-learning/

Additional instructions and workshop information will be provided via email closer to the professional learning date.

If you have any questions about this event or the registration process, please contact the event organizer, Janice Milanovich, at janicem@illinois.edu

Payment: After completing the registration form, you will be redirected to the ipay system. If you are not the credit card holder, please make an appointment with your cardholder so they can enter your registration information when they pay for your registration. We accept credit/debit cards and the University of Illinois system CFOPAL as preferred payment methods. If your organization does not allow either of these payment options, you may proceed with registration using the check payment option.

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Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Street Address

Street Address 2

City

State

ZIP

Daytime Phone

Evening Phone

E-mail Address

What is your preferred name? We will use this name to create your name badge, so please ender the name you prefer to be called.

Preferred Email Address The address with which prefer to receive workshop communications. If you elect to subscribe to our newsletter below this is the email address we will use.

Are you currently a formal K-12 classroom teacher or an non-formal educator at a non-school institution?

If you are a non-formal educator, what is your current position title?

What grade level(s) do you teach? Check all that apply.

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

If you are a formal educator, what subjects do you currently teach? If you are a non-formal educator, what are your responsibilities in your current position?

School/Institution Name

Work Zip Code If different from address entered previously.

In what type of community do you work?

Urban

Suburban

Rural

Tribal

Other

Indicate the average number of K-12 students you work with during a typical school year.

How did you learn about this opportunity? Mark all that apply.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant newsletter

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant website

Display at a conference or meeting

Center for Great Lakes Literacy (CGLL) newsletter

Communication from your state Sea Grant educator

Other education or professional email communication

Conversation with friends or colleagues

Social media

Other

Do you want to be added to our email lists to stay up to date on happenings with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and/or the regional Center for Great Lakes Literacy? Check all that apply.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant email list

Center for Great Lakes Literacy email list

Your payment secures your place in the workshop which includes lunch, refreshments, and all the supplies to create classroom activity sets you will take home. Enter the number 1 for a single registration

Workshop Registration Fee ($25.00)

Civil Rights Compliance - Participant Info

As part of our commitment to providing equal opportunities in our programming, University of Illinois Extension is required to collect and report overall statistics about the race, ethnicity, and gender of program participants. Your responses are voluntary and appreciated.

Gender

Ethnicity

Race

Refund Policy

If you need to cancel, we will provide a full refund of your workshop fee through February 26, 2026. After February 26, 2026, no refunds will be provided; however, you may email janicem@illinois.edu to request an alternate person to attend the workshop in your place. Please note that it may take up to 10 business days to process a refund.

Total Registration Cost $

Illinois Extension

Registration

101 Mumford Hall (MC-710)

1301 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: 217-333-5900