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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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| Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 5-12 | Date: 1995 | Program cost: Free |
| Subjects: environmental studies, geography, history, math, science | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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An Earth Systems activity manual that addresses global climate change, biodiversity, estuaries, and shipping. The activities make extensive use of data sets, but hands-on components help give meaning to the data.
GLIMCES presents activities that help students learn about the Great Lakes region and its ecology. Based on "Earth Systems Education", this 203-page activity manual is designed to "create a curriculum ore responsive to human needs and future quality of life". GLIMCES uses 30 activities to address such issues as global climate change, biodiversity, estuaries, and shipping. The activities make extensive use of data sets, which enhance the critical thinking process. Most activities are the paper and pencil variety, but hands-on components help give meaning to the data. Student worksheets are supplied in the activity book, and each activity includes background information, objectives, procedure, and topics for discussion, as well as references and suggestions for extension activities. The companion material, Global Change in the Great Lakes Scenarios, is designed to help students understand how global change may affect the Great Lakes region. Ten different scenarios describe the scientific community's prevailing interpretations of what may happen to the Great Lakes region in the face of global warming.
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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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