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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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| Exotic Species Compendium to Protect the Ecosystem (ESCAPE) | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: K-12 | Date: 2001 | Program cost: $65.00 |
| Subjects: science, language arts, social studies | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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A compendium of well-organized, easy to use lesson plans created and field-tested by teachers participating in a series of interactive workshops linking national science standards to aquatic exotic/invasive species in the Great Lakes region.
ESCAPE is a compendium of well-organized, easy to use lesson plans created and field-tested by teachers participating in a series of interactive workshops linking national science standards to aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes region. Additional resource information and media options are provided, including zebra mussel shells, a video and a CD of songs, lyrics, and game components. Content pages are loose for easy copying, and organized in files by grade level (K-4, 5-8, 9-12) and then activity sheets. Other files contain multimedia, posters/games and appendix/glossary, and all are contained in a plastic accordion folder. Activities are well organized and easy to use, and while the amount of background provided varies by activity, the breath of concepts covered is good. Instructional methods include simulations/role play, experiments, research, monitoring, games/puzzles, art and journalism. A wide diversity of teaching approaches is used, including cooperative learning, peer teaching and simulations. Like Exotic Aquatics, the activities are linked to national (and occasionally state) science standards, and are interdisciplinary. Again, students discover the origin, transport, spread and ecological impacts of “alien” species, and how responsible actions may help prevent the spread of these organisms. Some activities represent variations on a theme, rather than opportunities to take a deeper or different look at an invader or issue. This may restrict the depth to which a concept is examined, except in the case of purple loosestrife. This invader lends itself easily to monitoring, propagation, experimentation and control, and therefore is covered in more depth than other species.
Curriculum $58.00, Game Set $10.00, Curriculum and Game Set $65.00
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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.