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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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| Supplemental Curriculum Activities: Paddle-to-the-Sea | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 3-6 | Date: 1988 | Program cost: $10.00 |
| Subjects: art, geography, history, language arts, math, music, science, social studies | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
Ordering Information
Table of Contents
Activities designed to reinforce and extend the experiences and understanding provided by this well-known and well-loved story. Interdisciplinary activity topics relate directly to the adventures of characters in the story, and provide students with a variety of hands-on experiences.
This series of activities is designed as a supplement to Paddle-to-the-Sea, a story book written by Holling Clancy Holling. Teachers may choose any or all of the activities outlined in the guide to reinforce and extend the experiences and understanding provided by the story. A chart indicates which activities relate to each chapter in the book. The interdisciplinary activity topics relate directly to the experiences of characters in the story, and include Great Lakes geography, the hydrologic cycle, animal tracks, beaver ponds, fish anatomy, estuaries, forestry and tree use, food webs, locks, shipping, weather folktales, and ecosystems. The activities provide students with a variety of hands-on experiences like model building, role-playing, story writing, carving, and drawing. Accompanying the guide are worksheets and answer keys, discussion questions, and extension activities.
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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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