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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…
Article: The too-common reed? Invasive phragmites can cause serious environmental problems
This article about the common reed “phragmites” highlights how to tell native and invasive sub-species apart,…
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…
Plankton: Educators explore these tiny Great Lakes heroes
By Nate Drag | March 2025 What happened? To learn about the microscopic world of Great…
Workshops Connect the Watershed Game and Real-world Restoration
By Nate Drag | March 2025 What happened? On August 2nd and 5th, 2024, 21 teachers…
Full Curriculum: Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Curriculum Developed by: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant This curriculum is made possible through a partnership between Engaging…
Plastic Pollution and You, Plastic Pollution and You, Lesson 1.2
Background This lesson is part of the Plastic Pollution and You curriculum developed by the educators…
2024 Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Erie
By Michelle Niedermeier | July 7, 2024 What happened? 15 teachers and educators from across the…
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