The TEACH site features mini-lessons on Great Lakes topics: environment, history & culture, geography, pollution and careers & business. Geared for elementary through high school students, the modules are continually expanded and updated and include links to a glossary to help explain scientific terms and acronyms.

TEACH also features links to other educational resources as well as state and regional agencies and organizations. A Great Lakes calendar of events provides students with the information they need to learn about and participate in state and regional activities. In the TEACH Question and Answer (Q&A) section, kids can submit questions about the Great Lakes and enter a drawing to win a Great Lakes prize. One question is featured each month, and all are answered and archived in the Great Lakes Vault of Knowledge.

TEACH is envisioned to be a "virtual library" of curriculum and related educational materials, as well as an educators information exchange corner that will include a variety of listserves and bulletin boards, image and map galleries, a speakers bureau, and basic introductions to scientific tools including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), lake and watershed monitoring activities, hands-on science opportunities, and much more.

TEACH is a project of the Great Lakes Commission through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office.

To share questions, comments, or suggestions for TEACH, please contact:

Christine Manninen and Elizabeth Schmidt
Great Lakes Commission
Eisenhower Corporate Park
2805 S. Industrial Hwy, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6791
Phone: 734-971-9135
Fax: 734-971-9150

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Do you have a topic that you would like to see covered in this section of TEACH? Please contact askteach@great-lakes.net.