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ES-EAGLS
(Earth Systems - Education Activities for Great Lakes Schools)


Developed from original OEAGLS, with the support of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, Ohio Sea Grant, and The George Gund Foundation, 1993-97.

Great Lakes Protection Fund

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Ohio Sea Grant College Program

The George Gund Foundation

1. Descriptions
  • Total 67 activities covering five major topic areas
  • Intended for students in middle and high school
  • Subject matter capability with existing curriculum topics: Short activity time, minimal preparation time, minimal equipment needs, standard page size for easy duplication.
  • Cooperative learning opportunities: Group works, Jigsaw, Student teams achievement divisions, Co-op Co-op
  • Concept mapping as an assessment strategy

2. Topic Areas and Activities Included
 
Land & Water Interactions  in the Great Lakes (117 page, 13 activities)
  •  Geography and Technology 
    •  How well do you know the Great Lakes?
    •  What can GLIN (Great Lakes Information Network) tell us about land and water interactions?
  •  History of Land and Water Interactions
    •  When did the rocks in the Great Lakes basin form?
    •  How were sedimentary rocks in the Great Lakes basin formed?
    •  How did rocks and rivers shape the Great Lakes?
    •  What evidence of glaciation exists in the Great Lakes region?
    •  What evidence of glaciation and geologic processes can be found on Great Lakes beaches?
  •  Land and Water Interaction Today
    •  What causes the shoreline to erode?
    •  Can erosion be stopped?
    •  How fast can a shoreline change?
    •  How much land has been lost?
    •  What natural wonders of the Great Lakes relate to land and water interactions?
    •  How can a concept map represent land and water interactions?

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National Science Education Standards Correlations
Ohio's Science Competency Model Correlations
Great Lakes Climate and Water Movement (96 page, 13 activities)
  •  Water Movement 
    •  How does water move in the Great Lakes basin?
    •  How long does it take water to flow through the Great Lakes?
  •  Temperature and Climate 
    •  What happens to heat energy reaching the Great Lakes?
    •  What causes the land-sea breeze?
    •  How do the Great Lakes affect temperature?
    •  How is weather influenced by the Great Lakes?
  •  Lake Levels and Storms 
    •  What causes storm surges?
    •  How do storm surges affect water levels on Lake Erie?
    •  How do the levels of the Great Lakes change?
    •  What would be the result of regulating the level of  one of the Great Lakes?
    •  How do the Great Lakes change through the seasons?
  •  Seasons on the Great Lakes 
    •  How does stratification affect water quality?
    •  What factors impact ice coverage on the Great Lakes?

 

National Science Education Standards Correlations
Ohio's Science Competency Model Correlations
Great Lakes Environmental Issues (180 page, 18 activities)
  •  Resources and Reactions
    •  Who owns the resources of the Great Lakes?
    •  How (environmentally) insulting can we get?
    •  How skillfully can you read science articles?
    •  How much is one part per million?
  •  Great Lakes Water Quality
    •  Which fish can we eat?
    •  How should the public health be protected?
    •  How do toxins move through the food chain?
    •  Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes
    •  Where do all the toxins go? (Internal View)
    •  Where do all the toxins go? (External View)
    •  Could we live without chlorine in the Great Lakes?
  •  Watershed and Basin Issues
    •  What can we learn about water quality in a river?
    •  What happens when nutrients enter an estuary?
    •  What is the status of the Great Lakes Areas of Concerns?
  •  Oil Pollution 
    •  Where does oil pollution come from?
    •  How can an oil spill be cleaned up?
    •  How does an oil spill affect living things?
    •  What if...?   (A Great Lakes investigation)
National Science Education Standards Correlations
Ohio's Science Competency Model Correlations
Great Lakes Shipping (86 page, 11 activities)
  •  Great Lakes Shipping 
    •  What products are carried on the Great Lakes?
    •  What is the most economical form of transportation?
    •  Which transportation method uses the least energy?
  •  World Connections
    •  Where go the boats?
    •  How do ships get from one lake to another?
  •  Language
    •  How have ships and sailing influenced our language?
  •  Great Lakes Triangle
    •  What is the Great Lakes Triangle?
    •  How can disappearances within the Triangle be explained?
    •  What happened aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald?
  •  Canals 
    •  How were early canal routes determined?
    •  How did the canals affect Ohio?

 


       
National Science Education Standards Correlations
Ohio's Science Competency Model Correlations
Life in the Great Lakes (118 page, 12 activities)
  •  Organisms in the Lakes 
    •  How does a dichotomous key work?
    •  What are the characteristics of some Great Lakes fish?
    •  How do fish get their names?
    •  How are shorebirds adapted for feeding?
    •  What do scientists know about invader species  of the Great Lakes?
  •  Ecological Relationships
    •  Who can harvest a walleye?
    •  What does a biomass pyramid tell us?
    •  What is a food web?
    •  What factors affect the size of a natural population?
    •  How can a natural fish population be managed?
  •  Estuary Values and Changes
    •  What is the ecological role of an estuary?
    •  How does the estuary serve as a nursery?

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National Science Education Standards Correlations
Ohio's Science Competency Model Correlations


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