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Great Lakes Teacher Resources
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Students listen to an online interview with a fisheries researcher who studies Great Lakes fish and their habitats. Students use a KWL chart to review what they know, what they want to know, and what they've learned.
Learners investigate the seasonal migration of the Monarch butterfly through the use of video. The metamorphic change from caterpillar to chrysalis is witnessed and logged and the problems and milestones of its flight from the Great Lakes to Florida is e
Students create a poster or booklet indicating what they have learned about biodiversity. Students explain what biodiversity is and identify why it is important, especially to the the Great Lakes.
Second graders identify the Great Lakes on maps, atlases and globes. They describe the location of each lake and create their own maps, with a legend. Students create a salt dough map of the United States, and write songs and raps stating facts about the area.
Young scholars read an article about the danger of pollution in the Great Lakes. They identify each of the problems and determine possible solutions. They discover the sources of pollution as well.
Fourth graders conduct an experiment. In this beach erosion lesson, 4th graders define erosion, brainstorm ways to stop erosion, view pictures and video clips of erosion, and complete an experiment that models the process of erosion.
In this United States map worksheet, students research books or the Internet to find facts about The Great Lakes. Students write their facts they found on the lines provided.
Students are able to use a secchi disk to measure the turbidity of water by determining the depth at which the sechi disk is no longer visible and using the data in a formula to quantify the results. They are able to use Vernier probes to condcut water quality testing for: dissolved oxygen, nitrates, pH, temperature, phosphorous and produce computer printouts of the data collected.
Learners examine a fresnel lens and compare it to simple concave and convex lenses. They measure its focal length and then discuss why this type of lens is useful in a lighthouse system. That is about all there is to this lesson. It can certainly enrich a social studies lesson on how lighthouses spurred the growth of the shipping industry, or it can be an addition to your physical science lesson on lenses and light.
In this mystery state activity, students answer five clues to identify the state in question. They then locate that state on a map.