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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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| Lake Erie…build a fish to scale! | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: K-4 | Date: 1991 | Program cost: $5.00 |
| Subjects: art, math, music, science | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
Ordering Information
Table of Contents
The second in a three unit series on Lake Erie, focusing on fish parts, basic classification, and identification.
This 101-page booklet is the second unit in a three unit series about Lake Erie for children in elementary school. Fairly simple, interdisciplinary activities are linked to basic facts about the Lake and fish. This unit focuses on fish parts, basic classification, and identification. In the activities of this unit, children learn the parts of a fish; assemble a model fish; build a fish to scale using puzzle parts; classify fish according to tails, fins, body shapes, markings, and spines; name ways animals can protect themselves; become familiar with fish-related vocabulary words; and name different types of fish. The booklet includes background information for teachers and accompanying worksheets. Activities include fish parts card games, fish characteristics bingo, dot-to-dot activities, art activities, fish printing, crossword puzzles, and matching activities. The booklet also contains a list of 23 suggestions for related art activities; a list of 46 books on ships and boats, Ohio, rivers, fish, food, animals, water pollution, erosion, and ecology; a list of 62 songs about bodies of water, fish, fishing, pollution, ships, and sailing; a list of 10 records; and a poster for a bulletin board.
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| Issue 1: Habitat |  | Key Characteristic 1: Accuracy |  | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 2: Pollution | | Key Characteristic 2: Depth | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 3: Invasives | - | Key Characteristic 3: Skills | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 4: Ecosystem | - | Key Characteristic 4: Action | - | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 5: Biodiversity | - | Key Characteristic 5: Soundness | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 6: Build Fisheries | | Key Characteristic 6: Usability | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 7: Treaty Rights | - |
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| Issue 8: Manage Fisheries | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 9: Stewardship | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 10: Fishing | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 11: Careers | - | ||||||||||||||||
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