Links for the Great Lakes and Earth System Education

Last Update: March 30, 2004

Introduction of the Great Lakes

Living with the Lakes   http://www.glc.org/
The Great Lakes Atlas   http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/atlas/intro.html
Great Lakes Research   http://www.iaglr.org/hot/findings.html
Great Lakes Water Level Photo Gallery   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/glwlphotos/

Geology and Geography of the Great Lakes Region
Land Use History of North America   http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/
Great Lakes Data Rescue (NOAA)   http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html
Great Lakes Geomorphology (NOAA)   http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/images.html#lakemich
Canadian Great Lakes Shoreline Classification   http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/water/greatlakes/metadata/great-lakes-shore-class/intro.html
Mapfinder (National Ocean Service)   http://mapindex.nos.noaa.gov/
The Great Lakes Geographer (magazine)   http://geography.ssc.uwo.ca/great_lakes_geographer/GLGissues_list.htm

Weather and Climate of the Great Lakes Region

NOAA - GL Environmental Research Lab   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/
Interactive Weather Information Network   http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/iwdspg1.html
Remote Sensing of Great Lakes Snow and Ice   http://www.geo.mtu.edu/great_lakes/ice/
Great Lakes Net Basin Supply Forecast Model   http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/
G.L. Levels   http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/index.cfm?chn_id=1409
Great Lakes Buoy Data   http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/regions/greatlakes.html
The Great Lakes Forecasting System   http://superior.eng.ohio-state.edu/
Current Climate Situation in the Midwest    http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/Watch/figures.html

Biology of the Great Lakes Region

USGS/National Biological Service/Great Lakes Science Center   http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/
 Changing Patterns in North American Plant Diversity   http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap4.html
Fish of the Great Lakes   http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/
Great Lakes Fishtank   http://www.glfc.org/fishtank.asp
Endangered Species in the Great Lake States   http://www.curriculumassociates.com/LearningOnLine/animals/WW131.htm
Great Lakes Fishery Commission   http://www.glfc.org/
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)   http://conbio.net/

Exotic Species in the Great Lakes

Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (sgnis)  http://www.sgnis.org/index.htm
Biological Control of Eurasian Watermilfoil   http://www.fw.umn.edu/research/milfoil/milfoilbc.html
Exotic Species and thier effects on the Great Lakes   http://www.great-lakes.org/exotics.html
Aquatic nuisance species in Great Lakes   http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/4711.shtml
Exotic Species Traveling Trunks for Kids   http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/index.html
The Series of Earth Systems Education Activities for Great Lakes Schools  http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~earthsys/pubs97.html#ACES
Aquatic Nuisance Species Handbook (PDF)  http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-water-greatlakes-aquatics-exotic3.pdf 

&  Is the Monster of Lake Erie native or exotic? Or mix? Let's check it out!

Great Lakes Shipping

Great Lakes Vessel Passage  http://www.boatnerd.com
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History   http://www.aglmh.org/
Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping http://www.boatnerd.com
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and the Whitefish Point Light Station   http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/
The Great Lakes Shipwreck File  http://www.boatnerd.com
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Research   http://www.ghost-ships.org/

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Industry and products of the Great Lakes Region

Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service   http://www.nass.usda.gov/oh/
A Changing Great Lakes Economy: Economic and Environmental Linkages http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/solec/94/economic/index.html
The Midwest Regional Economic Database   http://www.nemw.org/
The Council of Great Lakes Governors   http://www.cglg.org/
Bibliography of Fisheries Information (1984-95) http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/publications/Bibliography/FisheriesBib.html#Great
Ohio Devision of Forestry   http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/forestry/Forestry.htm

Information Networks

GLIN (Great Lakes Information Network)   http://www.great-lakes.net/
Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPG)   http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/index.html
EPA: 25th Anniversary Clean Water Act   http://www.epa.gov/25water/
Great Lakes Information Manag. Resource   http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/water/greatlakes/intro-e.html
National Sea Grant Network   http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/index.html
Great Lakes Radio Consortium   http://www.glrc.org/
Visualizing the Great Lakes   http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/image/index.html
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program   http://www.iisgcp.org/
Michigan Sea Grant College College Program   http://www.miseagrant.org/
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program   http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/
New York Sea Grant Institute   http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/
Ohio Sea Grant College Program   http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Project   http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm
Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute   http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/

