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Great
Lakes water shares characteristics with water everywhere. The unique substance,
water, is a bipolar molecule consisting of two Hydrogen ions and one Oxygen.
To review the characteristics of water and find a glossary of water items,
visit
here.
"The Great
Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the globe ... and contain one-fifth
of the world supply of fresh surface water." Botts, Lee (1996) These are
the Sweetwater Seas, The
Great Lake Erie, p.1
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1.
Can you describe unique traits for each of the Great Lakes? For instance,
how different is Lake Superior from Lake Erie in terms of hydrologic traits?
2. How have the size and the closed nature of the system made the Great Lakes so vulnerable to environmental damage and how has the damage occurred? |
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1.
The
Great Lake Erie :
2. ES-EAGLS: Land & Water Interactions in the Great Lakes 3. ES-EAGLS: Great Lakes Climate & Water Movement 4. Great Lakes Solution Seeker (CD-ROM) GLSeeker Hypercard program on Areas of Concern, and files of resource information about the lakes (hot-linked if run on a networked computer. Mac and PC. |
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We
recommend Project WET's
activities on Water as a substance.
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1. Water
Fact Sheets: Almost everything you need to know about water before
jumping into the next pages.
2. Water Quality - Areas of Concern: Take a moment to figure out how the water quality is in your area. 3. Environment Canada's Freshwater: This includes many water issues in the Great Lakes region. |
