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Plastic Pollution and You, Lesson 1.2 Plastic Pollution and You
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…
2023 Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Ontario
By Nate Drag | February 28, 2025 What happened? 15 teachers and educators from across the…
Full Curriculum: Plastic Pollution and You
Curriculum Developed by: New York Sea Grant This curriculum is made possible through a partnership between…
Video: TED Ed – What’s so great about the Great Lakes?
This Ted-ED animated video (4:46), developed by Cheri Dobbs and Jennifer Gabrys, highlights about the Great…
Video: A Lampricide Treatment, Up Close
This video (5:36) shows and explains the process of sea lamprey control with lampricides. The control…
Video: Sea Lamprey Aquarium
This short video (2:58) shows Sea Lamprey, which are invasive in the Great Lakes, in an…
Books: Select Bibliography of the Great Lakes
This select bibliography was compiled by Anne Moser, Wisconsin Water Library at University of Wisconsin-Madison in…
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