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Lesson 2: Ripple Effects, Find 7 Ways Aquatic Invaders Are Spread
Lesson Summary Aquatic invasive species (AIS) can be introduced into new bodies of water through various…
Lesson 1: Ripple Effects, Invader Species of the Great Lakes
Lesson Summary Students engage in a card-matching activity to learn about aquatic invasive species (AIS). In…
Lesson: 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…
Lesson 9: Community Presentations and Engagement, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary Students make presentations and/or create videos about their crayfish research project(s). In this way,…
Lesson 8: From Mental Maps to GIS – Modeling Data with Visualization and Mapping, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary Students are engaged by creating mental maps of their local watershed or the larger…
Lesson 7: Crayfish as Indicator Species, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary Students will first read about a hypothetical mysterious phenomenon about crayfish disappearing from a…
Lesson 6: Competing Crayfish Game, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary In this lesson, students model impacts of invasive species by playing an engaging game…
Lesson 5: Collecting Reliable Crayfish Data, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary In this lesson, students participate in a scientific field study* and apply what they…
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