NOAA
Noaa: Ngdc: Images, Visualizing Data
The National Geophysical Data Center has transformed extensive ocean research into colorful video, 3D maps, charts posters and more! This site starts off with a film clip of a dive into the Marianas trench and then lead you to other...
Read Works
Read Works: French Native American Relations in the Great Lakes Region
[Free Registration/Login Required] This historical passage discusses the relations between the French and Native Americans in the Great Lakes Regions during the 1700's and 1800's. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that...
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Lakes, Rives, & Canals
This site provides a brief introduction to the river system and canals of Ohio. Includes a history of the canal system, details and maps of the drainage throughout the state, and how the river systems are used today.
Other
Glin: Endangered Species Network
Links to the Gulf Point, endangered species and habitats, and Great Lakes declining amphibians. There are links to events, laws, species and related resources.
Curated OER
Photo of Lake Superior
This site provides facts, illustrations, and more about the largest Great Lake. Includes descriptions of wildlife and industry. For grades 4-8.
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Lake Superior Shoreline
This site provides facts, illustrations, and more about the largest Great Lake. Includes descriptions of wildlife and industry. For grades 4-8.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Rush Bagot Treaty
Details about the Rush-Bagot Treaty that demilitarized the Great Lakes region.
Curated OER
Etc: Settlement Along Upper Mississippi and Around Great Lakes, 1840 1850
Showing area along the Upper Mississippi and around the Great Lakes.
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American Journeys: Background on the Journey of Jean Nicolet, 1634
A summary of Jean Nicolet's expedition to the western Great Lakes. The information is from an account written by a Jesuit priest who was a friend of Nicolet. Read the primary source by clicking on "Read this Document."
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: Places: Africa's Great Rift Valley
Describes the geography of the Great Rift Valley in Africa, how it was formed by tectonic plate separation, and the majestic lakes and falls that have been created by it.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Floating on the Great Salt Lake
Through exploring the phenomenon that it is easier to float on salt water than on fresh water, middle schoolers will develop a conceptual model for molecules and how the arrangement of molecules affects density.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Lake Agassiz, 1911
A map of the Laurentide era glacial Lake Agassiz in the present day region of the northern United States and southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The lake was present during the last glacial period, and covers an area larger...
Curated OER
Big Bay State Park Is Located in Lake Superior on Madeline Island
This site provides facts, illustrations, and more about the largest Great Lake. Includes descriptions of wildlife and industry. For grades 4-8.
Curated OER
Eek: Lake Superior
This site provides facts, illustrations, and more about the largest Great Lake. Includes descriptions of wildlife and industry. For grades 4-8.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Great Salt Lake Food Web
Visualize how energy transfer takes place in two linked food chains, and how it demonstrates the interdependence organisms of the Great Salt Lake.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices, Chippewa Songs
Study the great oral tradition of the Chippewa Tribe in the Great Lakes regions through their music collected by Frances Densmore. For classroom activities and lesson enhancements click on the link, "Chippewa Songs Activities."
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: The Commissariat 3 D Reconstruction Project: Ottawa's Rideau Canal
Following the War of 1812, Canada realized it needed to find a water route between Montreal and the Great Lakes that was safer than using the St. Lawrence River. As a result, Ottawa's Rideau Canal and its 47 lock system were developed....
Other
New York Public Library: A Hudson River Portfolio
Learn about the Hudson River and the role it played in the westward and northward expansion of America (to the Great Lakes regions and to Canada) in the nineteenth century. Useful for understanding the importance of rivers as means of...
Other
Ohio Dept. Of Education: Lesson Plan: Transportation Systems Grade Four
For this lesson plan unit, students learn about transportation systems, including the Great Lakes canal system, and how modes of transportation has changed over time with advancements in technology. There is a large student research...
Other
Bay Area Restoration Council: Randle Reef
Hamilton Harbour is home to the largest and most contaminated site within the Canadian side of the Great Lakes - Randle Reef. The site contains approximately 695,000 cubic meters of sediment contaminated with polycyclic aromatic...
Curated OER
University of Texas: Kenya: Relief Map
A relief map of Ethiopia clearly showing the Great Rift Valley, mountains, and plains. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Other
Cabrillo College: The Men From Spirit Cave and Wizard's Beach
Read about the discoveries of the Spirit Lake Man and Wizard's Beach Man.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Central Africa: Relief Map
A good relief map of the countries of Central Africa showing mountains, lakes, and valleys. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Other
The Confederation Poets: Frederick George Scott (1861 1944)
A collection of primary texts by Confederation poet Frederick George Scott, author of "The Soul's Quest and Other Poems," "In the Battle Silences: Poems Written at the Front," and "The Great War as I Saw It."
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