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Data-Driven Lessons
Buoy, Is That Water Green! How Do Local Land Use Practices Impact Life in the Great Lakes?
Overview In this lesson, science educator, Chris Powley, and math educator, Dominic Goulette partner with the…

Data-Driven Lessons
From Mental Maps to GIS: Modeling Data with Visualization and Mapping, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems, Lesson 8
Lesson Summary Students are engaged by creating mental maps of their local watershed or the larger…

Data-Driven Lessons
How Well Do You Know the Great Lakes?
Background Many people, including a large portion of those who live close to the Great Lakes,…

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