Pollution of the Great Lakes

International Joint Commission   http://www.ijc.org/
Areas of Concern (AOCs) in the Great Lakes basin
1996 Inventory of Toxic Air Emissions: A Product of the Great Lakes Regional Air Toxic Emissions Project http://www.glc.org/air/1996/1996.html
The Canadian Chlorine Coordinating Committee   http://www.cfour.org/cms/
EPA's RAP (Remedical Action Plans) page   http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/rap.html

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Earth Science Education

Earth System Science Education (ESSE)   http://www.usra.edu/esse/essonline/
Earth System Science Education Listserver of NASA  http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Educational.Services/
USGS Learning Web   http://www.usgs.gov/education/
NASA Online Education Resources  http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
The Why Files  http://whyfiles.org/
The Science Education Gateway  http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/
The NOAA Central Library and Coastal Ocean Information  http://www.lib.noaa.gov/
The NOAA Paleoclimatology Program for Educators  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/education.html
Learning through Collaborative Visualization(CoVis)  http://www.covis.nwu.edu/
Electric Journal of Science Education  http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/ejse.html
Goddard DAAC Educational Resources  http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The Geological Society of UK  http://www.geolsoc.org.uk
Association of American State Geologists   http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/AASG/index.html
Environmental and Science Education Links for K-12   http://www.sierraclub.org/education/
TREES (Teaching Resoucrces for Education in Earth Science)  http://earthview.sdsu.edu/trees/trees.html
DJW's Resources for Earth Science Teaching   http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~davewa/teaching.html
Earth Net's Site of the Week   http://agc.bio.ns.ca/schools/EarthNet/english/start_sotw.html
Online Weather Studies  http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/online/info/
Web Earth Science for Teachers   http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wteach.htm
Earth Systems Activity List from Bryce Canyon National Park http://www.nps.gov/brca/Geodetect/Earth%20Systems/ES%20unitpage.htm
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Earth Science (Earthquakes and Volcanoes)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet   http://www.earthweek.com/
USGS (United States Geological Survey) Home Page   http://www.usgs.gov/index.html
Earthquake Page   http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
NEIC Earthquakes Home Page http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
CASCADE VOLCANOES - INFORMATION   http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/framework.html
INDEX: MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON   http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html
MTU Volcanoes Page   http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
World Reference Map   http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html
Volcano World Home Page   http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
Global Earthquake Report   http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes
Paleontology   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

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Environmental Education

Project WET   http://www.projectwet.org/
Global Warming and Climate Change   http://www.gcrio.org/gwcc/index.htm
Educational Materials about Earth Science and Global Change   http://globalchange.nasa.gov/Resources/pointers/edu.html
The Learning Web (U.S. Geological Survey)   http://www.usgs.gov/education/
VIMS (Virginia Sea Grant/Virginia Institute of Marine Science) Sea Grant Global Change Education http://www.vims.edu/adv/
The Black River Watershed Education Project   http://www.oberlin.edu/envs
Environmental Education Training and Partnership (EETAP)   http://eetap.org/
The Environmental Education Network   http://eelink.net/
Envirolink   http://www.envirolink.org/
National Institute for the Environment (NIE)   http://www.cnie.org
Environmental Education Database   http://www.galaxy.com/hytelnet/FUL008.html
Econet's Education & Youth   http://www.igc.org/index.html
Evergreen Foundation   http://www.evergreen.ca
Using Computers in EE   http://eelink.umich.edu/Computers/computers.html
The GLOBE Program   http://www.globe.gov
Sustainable Development On Campus   http://www.iisd.org/educate/
NAAEE (North American Association for EE)   http://naaee.org/
A World Community of Old Trees   http://www.nyu.edu/projects/julian/toc.html

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Climate and Weather Resources

