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Explore curated Great Lakes resources from Sea Grant and other partners.
These resources are available to educators at no-cost with funding and support from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Great Lakes Sea Grant Network (GLSGN), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Video: 2026 Great Lakes BioBlitz Kick-off Webinar
In this video (50:00), learn how citizen science data and iNaturalist empower environmental research. The 2026…
Video: Understanding the Great Lakes Watershed
In this video (2:11), learn about the Great Lakes Watershed, one of the most complex and…
Video: Making Mercury Toxic: Microbial transformations of a global pollutant – Students Ask Scientists
In this video (0:53:53), join Dr. Ben Peterson, an Assistant Professor in the School of Freshwater…
Book: It’s a Mitig!
Book Description: In It’s a Mitig!, get introduced to the Ojibwe language through a colorful exploration of…
Book: I am on Indigenous Land
Book Description: Explore the beauty and resources of the thirteen ancestral Indigenous lands and how we all…
Book: Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee
Book Description: In Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee, the ancestors send a hummingbird to a child lost in Windigo’s…
Book: Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn / This Is How I Know
Book Description: In Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn / This Is How I Know, follow a young child and…
Book: The Water Walker
Book Description: In The Water Walker, Nokomis Josephine walks all across the country raising awareness for nibi…
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