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Poster: Great Lakes Fishes
Both beautiful and educational, this full color poster (26.5″ x 38.5″) shows very accurate fish illustrations…
Article: Early Detection: When it comes to Great Lakes invasives, prevention is the only cure
This news article highlights a list of 144 potentially invasive species from a 2021 study, with…
Article: Invasive Crayfish 101
An overview of invasive crayfish with information on their life history, distribution, impacts, and more. Written…
Article: 30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great Lakes
This news article discusses the discovery, history, and impact of the quagga mussel, a zebra mussel…
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: No silver lining: Invasive goldfish in the Great Lakes
This article shares how common goldfish, which are often kept as pets, can become invasive when…
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…
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