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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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| Bell Live! The Great Lakes: A Superior Adventure | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 4-8 | Date: 2000 | Program cost: $30.00 |
| Subjects: environmental studies, history, geography, math, science | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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Table of Contents
Bell Live is a virtual field trip to Lake Superior, accompanied by demonstrations and experiments. The curriculum is divided into four sections each providing a variety of activities and experiments related to that topic, and backed up by on-line information and activities.
Bell LIVE! is an annual series of virtual field trips, accompanied by demonstrations and experiments. The year 2000 focuses on a journey to the Great Lakes. The intention of the program and curriculum is to raise awareness of the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Superior, by raising the understanding of forces that influence these lakes. The curriculum guide contains activities that focus mainly on issues related to Lake Superior, where the Bell LIVE! 2000 broadcast took place.The program provides a broad introduction to Lake Superior, beginning with its creation. The curriculum is divided into four sections - Skills, Setting the Stage, All About Water, and Life in the Lake - each providing a variety of activities and experiments related to that topic. An index of lessons indicates which national science standards are met by each lesson. The Bell LIVE! 2000 website (http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/belllive.html) provides supplemental information to some activities. It also provides activities and information not found in the curriculum guide, including chat sessions with researchers and experts, online ecogames, teacher and student bulletin boards, a Great Lakes field guide, and the Minnesota and National Science Standards. The Bell LIVE! broadcast took place on October 12, 2000 from Lake Superior itself and from the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota. A 1-hour video features the best of the October 12, 2000 on-line broadcast, and is available for purchase. The Curriculum Guide is $30. A DVD or VHS of the one-hour virtual field trip is $30. The Curriculum Guide and the dvd/video together cost $55.
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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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