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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing Planet: The Warming of Our Large Lakes - Reasons for Concern

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Another A+ lesson plan on the impact of climate change comes to you from the National Earth Science Teachers Association. In this installment, learners model the stratification of water in lakes due to temperature differences. The lab...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can We Keep the Lake Clean?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are introduced to the water cycle. They help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality. Students help fill in the components of a drawing of a water system. At the end of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching about Aquatic Respiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore respiration in a lake ecosystem by experiment and research.
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Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Lakes and Ponds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about lake and pond ecosystems. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Great Lakes

For Students 9th - 10th
The EPA profiles the Great Lakes ecosystem, their ecological protection and restoration, wetlands, shorelands, pollution prevention, and so on. Click "Visualizing the Great Lakes" for pictures of the lake environment.
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Other

Great Lakes Information Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Lakes Science Center provides research on various topics concerning the Great Lake environment such as fish advisories, contaminants, threatened species, low water levels, and sustainable development of the Lakes.