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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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| The Lake Superior Game | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 5-12 | Date: 2003 | Program cost: $2.50 |
| Subjects: environmental science, civics, history | ||
Correlated to education standards? No
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This is a role-play activity where learners assume the roles of various Lake Superior stakeholders and make decisions to either pollute or protect the lake, thus experiencing the challenges of preserving and enhancing the Lake Superior ecosystem.
This 18-page booklet provides the framework for a role-play activity related to Lake Superior. Learners assume the roles of various Lake Superior stakeholders and make decisions to either pollute or protect the lake. Adding water to, or taking water from, a bucket of water representing Lake Superior, simulates these actions. The game requires players to make choices or perform assigned actions appropriate to their roles, thus experiencing the challenges of preserving and enhancing the Lake Superior ecosystem. The game is designed to help learners understand the complexity of economic decisions facing potential polluters of Lake Superior, how they can change their own actions to minimize pollution of the Lake, and how many people depend on, and enjoy, Lake Superior. The game has recently been enhanced by the addition of more decision points and consequences within the role play. There are also more pollutants to add, and some random “calamity” generators, which further stress the model.
The game takes about an hour to play, depending on the size of the group and the amount of discussion during the game - ideal numbers of players range from ten to thirty people. The game booklet includes background information on Lake Superior for game organizers, instructions for preparing players, instructions for setting up and creating needed materials, instructions for play, and game cards. The booklet also includes a map of Lake Superior and its drainage basin, a worksheet on Lake Superior, worksheet answers, follow up instructional suggestions, and seven references. Because most of the examples in the game are not necessarily specific to Lake Superior, the role-play can be used with almost any lake.
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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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Disclaimer: The reviews of this and the other Great Lakes Fisheries education materials were conducted by a single independent reviewer. The views of this reviewer do not necessarily reflect the views of GLIN, the Great Lakes Commission, the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, or the University of Michigan.