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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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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…
Books: Select Bibliography of the Great Lakes for Young Readers
This select bibliography was compiled by Anne Moser, Wisconsin Water Library at University of Wisconsin-Madison in…
Book: The Great Lakes
Book Description: The Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—are five blue jewels set a bit…
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