Water Cycle for Kids

1. NASA, The Water Cycle   http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/
2. University of Michigan: Water Goes Round and Round  http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/Water/water_cycle.html
3. Earthscape   http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/eng/fkarner/pages/cycle.htm

El Nino and U.S. Climate Change Pattern   http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/lib/booklet/
El Nino news link   http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/elnino/
NOAAâs El Nino Theme page http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/
NOAA/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center   http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/
Color Maps of El Nino at 10-Day Intervals   http://ibis.grdl.noaa.gov/SAT/near_rt/enso/topex_97.html
Global Climate Change Master Directory   http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)   http://www.usgcrp.gov/
GCC & Kyoto Conference   http://www.enn.com/specialreports/climate/
UN-FCCC(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)   http://www.unfccc.de/index.html
IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)   http://www.ipcc.ch/
WMO(World Meteorological Organization)   http://www.wmo.ch/indexflash.html
The U.S. Global Change Research Information Office   http://www.gcrio.org/
GCDIS(Global Change Data and Information System)   http://www.gcrio.org/gcdis.html
Weathervane   http://www.weathervane.rff.org/
TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer)  http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)  http://www.noaa.gov/
NCDC (Natioanl Climate Data Center) Home Page   http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Information Services http://www.eis.noaa.gov/esdim/
NOAA/PMEL/TAO - What is an El Nino (ENSO)?   http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html
New Global Historical Climate Network Module [of NOAA]   http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/onlineprod/drought/xmgr.html
Global Warming Update  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
Wind and Sea [of NOAA]   http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html
EPA Ozone Depletion Page   http://www.epa.gov/ozone/
Remote Sensing Data and Information   http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/RemoteSensing.html
The O.S.U. Atmospheric Program Page   http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/
NOAA's Weather page   http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/weather_page.html
National Severe Storms Laboratory   http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/
National Snow and Ice Data Center   http://nsidc.colorado.edu/
The Weather Channel   http://www.weather.com/

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Ocean Resources

Ocean Planet: Ocean Science (Smithsonian) http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ocean_planet_ocean_science.html
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Home Page   http://www.mbayaq.org/
DSL Home Page   http://www.dsl.whoi.edu/
The JASON Project   http://jasonproject.org/
Topex/Poseidon Sea Level   http://ibis.grdl.noaa.gov/SAT/SAT.html
WWW Tide/Current Predictor - Site Selection   http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
Global Sea Level Change   http://www.nbi.ac.uk/psmsl/programmes/
 
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Astronomy

Astronomy Picture of the Day   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
NASA K-12 Internet Initiative: Online Interactive Projects   http://circle.adventist.org/browse/resource.phtml?leaf=1552
The Nine Planets   http://www.nineplanets.org/
NASA Home Page   http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA Live from the Hubble Space Telescope   http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/lfs/hst.html
NASA Information by Subject  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/Doc/subject.htm
GSFC and NASA homepage   http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Educational Space Simulations Project   http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Simulations/simserver.html
Space Telescope Electronic Information Service   http://www.stsci.edu/
Space Environment Laboratory Index Page   http://www.stsci.edu/resources/
Earth and Moon Viewer   http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

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Biology

Tera-Fish Aquarium   http://www.tetra-fish.com/aquarium/index.html
Sea World   http://www.seaworld.org/
Endangered Species   http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
Froggy Page   http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/
The Nanoworld Image Gallery   http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit Info Page   http://george.lbl.gov/vfrog/
USDA Forest Service Home Page   http://www.fs.fed.us/
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Maps and Images

NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)  http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/
MapBlast   http://www.mapblast.com/
Color Landform Atlas Of the United States   http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/
Earthshots: Satellite Image of Environmental Change   http://edc.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
Eolian Mapping   http://TerraWeb.wr.usgs.gov/TRS/projects/eolian/eolianmp.html
The Ohio State University Atmospheric Sciences Program   http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/
Northeastern US Weather Page   http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/newx.html
WebWaterWeather-Marine Forcasts   http://www.wunderground.com/
Image Catalog   http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/images.html

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