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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…

Book: The Great Lakes
Book Description: The Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—are five blue jewels set a bit…

Plastic Pollution and You, Lesson 3.1 How Does Plastic Pollution Get into the Water?
Background This lesson is part of the Plastic Pollution and You curriculum developed by the educators…

Database: How’s My Waterway
Find your watershed and explore water conditions. This tool is filled with data that state, federal,…

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